How To Write A Popular Song - online manual
A non-technical how-to-do it system for the aspiring song writer.
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CHAPTER III.
The Accompaniment.
Best keys to write in—Range of Melody—Different forms
of Accompaniment. The first thing to determine in writing accompaniments to a song is the key in which your melody is to be placed. There is, of course, no hard and fast rule as to what is and what is not a desirable key; for in this matter, as in all others, circumstances alter cases. The best key may be determined after due consideration as to whether the song is intended for, or most suitable to, a certain range or quality of voice which comprises the following well known divisions:
Soprano or Tenor (Range.) |
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Contralto or Baritone (Range.)
Jiasso (Range.)
It is not to be supposed, of course, that the music for a brilliant, sparkling waltz-song should be written to suit a voice of low range; or, again, that a swingy, stirring story of the sea, war, etc., should be set to a melody that suggests nothing but a high soprano voice, or any other equally similar unharmonious combination of lyrics and melody. Con |
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