How to write polyphonic melodies in two minutes
It's very easy to write polyphonic melodies with the songwriting tool Sundog Song Studio.
The video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzRm3Lxaiww demonstrates how you can create a piano line with several simple melodies that form one complex piece.
The basic concept:
- Work with several Sundog instrument boxes and use the same MIDI channel for each of them.
- Create a simple melody for each instrument box. Work with different base octaves.
- Use the "Chord Notes" source mode for most boxes. Take the "Scale Notes" source mode for one box to spice things up a little bit.
- It's a good idea to experiment with different pattern lengthes, so that the melodies loop at different positions.
Now play back the different melodies together to hear a complex polyphonic piano line.