![]() ![]() Here are some of the techniques these songwriters used to create that effect.ġ.) From the beginning of the song to the end, there are no pauses in the vocal melody longer than one beat. It’s so strong it almost creates a sense of vertigo in the listener. ![]() Much of this is a result of the relentless forward momentum of the melody. Notice how much emotional energy that octave leap creates! WRITE A MELODY WITH MOMENTUMĪt four minutes and 21 seconds, Beyoncé’s “Halo” is a long song, but it holds the listener’s interest-a pretty amazing feat for a slow ballad (84 BPM). You can either jump up a full octave straight from the verse-as Beyoncé does in “If I Were a Boy”- or drop a pre-chorus in between and work your way up. Write a melody that rises a full octave from verse to chorus. Then notice how the melody remains in a higher range for the second verse. Listen to this song and notice the powerful upward motion of the melody beginning with Verse 1 through the post-chorus. But she never returns all the way to the low notes of Verse 1. Beyoncé plays with the melody, gradually descending to the note range of the first pre-chorus. Here the second verse remains an octave above the first one. And, while most songs will return to a low, conversational note range for the next verse, this melody doesn’t “reset” at the top of the second verse. Many songs feature a rising note range from verse to pre-chorus to chorus, but this one is exceptionally large. Large upward leaps like these raise the listener’s energy level in a big way. ![]() The post-chorus reaches the highest notes of all. The chorus ends up a full octave above the verses. The pre-chorus note range is about half an octave higher. The first verse features the lowest notes of the song. ![]() This song melody is filled with upward leaps in the melody. A Halooooo ouuuu Bm Halooooo ouuuu F#m Halooooo ouuuu D Ouuuuu ouuuuu ouuuuu Bm Everywhere I'm looking now F#m I'm surrounded by your embrace D Baby I can see your halo A You know you're my saving grace Bm You're everything I need and more F#m It's written all over your face D Baby I can feel your halo A Pray it won't fade away A I can feel your halo (halo) halo Bm I can see your halo (halo) halo F#m I can feel your halo (halo) halo D I can see your halo (halo) halo A Woah.MELODY EMPLOY THE POWER OF THE OCTAVE LEAP A Bm Hit me like a ray of sun F#m Burning through my darkest night D You're the only one that I want A Think I'm addicted to your light Bm I swore I'd never fall again F#m But this don't even feel like falling D Gravity can't forget A To pull me to the ground again Bm It's like I've been awakened F#m Every rule I had you breakin' D It's the risk that I'm takin' A I ain't never gonna shut you out Bm Everywhere I'm looking now F#m I'm surrounded by your embrace D Baby I can see your halo Pray it won't fade away A I can feel your halo (halo) halo Bm I can see your halo (halo) halo F#m I can feel your halo (halo) halo D I can see your halo (halo) halo A Woah. DO NOT SHOW ADS A Bm F#m D A Bm Remember those walls I built F#m Well baby they're tumbling down D And they didn't even put up a fight A They didn't even make a sound Bm I found a way to let you in F#m But I never really had a doubt D Standing in the light of your halo A I got my angel now Bm It's like I've been awakened F#m Every rule I had you breakin' D It's the risk that I'm takin' A I ain't never gonna shut you out Bm Everywhere I'm looking now F#m I'm surrounded by your embrace D Baby I can see your halo A You know you're my saving grace Bm You're everything I need and more F#m It's written all over your face D Baby I can feel your halo Pray it won't fade away A I can feel your halo (halo) halo Bm I can see your halo (halo) halo F#m I can feel your halo (halo) halo D I can see your halo (halo) halo Woah. ![]()
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