Here I present: Arthur C. Edwards, “Practical Lessons in Melody Writing”, PART SIX (6).
INTRODUCTION.
I use Arthur C. Edwards, “Practical Lessons in Melody Writing” to explain melody to beginning music learners. The Beatles, Norwegian Wood’ is my example melody in this blog post.
The scale tones are: b, c#, d, d#, e, f#, g#, a, B. Those defines the octave of the lyrical melody.
The cantus firmus is the B-note in lyric bar-1, and b-note in lyric bar-2. The fall in the “motif” bars from B-note to b-note is repeated in bar-3 and bar-4 to form a complete music “phrase”.
The “audio” is ATOP the blog post, and the lyrics of melody are BENEATH.
”NORWEGIAN WOOD”, lyrics 1965 year.
I once had a girl
Or should I say she once had me
She showed me her room
Isn’t it good Norwegian wood’?
Or should I say she once had me
She showed me her room
Isn’t it good Norwegian wood’?
She asked me to stay
And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there wasn’t a chair
And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there wasn’t a chair
I sat on a rug biding my time
Drinking her wine
We talked until two and then she said
“It’s time for bed”
Drinking her wine
We talked until two and then she said
“It’s time for bed”
She told me she worked
In the morning and started to laugh
I told her I didn’t
And crawled off to sleep in the bath
In the morning and started to laugh
I told her I didn’t
And crawled off to sleep in the bath
And when I awoke I was alone
This bird had flown
So I lit a fire
Isn’t it good Norwegian wood’?
This bird had flown
So I lit a fire
Isn’t it good Norwegian wood’?
