Composing My Song

Having wrote my song I then needed to establish a chord progression. I have a very limited knowledge of guitar chords and so my initial melody was very simplistic featuring only Em, Am, C and G - which I can play myself. I asked my boyfriend who is a guitarist to play my melody and he suggested developing the chords into a slightly more complex melody.

After I had selected the chords and was comfortable with my melody I experimented with using a capo, so that I could sing slightly higher which was more comfortable for me. Last semester I wrote in ¾ timing, something I replicated this time round. I think it works for ballads so much better than 4/4 - far more swoony and romantic with a natural momentum to it.

I then made the song into a duet. I initially decided Luke would start the song and sing the first chorus. I would then take the second verse and chorus before we both sang the bridge and final chorus. This was mainly because his voice was better suited to the start of the song, which was lower. However, upon hearing it back I realised that the song would work as a call and response style, which would also add to the sense of an argument, therefore Luke sang the first section and I the second with us both on the chorus – which we then repeated.