#melody
- Lead articulation (velocity, legato, late vibrato, drop-off) techniqueMaking a sampled or synth lead sound played : per-note volume (velocity), legato slides between notes, vibrato that arrives late, staccato and grace notes, an echo, and the "drop-off" at the end of a big note. A tracked …
- Writing melodies that work conceptTwo questions decide a melody note: is it in the current chord? and is it on a strong beat? Chord tones on strong beats (rows 0, 4, 8, 12 of a 16-row bar) make the melody sound anchored; non-chord scale notes are …
- TW #15 — Advanced Tracking Tips II (Necros) summarynecros adapts Jim Aikin's "Demo Tape Workshop" (Keyboard, June 1995) to tracked music: six lessons on structure, dynamics, melody, drums, harmony and samples.
- TW #21 — Tracking Tips (Dan Hartrell) summaryA 14-year-old Mazurka member's beginner lesson, built around a hypothetical newbie called Studly, on why melodies need scales and rhythm — with the scale formulas written as tracker keyboard steps.