Chords and Melody?

Question

I have a chord progression in Octave 3 , Bassline in Octave 1 , and the chorus and verse melody in Octave 2. ( Verse melody is lower pitch than chorus melody ) I wrote the verse and chorus melody in Octave 2 because I cant hit the notes in octave 4. Is this bad writing ? Or can a "pop" song be written in this manner? Song is in F Major

Answer 1

Congratulations on your creating a song with a chord progression with which you are happy... From you writing it sounds as though you like you song structure but are not sure about the overall sound.

1) if you are happy with you melody, experiment with altering the octaves. Maybe he melody line can be played in Octave 3 .Perhaps the octave 1 is too low and "muddy". On a piano octave 1 is extremely low.

2) Have you tried changing the key? Perhaps you will find a key which works better for you.

Hope this helps.

Andy

Answer 2

Do you have this in notated form? I'd like to see the whole thing before giving an opinion.