Songs with One Note Melodies
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Published 2020-06-09
Most melodies are built from various notes, usually at least five or six but potentially as many as all twelve! However, there are still many examples of songs that feature melodies built from just a single note.
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0:00 Introduction
0:10 Mr. Brightside
2:00 One Note Samba
3:07 Taylor Swift
4:04 The Beatles
5:42 1-2-3 Melodies in pop songs
8:36 Composer Challenge with David Bruc
All Comments (21)
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Love how you include classics with newer pop songs. You're never here to frow upon newer musicians, just to teach. Keep it up!
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I love how you jump right into the concept and examples. You're not like these other youtubers that have a longwinded introduction and then five minutes of channel updates then an advertisement and finally the video starts. You're the best bro
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Mr. Brightside having just one note melody makes it REALLY EASY to drunkenly shout
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The thing that makes Out of the Woods so great is that each time the chorus is repeated, the production, instrumentation, and background vocals build in intensity, so that by the time you reach the bridge, breakdown, and final chorus you really feel the urgency and anxiety felt in the relationship she's singing about.
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God Bless this dude's attempts to avoid copyright strikes
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The start of your composition on the 5 Composers challenge showed just how much can be done with one note - it was somehow really touching - despite just using one note. Enjoyed collaborating with you, and thanks for another great vid.
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The rhythm of Mr. Brightside always reminds me of my mind racing through painful possibilities or facts and then fixating on the most excruciating details and the emotions I'm feeling due to my own thoughts.
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Ask my Dad to whistle and I can guarantee you he'll turn ANY song or symphony into a one-note hell-hole masterpiece.
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There's a famous italian song called "La canzone mononota" (the one-note song), which is literally an entire song with a one note melody
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2010-2011 had a horrendous amount of one noters. I’d often joke and play the song with one finger on the piano and see if people could guess what it was. They rarely could. 😂
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Katy Perry’s “Never Really Over” has the one note through the entire chorus, but by doing this the descending harmony behind it creates such a beautiful sound that goes unnoticed. The ear picks up a difference but technically the melody is the same but the vocal harmony has the real movement making it very unique
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Fun fact: I have never actually listened to “Mr Brightside” and until now believed it to be a song along the lines of “Mr Sandman”. You can imagine my surprise upon hearing the actual song for the first time
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I'd been listening to Brett Domino's "How to write a hit pop song" videos lately, and I feel like your video has explained all the claims he made in his. Great work!
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Makes me think of the pre-chorus in Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
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Great video!
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I love how you used the Sangah Noona recording of “One Note Samba.” Gotta give you two thumbs up for that!
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I could HEAR that thumbnail.
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The second half of the bridge for Fixing a Hole: "See the people standing there who disagree and never win, and wonder why they don't get in my door".
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I can't believe he made it through the whole video without mentioning "I Wanna Be Sedated" and its legendary 1-note guitar solo.
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Again, a great video explaining how music works. Thank you for your hard work.
