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Flow: What is a good melody?

What is a good melody? In previous songwriting lessons we have looked at: chords, notes, note lengths, scales, intervals and other aspects of melodies.

Now let's use the flow method/principal to judge our melodies. Using the flow principal will help you write better song melodies and understand why some melodies will simply to work as well as others.
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