First 20 minutes from class

Writing Better Melodies Overview

Melodies are the emotional core of music. They guide the listener through tension, release, groove, and storytelling. In this session we break down exactly why certain lines stick, how phrasing creates movement, and how to use Ableton Live’s tools to shape expressive, memorable ideas that feel musical and intentional.

Whether you produce house, hip hop, RnB, Hyperpop, Afrobeats, Rock or anything in between this session will show you how to turn scales, rhythms, and articulation into real melodic concepts you can use immediately.

This session includes an Ableton Exercise Project with 7 different styles so you can practice everything in real musical contexts.

What You’ll Learn

How to Write Better Melodies
• Strongest scale degrees for hooks, lifts, and emotional moments
• Power of repetition and how to vary it in expressive ways
• Rhythm and sound design correlation and how timbre shapes melodic feel
• Call and response phrasing to build natural conversation in your lines
• Chord tones and how to outline harmony with confidence
• Target notes for each mode to shape mood and color
• Articulation and expression techniques that add life to any melody

Ableton Live Tools for Writing Melodies
• Using MIDI Transformations, MPE tools, Scale, MIDI Capture, and editing workflows
• How to sketch ideas quickly and refine them into strong musical phrases
• Strategies for staying in key and targeting the right notes

Perfect for producers and songwriters who want their melodies to sound modern, expressive, and intentional.

Ableton Exercise Project

A project with 7 different playback styles to exercise melody composition/improvisation with various lead instruments and expression tools. Explore, improvise, and change to your own sounds.

What's Included with this session

• 2+ hours of Ableton Certified Training Video
• Ableton Exercise Project from Class with the following styles:
  • Future Bass
  • Hip Hop
  • Hyperpop
  • RnB
  • Melodic/Deep House
  • Soft Rock
  • Afrobeat
• PDF with a melody composition tips and tricks for rhythm, pitch, articulation and a list of tools and Max for Live Devices

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Yeuda Ben-Atar, a world renowned Ableton Certified Trainer, hails from Los Angeles, California. Originally from Israel, Yeuda’s passion for music led him to the United States, where he discovered his true calling with Ableton Live in 2007, embarking on a journey of mastery.

He approaches Ableton in a unique way; producing and performing with video game controllers under the moniker Side Brain.

One of Yeuda’s most remarkable qualities is his exceptional knowledge and speed, combined with his unparalleled ability to explain complex concepts in a simple and engaging manner.

With years of experience as a music production instructor and educator, Yeuda has contributed his expertise to prestigious institutions throughout the United States, including USC, UCLA, UCSD, Colburn Music School, Berkley School of Music, Cal Arts, NAMM, Skywalker Sounds, Bedrock LA, Sonos Studios, Sweetwater Headquarters, 1500 or Nothing studios, Grammy U, Pensado’s Place, Vintage King, Museum of Making Music, Lynda.com (now known as Linkedin Learning), and Perfect Circuit Audio, among many others.

His projects have included working with and teaching artists such as Timbaland, Ludacris, Lavel Kali(Beyonce, Drake) DJ Numark and Jurassic 5, Beck, Skrillex, Flying Lotus, Ed Sheeran, Rick Rubin, Giorgio Moroder, Simi, Bootie Brown (Pharcyde), Dave Pensado, Madison Mcferrin and countless others.