{"id":196,"date":"2025-03-05T19:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/the-counter-chorus-songwriting-exercises-02\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T19:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:57:06","slug":"the-counter-chorus-songwriting-exercises-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/the-counter-chorus-songwriting-exercises-02\/","title":{"rendered":"The Counter Chorus | Songwriting Exercises 02"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Counter Chorus | Songwriting Exercises 02 &#8211; Holistic Songwriting<\/h1>\n<h2>Video<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/PoPHdOmKqz0\/0.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PoPHdOmKqz0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PoPHdOmKqz0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>### Summary<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today&#8217;s Topic: Melody Deck &amp; Counter Course Exercise<\/li>\n<li>Making sure our choruses stand out is essential for any songwriter<\/li>\n<li>The most important way to accomplish this is using energy (as explained in my book, The Addiction Formula)<\/li>\n<li>The Melody Deck is all about creating contrast between the verse and the chorus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udfb6 Making sure our choruses stand out is essential for any songwriter<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udd35 Objective: Create contrast between the verse and the chorus<\/li>\n<li>\u2696\ufe0f Example: Choose &#8222;ugly&#8220; (verses) with &#8222;chromatic melodies and dissonant chords&#8220; and &#8222;beautiful&#8220; (chorus). Or, choose &#8222;major key in verse&#8220; and &#8222;modulate to minor key in chorus&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udfb6 The Melody Deck is an integral part of your daily songwriting routine<\/li>\n<li>\u231b\ufe0f The Songwriting Decks are on Kickstarter for a limited amount of time! Help make this project a reality!<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udca1 Final Thoughts: Thanks for listening, and stay creative!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h1>The Counter Chorus | Songwriting Exercises 02 &#8211; Holistic Songwriting<\/h1>\n<h2>Video<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/PoPHdOmKqz0\/0.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PoPHdOmKqz0<\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>### Summary<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today&#8217;s Topic: Melody Deck &amp; Counter Course Exercise<\/li>\n<li>Making sure our choruses stand out is essential for any songwriter<\/li>\n<li>The most important way to accomplish this is using energy (as explained in my book, The Addiction Formula)<\/li>\n<li>The Melody Deck is all about creating contrast between the verse and the chorus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udfb6 Making sure our choruses stand out is essential for any songwriter<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udd35 Objective: Create contrast between the verse and the chorus<\/li>\n<li>\u2696\ufe0f Example: Choose &#8222;ugly&#8220; (verses) with &#8222;chromatic melodies and dissonant chords&#8220; and &#8222;beautiful&#8220; (chorus). 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Help make this project a reality!<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udca1 Final Thoughts: Thanks for listening, and stay creative!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ytsum.avalonsoft.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}