Melody & Harmony · Video tutorial

How to write your own Chords & Melodies starting with mega-hit HAVANA

Production Music Live Apr 29, 2018 1 min readWatch on YouTube

Struggle writing Chord Progressions and Melodies?

Our friend Alex is sitting down with you and guides you through some easy techniques - like the "2+1 rule" for catchy melodies.

He takes "Havana" from Camila Cabello and creates something entirely different, while explaining why the melody works and how a progression gets cohesive!

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