How to turn LYRICS into MELODY using language | The Prosodic Stress

Music and language have many things in common, and today we take a look at one of those ways: The prosodic stress. It's the stress place on words within sentences, and by looking at it's rhythm and melody we can figure out a way to turn lyrics into a melody. It's quite a fascinating but simple technique to come up with melodies, but if it suits you, it can be amazing. We'll have to take a few steps to get there:

0:00 - Intro
0:17 - What is the prosodic stress?
0:54 - The prosodic stress in music
1:37 - Balancing rhythm & melody
2:29 - Giving lyrics different meanings
3:54 - Turning lyrics into a story
4:43 - Turning story in melody

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