Just as a great sculptor chips away to the sculpture that was there all along. It's been there all along, all you have to do is find it.
But, that being said, getting back to the premise of this comment. See, my goal is to get others to cover it, and not everyone has a great range. If that is the case, then I wouldn't craft it more than an octave and a third or so. If you don't approach in this manner, but more in the 'craft' manner, then your point comes into play. A flower grows the way it is, it's not 'crafted'. That concept preempts considerations like 'do I do this, or that?" etc, because the song is what it is, if you go about it in the manner described. In my view, a great song isn't written, it's 'found'.
I search for a melody, and the chords just fall in place. Post attachments only available when logged inįor me, melodies come from only one place. A lot of pop songs these days after two note melodies and that seems all the range, so maybe all of this is moot.) We need to fiddle with our melodies more-and maybe I mean that literally too. So, yes, we should all sit down at a piano or pick up the guitar and pick out the melody more often, if we want to write something as catchy as Hey Jude. In your example, in the A chord, you could use a C# sure, but you also could go A to C# or E to C#, or any number of things-but the point is, first pluck the notes on your guitar until it starts to sound interesting in that very simple range, then sing THAT.Ī lot of people just walk up to the mic and start singing (no melody planning) and it sounds boring. My point is, there aren't A LOT of notes, or even a great range, but the notes are carefully chosen. The higher notes, of course are saved for the chorus. Not much more than an octave range, give or take. Now this song is in F, but note that the lowest note in the whole thing is an E on the d string second fret, and the highest note is a G on the first string third fret. You can easily play then on the fretboard in first position. Since these are "male vocals" they are written one octave up like guitar music, which makes it convenient. Here is a snippet of Hey Jude showing the notes leading in to the chorus, and the chorus. Lazy melodies are not catchy, and often monotonous, literally.
This is certainly something that most people (including myself for sure) should pay more attention to, so I am intentional about it.
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