So I have trouble getting a song and a melody to fit together. The lyrics of song mostly come quite easily to me. There is one song I have tried to find a good melody to fit the lyrics but it's really hard. I heard from other people that they just start strumming some chods on the guitar and sing a melody over that. But that does not work for me. I find it easier to sing a melody over the lyrics but... I don't know how to find the right chords with that melody. In the end will often get frustrated and stop to come back to it later and have the same problem. I am planning on getting some guitar lessons again in the new year and learn some more about the technical stuff. But is there a way I can find the right chords with a melody now? Thanks!
Okay... to answer YOUR question, I have to know a little more about your musical training. I have an answer if you can do some things.
First of all... can you write music as notes on a staff? If you can read music from a staff, you can write it. If you can do either, there is a software that would be helpful to you. Let me know if you want to know what it is. The software won't write the music for you, but it will allow you to start with either a Bass Line, OR a vocal line and work from there to "build" your song.
Secondly.... If you cannot write music as notes on a staff, there is a different software that will generate chords for you. If you have an idea how to put chords together in interesting and compatible combinations, it could be very helpful to you. You can either sing a vocal melody into the software, OR simply assign chords to each measure and get a good idea of your instrumental melody (which will be compatible with your vocal melody if you have one.)
Third. Can you play piano at all? There are free softwares available that allow you to create piano based music and begin "building" a song from there.
Fourth, can you listen to existing music, and write lyrics to it while listening? I'm not asking if you can do that in one sitting. I'm asking if listening to a piece of music over and over leads to words forming in your head?
I'll be happy to help if you can answer these four questions. There ARE solutions for you. And they are mostly either free or very inexpensive. None of them involve buying anything from me.
Let me know.