1. 4. Melody 3
Step 1 – Melody 3
Choose 4 new notes for melody 3 again from the chord below the bar
Bar number 1 2
Melody 3
C G E C
Melody 2
C E G E
A C E A
Melody 1
_C _ _E_
_A _ _E_
Chord
C e g C
A c e A
Write your four melody notes here
Again you can choose from C E or G to make your melody in this bar

2. Sequence in melody for bar 1 (use quarter-notes to fit four into the bar)

3. Step 2a – working out if passing notes are possible
Rules for adding passing notes in between chord notes:
Passing notes will go in between the 4 chord notes in melody 3
They can only go there if there is a gap of just one note between the chord notes
e.g. between the first two notes ‘C’ and ‘G’ there is a gap of 3 notes so there cannot be a passing note between these two
Bar number 1 2
Melody for violin 3
C G E C
3 note gap

4. Step 2b – working out if passing notes are possible
So there are no passing notes between the first 2 notes ‘C’ and ‘G’
What about the second 2 notes ‘G’ and ‘F’? – a passing note can only go there if there is a gap of just one note between the chord notes
Between the second two notes ‘G’ and ‘E’ there is a gap of 1 note so ‘F’ can be a passing note to pass between these two
Bar number 1 2
Melody for violin 3
C G E C
1 note gap – this can be a passing note

5. Step 3 – adding passing notes
Rules for adding passing notes in between chord notes:
Write the passing note in-between the chord notes
The passing note always joins the note on its left
I have written the notes in lower case because they will have to be shorter to still fit into four-beats-in-a-bar
Bar number 1 2
Melody for violin 3 f
C G E C
Melody for violin 3
C gf E C

6. Step 4 – Because two notes now have to share the same space you will have to half the length of the fist note (down to an 1/8)

7. Step 5 - Now you can add the new passing note (an ‘F’ in this case)

8. Step 6 - The note needs to be extended to an 1/8 in length to reach the next note in the melody

9. Repeat these steps for the rest of melody 3
Now for the last two notes – and a reminder of the rules…
Rules for adding passing notes in between chord notes:
Passing notes will go in between the 4 chord notes in melody 3
They can only go there if there is a gap of just one note between the chord notes
e.g. between the last two notes ‘E’ and ‘C’ there is a gap of 1 note so D can be a passing note to pass between these two
Bar number 1 2
Melody for violin 3
C G E C
1 note gap – this can be a passing note

10. Step 2b – adding passing notes
Write the passing note in-between the chord notes
The passing note always joins the note on its left
I have written the notes in lower case again because they will have to be shorter to still fit into the four-beats-in-a-bar
Bar number 1 2
Melody for violin 3 d
C gf E C
Melody for violin 3
C gf ed C

11. Add the new passing note by shortening the ‘E’ and adding in the ‘D’ as an 1/8 note

12. These slides show how to add passing notes directly into your sequenced melody without writing them down

13. Passing note can go between the second two notes of E and C

14. The passing note in this case is ‘D’ which passes nicely between ‘E’ and ‘C’

15. Don’t forget to make the notes into 1/8ths so that they fit into the bar

16. There is room for one more passing note between the last two notes ‘C’ and ‘A’: – a ‘B’ will pass nicely between these last two notes Remember the passing note always joins the note on its left so both these notes will need to become 1/8ths