Hey, my name is Jonathan Hayden. And this class is going to be all about ways that you can write stronger melodies. Let's start with a question. Why exactly? Do some songs and some melodies resonates so deeply with us? I start with this question for a little bit.

Here's what came to me. Most the time when something resonates really deeply with us, it's because it mimics or similar to the natural world around us to nature. For example, all around the world. In every culture, people are drawn to the music with a steady beat. Houses similar to nature. But within our very bodies, we have a heart, which is beating to a constant pulse.

And we depend upon that for our very survival. So of course, we resonate with things that have a steady beat. Rhythm literally keeps us alive. So for this class as we dive into ways that you can write stronger melodies, I'm going to use examples from nature as a framework and a pathway into material. And we're going to look at what trees smoke muscles. And waves have to teach us about writing stronger melodies.

So if this sounds intriguing to you, sign up for this class, and we'll get deep into the anatomy of a melody, which is just a fancier and funner way of saying music theory.