- Vary the rhythm of a melody lets you create something new that still sounds familiar to the audience.
- If melody is rhythmically complex, you can simplify the rhythm by focusing on key tones or by smoothing out syncopation.
- Simple rhythms can be made more angular by adding syncopation
- you can back phrase a melody by starting it later than expected — or front phrase a melody by jumping the first note
- Long notes can be made less boring by substituting shorter repeated notes
- a more elaborate way to vary the rhythm is to use the same notes of the melody to create new rhythmic patterns.
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