What makes a great melody? Sometimes itâs more than the melody itself, and Iâm reminded of Harold Arlenâs song “Come Rain or Come Shine.” The melody goes like this. The point here is the melody is literally just this.
Itâs the chords moving around it that make it interesting, and when you combine that with the felt lyric, you find this amazing synergy because the song is about something that doesnât change. Itâs an amazing tune, but if you listen to it without the chords, you wouldnât think it was a tune at all. Isnât that cool?
