How to write a Pop song on Piano - Chords, Melody and Lyrics 📝

[@BitesizePiano]

*The Bitesize Piano Course:* BitesizePianoCourse.co.uk Who wants me to produce it into an actual track?! It also needs a title...comment ideas please! 👇

[@mariedawsey9908]

Yes please!!!

[@ashmedhsingh8154]

Yuupp

[@Jonax_10]

For title I think 'When you were mine' Idk it kinda suits it though😅

[@BitesizePiano]

@@Jonax_10 good suggestion!

[@Jonax_10]

@@BitesizePiano it's a nice song can't wait to listen when released

[@BitesizeGuitar]

Great, now this is gonna be stuck in my head all day!!! 👂🐛

[@BitesizePiano]

GOOD.

[@BitesizeGuitar]

@@BitesizePiano oh my god!!! I can’t believe you responded!!!!!! 😍😍😍

[@bejeweled2213]

😂🤚🏼

[@emma__sews]

Hahaha the comments are funny...

[@burakunlu150]

I didn't know there is such channel...

[@aricmeerbott3323]

Starting with just root notes and playing in the top line melody! Genius! Why have i never used this approach? Thank you!

[@BitesizePiano]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@soorajraju04]

Can't tell you how amazing this, as a whole is. It's a song, a lesson, an inspiration and motivation. Thank you so much for the ways and methods, and for bringing it all in a bitesized package.. Really ! Thank you for this... 🎶😊🍀 - This is magical. 🌈

[@BitesizePiano]

So pleased you enjoyed it :)

[@eliasmotemekoane2972]

You're beautiful,brave,brutally honest with your musicianship!Composing a song from scratch,on the fly is most amazing,greatest gift I ever witnessed in my entire life! Mindblowing,everfresh, priceless!You sure have magical super powers!I a truly blessed to come across your intelligence/wisdom/philosophy/humanity! KEEP UP THE GENIUS& GREATNESS.ELIAS MOTEMEKOANE FROM SOUTH AFRICA.SENDING ALL MY LOVE TO YOU& CHANNEL FOLLOWERS!

[@BitesizePiano]

Thank you for your lovely words ❤️

[@simi117]

Such a beautiful song !! It's stuck in my head now🥺 some suggestions for the name- "Sore Regret" "when I see your face" "Is that possible?"

[@BitesizePiano]

Very good suggestions thank you!

[@purewillow]

Your song really sound like something :) Emotional, also energetic and fully crafted technically. Bravo!

[@BitesizePiano]

Thank you 🌞

[@twmusic253]

I'm back after watching this video two years ago... I just wanted to say that this was the video that really inspired me to start writing pop songs. About a year ago I started a KZbin channel for songwriters, and now I can't imagine what my life would be like if I didn't write songs. So thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything, you deserve the world 💗

[@wilfredricarte2061]

Chords very informative for pop songs.

[@GinoGenero]

"Little do you know" is an example of such a simple but memorable pop hook, creeping into your song and my head. But that would be the mission of a good pop song now wouldn't it! Love this 😉

[@BitesizePiano]

Absolutely! :)

[@nicholsonlawrance5821]

Thanks!

[@IacobusBond]

Very impressive. Interesting to see how you did it step by step. Keep them coming.

[@fishmut]

You definitely inspired me , I totally fell in love with your song lyrics made my heart melt , really beautiful, loved your singing oh wow , awesome video , I needed this thank you , liked and subscribed .💐

[@BitesizePiano]

So pleased you enjoyed it 🤗🎹

[@rimogrand9134]

Some violin and strings would be nice. Great song btw. Edit: song name - Passed Love

[@_caitybug]

I have taken music GCSE so this is really gonna help my composing a pop song!!

[@_caitybug]

Thanks for the heart :)

[@francistelo9408]

Hi am from Syria and u really helped me with your piano lessons thank you so much I think it should be called :"am dreaming "

[@BitesizePiano]

Good suggestion!

[@Oilman1958]

Cracking lesson. So much written on this but seeing you do it is a hundred times better. The outcome sounds fabulous - as you say it’s hard to unlearn songs or melodies you’ve heard, so snippets sound familiar. Btw you have a lovely voice - increase the mix so it comes through. Just subscribed.

[@BitesizePiano]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed. I record all sound with one mic so it’s tricky to adjust just the vocals. I think I had my camera on the wrong sound setting when I filmed this 😬

[@ellimccallum3640]

This is amazing!!! I’ve been wanting to get into song writing!

[@dominika4178]

OMG that was amazing. It was helpful. I am soo happy to find this video and I liked the song ,❤️❤️

[@BitesizePiano]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@Cacophonyofvoices]

Girl this song is so Damn good

[@samkingsley.j5130]

I like it.... I'm expecting more like this.... Waiting for your next song ☺️☺️☺️

[@laurasantos2488]

Omg that was such a good song!! I cant belive you did that in so little time😧👏 I'll trie to do my one song, thank you for the vídeo, it helps a lot!

[@valentinaalfaro3810]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, I also would like to know how to create an upbeat song. I always tried but ended up sounding sad.

[@yudipitre5720]

I truly enjoy learning from you.

[@JL-hw8yw]

Thank you so much! This song and melody are so beautiful! I hope you'll make more videos like this!

[@gandlk6191]

Absolutely lovely. Well done. Love all your videos. Thank you

[@steviegstravelandleisurech9612]

That's a lovely song

[@jamesgraul]

turned out beautifully

[@BitesizePiano]

🤗🎹

[@anthonybeltran513]

omg!! love it!!! you have a BEAUTIFUL voice😍

[@Vihaan-ij2bq]

Well now I can't get this masterpiece out of my head

[@thecaptainsnark]

Thank you for sharing your skills with us. I've found your videos to be exceptionally helpful and motivating.

[@BitesizePiano]

Pleased you found it helpful 🤗🎹

[@thebanjoboost]

Kinda fun to watch the whole process through, thanks :)

[@soothingrelaxationmeditati4872]

Thanks for sharing this great video it make me happy.

[@kotakmahindralife-ge5by]

My role model

[@prasadforfaithingod6590]

Wonderful teaching

[@capt.azzamganadily4892]

OMG 😓 …. The song the lyrics, everything about it is awesome 👏 and yes practise is written with an S, JMB 1984.

[@ujifu001]

Beautiful and inspiring, thank you for sharing 🙌🏽

[@BitesizePiano]

My pleasure 🤗

[@squidneyb675]

So beautiful!! You are so talented!!💛

[@yogensharma5721]

Thank you 🙏🏼✌ you sound like evanescence..

[@BlueElf66]

That was beautiful

[@RishabhChouhan]

This Is a Gem

[@lmzimm]

wow i would actually listen to what you have made, it's very pretty only i like listening to alot of songs without words, so it would be cool if you just made a piano version.

[@evert8865]

Hey Francesca great lessons as always! I would really love if you do a tutorial on Tom Odell - Another love! This is in my top3 of all time songs. Really would love to learn it specially the intro of this song, Iconic!

[@chrissmeaton4254]

Lovely song lyrics thank for lesson x

[@clxstr]

Just amazing

[@BitesizePiano]

🤗🎹

[@WirewalkerDon]

There must be a good way to remember what you're composing. I'd forget each part once I tried the next. Perhaps record everything in your DAW? Any good suggestions? Brilliant, and thank you for the wonderful inspiration!!!

[@BitesizePiano]

Either manually write it down, record ideas on your phone etc. of course you could use a program like Logic or any other DAW 🎹

[@pianog9482]

Great video! So many things to learn understand! Thanks!! For tittle I think of “time machine”. One day could it be possible to give a masterclass like this on hip-hop? Thanks a lot for all you teach! 🤘

[@nataliemoreira6594]

Its so catchy

[@markk1500]

Absolutely Amazing!!!!

[@HeidiWhiteMT]

Would love a tutorial of the accompaniment you did at the end. Like how you made all the pretty embellishments in the right hand and rhythms :)0

[@BitesizePiano]

I have a couple of videos on This!

[@michaeldevilangel]

it is... beautiful...

[@DemetriusConley]

Lovely song there! This video made me want to write/compose pop songs for sure. Thank you for this very helpful video, now I honestly understand how does a song form. Much love for you! ❤❤❤❤

[@BitesizePiano]

I'm glad you found it helpful 🤗

[@emma__sews]

Amazing. You are so clever! Such a great song. 👍🏼😳👌🏼

[@BitesizePiano]

Thank you Emma

[@martinalejandrogomezvega1224]

This is sooooo beautiful!. 😭

[@zamypurba]

OMGGG I LOVE THE SONGGGG🎶very soothing keep it up❤

[@elaizamarie5828]

This is so good! Who could tell that you just made that in a scratch? Thanks for this. It's been a long time since I've been planning to write a song but don't have enough ideas. Now, I think I have! And yes! Definitely make it an actual track, so good😍

[@holmesfamily5829]

that was nice i like it you should try more making pop songs nice job

[@TallysYunes]

This whole video is amazing, beginning to end. And the song turned out incredible. Awesome job! I've been thinking of giving this exercise a try and that's why I landed on your video. It seems the two alternative ways of composing are: pick chords, create melody, and then fit lyrics to it, or start with lyrics and fit chords+melody to it. Do you find one way particularly harder than the other? After watching the Rocket Man movie, it seems Elton John likes to do it the second way.

[@MrMd5555]

The second (Elton/bernie way) [lyrics first] seems so difficult & foreign to me but also intriguing since it's kinda human nature that we tend to work more on things we're comfortable with instead of things that come with difficulty. Anyways just adding my .02 since the question you asked has always interested me musically

[@TallysYunes]

@@MrMd5555 Thank you for your point of view. I tend to agree with you. I feel like I can sit at the piano and sort of improvise a (simple) random melody (not related to any lyrics). Then adding chords to that wouldn't be too hard (a matter of looking at melody notes and picking chords with those notes). But being handed a piece of paper, reading it, and a few minutes (or hours) later "magically" hearing those words sung feels very foreign. I guess there's no single right/wrong way and I'm sure some musicians do it the first way. Maybe I should try both and see what happens :-)

[@homesh1000]

wow that was a really good piece. can we get a recorded version of this?

[@BitesizePiano]

Working on it :)

[@klaus4244]

Wow such a beautiful song🥺 yeah you do inspire me🔥

[@BitesizePiano]

🤗🎹

[@klaus4244]

@@BitesizePiano it's been 4 months still obsessed with this song✨🤧

[@jaredpalmer667]

Omg that was f*****g amazing!!! considering you just rote that today! Wow that actually sounded like a number one soundtrack! I've not so called writ my own lyrics, but I have made my own melodies to some already known lyrics 😊

[@BitesizePiano]

Thank you Jared!

[@jaredpalmer667]

@@BitesizePiano im going to play my guitar along with this one! I need to give this a go! 😃

[@LosingMyMindOfficial]

Yayyy! Please can you do one video on "How to compose a piano piece". thank you!

[@BitesizePiano]

Well this video applies to that!

[@Martha.rose2000]

This is giving some Evanescence vibes! 🤗

[@BitesizePiano]

Interesting! (I love Amy Lee 😆)

[@johnkennethrubio5906]

Watching and your fan from Philippines... Mabuhay! 😊

[@BitesizePiano]

🤗

[@Ebba13]

I love it!! Can I use the chords and melodies for my own song? I love them so much!!

[@Ebba13]

I’ll use other lyrics and make some changes:)

[@samnoah6202]

❤❤❤❤amazing ❤❤❤❤

[@lennix_music]

So good !!

[@BitesizePiano]

🤗🎹

[@hilltoppublicschoolpunali1615]

Great mam....You are so beautiful....Respect from my depth of heart...

[@kk-gv2eu]

I LOVE IT!

[@BitesizePiano]

Thank you - took no time at all to write!

[@samkzz9148]

I don't play piano, i play guitar.. but i love your videos... 😊

[@BitesizePiano]

I'm glad you enjoy them! :)

[@imlitzudir8459]

Beautiful girl with a beautiful lesson, I'm in love with it.

[@janicefers]

Hello wonderful tutorial I was wondering if you could teach some more advanced level songs for christmas time as there is alot of tutorials on the easier versions but not much for advanced pieces thank you so much

[@BitesizePiano]

My idea of advanced is about grade 7/8 level and above (someone who has been playing for 10+ years). Do you have a reference for what you mean as advanced?

[@janicefers]

Yes a level 6 or 7 lesson would be great ,thanks alot for asking

[@rainnn6631]

Can you pleaseeeeeeee play stand tall tutorial by Julie and the phantoms

[@pankaznatrick8621]

Thanks a lot madam... ❤️ from 🇮🇳..

[@BitesizePiano]

You’re very welcome ❤️🎹

[@mpmd6.9]

Lol I love the comments. the song wasn't my favorite but you played it beautifully. then again I hate generic pop music......... Loved the video though. I'm trying to write a super generic pop song rn and this was helpful :)

[@BitesizePiano]

Glad it helped! Wasn't exactly meant to be a masterpiece 😆Just to show how easy it is to write one in a very short space of time!

[@mpmd6.9]

@@BitesizePiano I get it. Thanks for responding btw :D Have a great day

[@sushmayadav7780]

OMG BITESIZE PIANO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS AND BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING!!!!!!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ (Btw I think 'is it possible' could be a title for the song.)

[@BitesizePiano]

Pleased you enjoyed it :)

[@ashmedhsingh8154]

Can u do all i want by kodaline?

[@BitesizePiano]

On my to do list!

[@swarajmakkar2859]

Bunty boy in the chat🤙

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

Has vibes of Bella’s Lullaby from Twilight.

[@GKid1786]

I thought the same exact thing! I think the doubling up of the notes in the pre-chorus and maybe the D5 must be connecting somehow??

[@raquelgaudioso6136]

I love your channel. Could you please do the tutorial of Beth Crowley's song "Midnight"?? you are great!!

[@gyanlobaba231]

Is there a songwriting course where you teach songwriting beginner to advance. How to write vocal melodies, basic of piano. Mainly focus on songwriting. I am a piano beginner. #songwriting. I don't want to play other people's song

[@aureliomanabat15]

me watches this without the intention of writing a song: 👄 Anyways, nice vid anyways... I watched all the ads to support 💙 I loved your tutorial for jar of hearts and lover lol.

[@produtorabsblivestream1931]

great class.

[@leonleon3773]

wonderful video you are amazing i

[@bejeweled2213]

can you play some songs from Beetlejuice? like Dead Mom or Home?

[@michaelapehar1297]

Can you please do a James Bay "Us" piano tutorial

[@ciaraclinton3674]

Hey. Could you please do a tutorial for Tiny Dancer? :)

[@1TreukFlyyy]

How do remember the song afterward ? Do you notate on a sheet music ? Do you record in a DAW ? Or do you record with voice memo in your phone ?

[@BitesizePiano]

You could do any of those! I personally write it down/remember it

[@1TreukFlyyy]

@@BitesizePiano You mean you write down the lyrics only (and maybe chords) or lyrics + sheet music ?

[@abhinavgarg6754]

I need this song on Spotify!!...

[@BitesizePiano]

It may happen! If I can figure out how to do that...🙃

[@RoalMsc]

Could you make a tutorial of piano jam 2 by kygo??? ❤️❤️❤️

[@ahmedanwari430]

This is amazing!! Thank you for this!! I was hoping if you can answer a question that I have. While composing, your right hand played the melody, but while singing, it mirrored the left hand (with some rhythmic differences). What's the general "rule" here? What other interesting stuff can be done/is done with the right hand?

[@BitesizePiano]

I wrote the melody on the piano, and I explained that when I sing it I'll play the chords in the right hand and either play in 5ths or 8ves in my left hand

[@BitesizePiano]

4:10

[@ahmedanwari430]

@@BitesizePiano ah not sure how I missed that! I swear I saw the whole video! 😅 Thanks! 😊

[@johnnyhendriks6773]

Hi! Thanks for this video. What kind of rhytm can you use to combine left and right hand. Are the chords played on the 1st and 3th?

[@howumighthaveanimatedthat2159]

Also a music video

[@chikusoni327]

Plzzz can u suggest how to make flow like I'm writier and I really wrote very deep and nice lyrics and lines but for song I don't how to make them perfect song and make there flow or fie them make a melody and all plz can u help me

[@ericapineda8188]

hi!! omg can u please do a tutorial of lennon and mccartney by dala?? 🥺🥺

[@ashokflash]

GREAt STUFF, AND CAN YOU CREATE WITH ANY DAW

[@arnelneo8646]

Hey that song suits for Taylor Swift☺️. I'm swifty by the way. I suggest pls sell your composition to Taylor

[@Itsadibmirza]

Please do monster by jb and Shawn

[@norbertotrillanes1973]

Can i request canon in d,thank you

[@rickyjohn8584]

Great video , really helpful . Are you available for a session ? I have an opportunity with a rather big music manager from New York (sounds so cliche I know ) I need 3 pop type tracks of this style and have written the song I just need a little help with the progression

[@sorinoprea5365]

Nice work but in my opinion the pre-chorus should be shorter, one bar over the dominant 7th (E7), I can be wrong because I'm not very experienced player. Thank you for your work!

[@BitesizePiano]

Some pre-choruses are pretty long in pop music, same length as the verses! Didn't use any sevenths in this to keep it generic and simple!

[@sorinoprea5365]

@@BitesizePianoThanks for reply, I said I might be wrong :) anyway you have the most suitable teaching style for me as a You Tube learner.

[@BitesizePiano]

@@sorinoprea5365 there is no right and wrong in songwriting! :)