Firstly hi to all, what a great place you've got here. Before I start throwing all kinds of questions, I have to say sorry because they have all probably been asked before and I did do alot of reading on the forum but only to get confused with the large amount of information so I collect my own questions here, if you cant bother answering just please point me to the related threads. Thanks !!

1. What is the sequence of work for composing a song: (melody, scale, key, chord, chord progression .. )

From what I think, you just come up with a melody first, then you figure out which scale it is in, then you figure out what chord is allowed and then you group chord together in some kind of order (what order?) or based on the notes. And once you get the scale and the chord you come up with a way to play along the song using the notes in the scale and the chord. Is that true ??

I am particularly confused with the bit that we have to stay in the scale the contain ALL the notes of our melody. Please explain.

2. What is the sequence of work for composing a solo: I first thought it would be the same as composing a song but later think differently. Do we compose solos based on the scale of our song (i.e. the note in the solo has to be in the scale)? We dont come up with it so randomly as our melody right?

3. From 1 and 2, I come up with another question: can the song be in many different scale?


Thanks so much and wait for your responses.