Japanese-Style Melody Writing (Melodic Method)

Source: the complete system of Hiroshi Takayama, Popyurā Ongaku Sakkyoku no Tame no Senritsu-hō, Expanded Edition (ポピュラー音楽作曲のための旋律法 増補版, Rittor Music). This file reorganizes the book into a practical reference by compositional task. The large lookup tables (seven types of non-chord tones, motive-construction table, eight degrees of cadential openness, form formula collection, situation-based reverse-lookup skeleton, etc.) are in reference.md in this directory.

0. Core Concept: A Melody = One Tone Moving Through Time