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I can't figure out how to replicate what I'm hearing in my mind
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The melody I hear in my head doesn't work with the chords I chose, and I can't figure out what to change in the chords.

https://streamable.com/zbab0s

Audio is delayed, no idea why. Anyway I have this chord progression, and when I play it I can hear this melody in my head. But when I put them together, something is off. I cannot for the life of me figure out what to tweak. I've tried changing the chords to Fm6, E major, just messing around with different stuff. The best I can find is that if I play the melody but add a G# with the last note, it displays the sound I want. I've tried a bunch of chords, changing the melody, removing notes, adding notes. I cannot figure out how to translate what I'm hearing in my head to the keys.

They sound fine separately but the second it's together it makes the final melody note sound lower. I've tried changing that note around, it's not it, I have to change something in the chords.

So basically in the video it shows in the order

  1. The chord vibe I'm going for
  2. The melody I hear
  3. What they actually sound like together
  4. The sound I am actually trying to get (sort of, it's the best representation)

It's not perfect but it's the only way I can showcase it

Any help would be appreciated, also the key is Emajor.

Edit: https://streamable.com/88ypof

Heres a better showcase, I removed the other bit to show. The two sounds are what I want, but they also just clash. It sounds slightly better with the notes voiced like this, but the chord still makes that last note (B) sound like it doesn't quite fit. Changing the melody doesn't work, and changing the chords changes the feels I'm going for. I am ripping my hair out trying to figure out what is wrong with it.

It's very frustrating because I am trying everything, either I use whats there, and it sounds kinda wrong and dissonant, or I change the melody or chords and it sounds entirely wrong.

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