Spontaneity - implies lack of prompting and connotes naturalness. Spontaneity within parameters is often called improv, or improvising. Merriam Webster describes improvising as to make or fabricate out of what is conveniently on hand.
Here are some tips for spontaneity with parameters for melody ideas.
If you have a program such as Garageband, Cakewalk, Reason or any other loop based program, set up a some chords or riff that you have in mind to work with. If you don't use a computer/software to write then get a friend or your group to play the riff or chord changes.
Get a different instrument to use for your improv. This idea will work best if its a totally different instrument than the one you use primarily. I can play bass, drums, keyboards and sing but guitar was my first and still greatest love to play. Grab a microphone and scat sing guitar solos instead of playing them. Now, if you have one of the programs listed earlier you can record this. Now you have a challenge of playing on (guitar for example) what you sang. Conversely, when searching for a melody idea on vocals I will play guitar over the section throwing down solos and having fun but it also shows me what notes are available to pick from working within the parameters given (the riff or chords). Once I have that, Ill settle down and play fewer notes since most vocal melodies are not as many as a solo.
In future installments we will discuss getting ideas down quickly or how not to miss the greatest riff or song of your life.
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