Chords are what help support the melodic line, if I understand your question correctly. For example if the first note a melody is C it might be supported by a CMajor chord C-E-G or some variation (CM7th). As far as writing in musical notation, if you want some to be able to read it,it will need to be in musicsal notation, yes.
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