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Posted by crazedonee on Aug-08-2005 17:45:

Darker notes

When making your riff ,melody ,or arp

what are the main chords and scales that give you a more darker,harder style trance feel opposed to the happy trance.

ive heard f -minor would give a darker feel but im sure there are more which some of you guys use.

Posted by FrancoR on Aug-08-2005 21:04:

Check the midis and u will see

Posted by DigiNut on Aug-08-2005 21:57:

It's got nothing to do with the key and everything to do with the chord progression.

Posted by pho mo on Aug-09-2005 02:29:

In any situation, if you want your riff sounding darker then all you have to do is try flattening notes ( shift them down a semitone ). The more flattened notes the darker the sound.

Posted by crazedonee on Aug-09-2005 09:37:

thanks guys

Posted by dilpil on Aug-09-2005 23:13:

Chord Progressions

i-VI (ie, C minor to A major) is a pretty dark progression

Posted by J.L. on Aug-10-2005 17:09:

As diginut said, it has nothing to do with the key.

However, diminished minor chords tend to give a much darker sound than natural minor chords. Natural minor chords give a more "sad" minor while "diminished" minor chords give a more "dark" minor chord.

In case you don't know what a diminished minor chord is, it is the exact same as a minor chord except the V (fifth note) is one semitone lower.

Posted by Elemental on Aug-12-2005 00:38:

quote:
Originally posted by J.L.
In case you don't know what a diminished minor chord is, it is the exact same as a minor chord except the V (fifth note) is one semitone lower.

Very well explained !