how to harmonize your riffs the right way?

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Posted by clubkidnycnyc on Apr-23-2006 01:01:

how to harmonize your riffs the right way?

how do you guys mostly harmonize (decorate,or accompany) your main riff melody or your first melody (verse)

do you usually do it the way you would with the bass?

for example if your riff is in the chord of c

then your bass would be in the key of e ,or g

now would you do the same thing with your main riff?

if your riff was in the key of f

would you try to decorate it with some counter melodies or string pads in the key of a

or does someone have a better method.

Posted by KilldaDJ on Apr-23-2006 01:37:

id use the bass notes of the lead.

keep it simple, its what trance started out to be

Posted by funkysouls on Apr-23-2006 15:29:

yeah bass with the melody.
i have tried that many time but couldn't do it properly
hope so u getting me, not that woomp woomp sound but clean bass, juss a feel of it ..
any1 with how to do it in Reason..?
thanks addicts

Posted by alexlosy on Apr-25-2006 07:26:

quote:
Originally posted by funkysouls
yeah bass with the melody.
i have tried that many time but couldn't do it properly
hope so u getting me, not that woomp woomp sound but clean bass, juss a feel of it ..
any1 with how to do it in Reason..?
thanks addicts

I use reason but I just really play around with it till it sounds good and tryv to learn as i go along.....I'd like to know aswell...