So I'm working on my current track's chord progressions, its a 16 bar progression, it will be for an utopian/jungle track, with a few orchestral elements in it. Here is the mp3:



Do you prefer the first progression or the second, why?

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Originally posted by cronodevir So I'm working on my current track's chord progressions, its a 16 bar progression, it will be for an utopian/jungle track, with a few orchestral elements in it. Here is the mp3: Do you prefer the first progression or the second, why?

no link for the mp3 dude

Click the image. It should take you to do page with a play or download button.

Anyways, same file, but with an arp.

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i got ya sounds good thoe just needs building on i say the first part mainly because it uses tension

Well, here are the chords:



Fuck, I may use both. Anyone else got any opinions?

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the first chord prog is the better

Post the melody along with the harmony. They play off of each other, so it's hard to judge a harmony when you can't hear how the melody will respond.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

What do you mean beatflux?

You mean have the arp and the chords themselves playing at the same time? Ive not written a melody for this progression btw, ive only been working on the chords I'm going to use, and now i'm trying to figure out which is preferable. The arp was just an example.

The issue is I like both, lol. I may infact use both, which makes all this irrelevant. But its still good to see peoples view on the progression.

Also, because each progression bar has a different number of keys, so will the melody be different for each. There are really alot of ways I can go with this. But i put the umpteenth emphasis on the chord progression because that IS the soul of the track, its what make it , it.

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Last edited by cronodevir on Apr-16-2009 at 21:27

I thought you were going to put a melody to this. Nevermind.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

I will, but my melody will follow this chord progression, infact everything will follow this chord progression. But for instance i'm not going to have something in there just playing chords, the lead will be a melody based on this progression, and so will the bass, and the pads and all that goodness.

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Originally posted by cronodevir I will, but my melody will follow this chord progression, infact everything will follow this chord progression. But for instance i'm not going to have something in there just playing chords, the lead will be a melody based on this progression, and so will the bass, and the pads and all that goodness.

In my mind, melody and harmony go together like a background in a play and the actors. Depending on the melody and harmony, changing one or the other will affect how they interact.

Example:

Play the CEG chord in your left hand, then play C-E-G-C with the right.
Then if you play the same chord in your left hand, play C-D-F-C.
The first melody you play should be more transparent than the second, because the second melody has two different non-chord tones.
If you play that same melody line without chord accompaniment(C-D-F-C), the melody can still tell a story, but it's not as interesting.

It hard to judge just a chord progression, when the final song is going to have different elements working together.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

I always though harmony was the interaction between different melodies. Or so Ive read.

Here is an old version of juno, I consider it to be "in harmony"



Ignore the random ass beat that comes in..lol [someone came into vstunnel]

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dig out the grout expose the pest to take it out without the rest

they will attest my patients restorations from the best

i'm from the west i'm not an acmeist only the alchemist