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.
Aug-08-2005 17:45
FrancoR
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Check the midis and u will see
Aug-08-2005 21:04
DigiNut
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It's got nothing to do with the key and everything to do with the chord progression.
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Aug-08-2005 21:57
pho mo
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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.
i-VI (ie, C minor to A major) is a pretty dark progression
Aug-09-2005 23:13
J.L.
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
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.
Aug-10-2005 17:09
Elemental
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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.
