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Does anyone else make their chords like this?
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| Damie Mckeown |
Well what I do is I make some progression with only ONE key, so its like a dragged out melody, but it gives me an idea of the way the chords will progress, based on the minor scale.
Then I add a perfect 5th (7 halfsteps/semi tones up)
as Major and Minor both end in a perfect 5th so it doesnt matter.
Then all I have to do is figure out if In between I should put a Minor 3rd(3 half steps) or a Major 3rd (4 half steps)
Yeah? Yeah??
No?
Yeah, I probally should learn my Chord scales as I do understand the roman numeral analysis but looking at my keyboard or screen and playing a 'IV' or 'iv' takes longer to figure out.
But seriously, by doing this am I limiting myself to just natural minor? should I be considering changing to major, diminished or even augmented chords in my proggressions? |
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| moth |
| Doesn't matter man. It's a sound method for certain, but remember that you can play a melody in every key, so you can change the key to whichever you want at a later time and retain the same melody. |
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| Tranc3 |
| By doing that you're doing what works best for yourself. If you wanted to adjust it to major scales, then start off in a major scale and go from there. I think it's a good method to use...very logical from what I gather. |
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| Damie Mckeown |
| quote: | | Originally posted by moth change the key to whichever you want at a later time and retain the same melody. |
HAHAhaha, I always do that, and I sit there for ages goinf 'ohhh I like it in that key, Oh wait that one feels better too, OH WAIT
......etc etc'
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| dj-sean |
| I come up with my chords by playing on my keyboard, heh. I guess it helps that I played piano for 5 years though. |
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| Sloouh |
| It doesn't matter what key its in for a clubmix, the DJ will speed it up/slow it down to beatmatch. However radio edits or of mixs designed to be played at the right BPM the key makes more of a differnce. |
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| pho mo |
The root and perfect fifth are what's known as a "power chord" - used all the time in rock, but don't let that put you off because ( as you pointed out ) it is musically ambiguous and as such very useful.
A power chord can really underpin a track by adding the meat while allowing your melodies complete freedom over the top.
However I wouldn't limit myself to root + fifth above plus some other notes. You'll find using inversions can add a lot of interest ( especially depending on what notes your bass is playing )
Also, there's nothing like augmented, diminished etc. - they add a whole lot of colour! Just go wild and let your ears be the judge.
In particular, minor 7ths are very nice ( try D F A C ) for example, and then why not whack on the 9th (E) above that? |
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