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Perfect fifths, what is that?
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| Sphereal |
Hello!
Sounds To Sample (www.soundstosample.com) got some nice production tips on different types of music., ref: http://www.soundstosample.com/content/Pro_tips/1
What i really dont understand is a chapter in the "Progressive house production tips" about "Perfect fifths", ref: http://www.soundstosample.com/Progr...production_tips
Perfect fifths:
Lots of progressive tracks contain synth lines that play harmonically in perfect fourth or fifth intervals. You can arrange this easily in your favourite synth / plug-in by creating a sound with two oscillators, with the second oscillator tuned five (perfect fourth) or seven (perfect fifth) semitones up.
Could someone please enlighten me what this really means, in basics? (with some examples if possible)
Thanks any help!
Regards: Chris / Norway |
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| Wayne_B |
Hi there, I don't know the music side too well but here goes..
The idea is to create a two-note chord using the root and the fifth for example. You could do this on your keyboard or midi editor quite easily. You can, as mentioned, just use two oscillators:
Leave the first one alone tuning-wise.(This will be the root note of the chord). Add in a second oscillator but this time tune it up 5/7 semi-tones.(This add the higher note of the chord).
This sound has been used alot in progressive house. Listen to some Deadmau5 tunes for an example. I can post some clips if need be but its not too difficult to do. |
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| Subtle |
| If u tune the second oscilliator up a fifth or down a fourth, despite playing two different notes, whatever note you play will fit within the scale you are in. |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Subtle
If u tune the second oscilliator up a fifth or down a fourth, despite playing two different notes, whatever note you play will fit within the scale you are in. |
...except for the 7th note of a major scale or 2nd note of a minor scale, which should be a diminished 5th, rather than a perfect 5th. In other words, the note that is a perfect 5th above (or perfect 4th below) those two notes are not in the same scale as the root key. |
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| Subtle |
| quote: | Originally posted by cryophonik
...except for the 7th note of a major scale or 2nd note of a minor scale, which should be a diminished 5th, rather than a perfect 5th. In other words, the note that is a perfect 5th above (or perfect 4th below) those two notes are not in the same scale as the root key. |
Oh yeah of course.. learned something new today. |
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| palm |
| i think this is the first think i ever understood when i was touching a piano for the first time. also this is what i do the most. this way u can avoid minor/major too and just keep it tribal (ancient). -5 sounds better than +5 though. its the same as +7. if u looks at frequency specters or doing the math with Hz its very logicaly that this sounds good. |
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| DjStephenWiley |
| I've found the perfect 5th is always a very good note within a melody. It seems to be 'that' note that you kind of rely on and go back to and in some cases even build around. Take A minor for example. To me, the E is far and away the most important note of the scale. I write almost everything around it. |
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| Subtle |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjStephenWiley
I've found the perfect 5th is always a very good note within a melody. It seems to be 'that' note that you kind of rely on and go back to and in some cases even build around. Take A minor for example. To me, the E is far and away the most important note of the scale. I write almost everything around it. |
yes, aside from unison the perfect fifth is the most important interval in modern music. |
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