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| SYSTEM-J |
| I want to know what this sound is, and how it's done: http://www.jack-moss.com/arpeggio.mp3. As a music reviewer I try and use the right terms for sounds, and calling this an "arpeggio" doesn't really describe its distinct sound. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
Sorry, that is definitely an arpeggio, with lots of delay. :p
I was trying to emulate this sound the other day, oddly enough. Couldn't get it very close...
It is playing G, Gb, D, B in descending order (in "Set in Stone"). |
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| Subtle |
| a pulse wave arpeggio ? |
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| Beatflux |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I want to know what this sound is, and how it's done: http://www.jack-moss.com/arpeggio.mp3. As a music reviewer I try and use the right terms for sounds, and calling this an "arpeggio" doesn't really describe its distinct sound. |
The fast moving melodies sound like arpeggios to me. In the 2nd and 4th one it sounds like they fiddled around with the chord rhythm.
The producer lays down a series of stacked notes down(chords), and then the synthesizer plays them in a certain pattern one by one that usually repeats.
What's the song that comes 2nd before last? |
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| SYSTEM-J |
The tracks are:
Bedrock - Set In Stone
Sasha - Magic (Blue Amazon Remix)
Sasha & BT - Heart Of Imagination
Bubble - The Bubble (Suck Ma Bass Mix)
I know it's an arpeggio, and I know what an arpeggio is. Not all arpeggios sound like this, though, and just putting a sustained chord through an arpeggiator on FL or what-have-you won't produce this rolling sound.
All these tracks are from 1995 or 1996, and this was quite a common element in progressive house tracks from that era. To me, it seems that someone (probably Richard Dekkard) figured out how to produce this distinctive arpeggio sound and it became a common sound of the period.
Maybe it's the particular chord being used. Which chord is G, F#, D & B? |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
The tracks are:
Bedrock - Set In Stone
Sasha - Magic (Blue Amazon Remix)
Sasha & BT - Heart Of Imagination
Bubble - The Bubble (Suck Ma Bass Mix)
I know it's an arpeggio, and I know what an arpeggio is. Not all arpeggios sound like this, though, and just putting a sustained chord through an arpeggiator on FL or what-have-you won't produce this rolling sound.
All these tracks are from 1995 or 1996, and this was quite a common element in progressive house tracks from that era. To me, it seems that someone (probably Richard Dekkard) figured out how to produce this distinctive arpeggio sound and it became a common sound of the period.
Maybe it's the particular chord being used. Which chord is G, F#, D & B? |
B Minor triad (B, D, F#) with added sixth (G). The track itself is in E Minor, so the arpeggio is based on the fifth scale degree (B). |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| All of which means nothing to me. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
All of which means nothing to me. |
E Minor scale goes like this:
E, F#, G, A, B, C, D
Each note is also labeled in Roman numerals by a scale degree, E being I, F# being II, G being iii, etc. In E Minor, the note B is the fifth scale degree or "dominant." It is one "fifth" interval up from the "root" or "home" note, E.
A basic minor triad chord is built by playing:
Root note (I) + iii + fifth (V)
So E Minor triad is played: E, G, B.
B Minor triad is: B, D, F#
The arpeggio uses the B minor triad, plus G, which is a minor sixth interval above the note B. |
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| cArAcH0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
All of which means nothing to me. |
I can feel with you :)
I'm currently into learning more about basic music theory. I wrote a little windows app, to display given scales.
Here is a screenshot:
The app can be downloaded here: (Microsoft .NET Framework is required)
http://www.lay-music.com/apps/KeyboardHelper.zip
Maybe this is helping you or anybody else.
Cheers |
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| palm |
| first track sounds familiar which one is it? |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
first track sounds familiar which one is it? |
Bedrock - "Set In Stone", as said above... |
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