Hello TA! I'm into the middle of a chords progression dilemma. I've got this basic chords made of 2 notes. I wanna make it sound richer in the mix so I end up with 2 versions. One where I just copied on an upper octave the basic chords and another where I tried to use 4 different notes.
Which of them sounds better ? :conf:
It's hard to answer this without hearing it in the context of a song. In isolation, the doubled one sounds best to me; however, in a busy mix, the basic one might be more appropriate.
TranceLover007
Personally like the last one (4 different notes) - sound more appealing to me because of the depth and wide (thick) effect of the sound.
Darek
Kysora
I'm at work so I can't listen, but if you're only using two notes out of the chord, it might make things sound more "full" if you play at least a triad.
cryophonik
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Originally posted by Kysora
I'm at work so I can't listen, but if you're only using two notes out of the chord, it might make things sound more "full" if you play at least a triad.
That was my first thought before listening to it, but after hearing it, it makes sense (assuming that it's just one part that will be supported by additional instruments) and it's actually playing more than two notes.
Looney4Clooney
all of them are poor for various reasons.
The first one has voicings that are too close. Now this wouldn't sound so bad with something that wasn't a sawtooth but consider the fact that you are using a sawtooth which unlike say a square wave which is just odd harmonics has a very prominent first and second harmonic so you have overlapping partials making it sound muddy.
Second one is the least offensive but still by moving up to F . you close the voicing making it akward. There is also an unresolved tritone that sounds funny.
3rd one with the added 5ths doesn't again for the same reasons that if you stat adding 5ths to a a sawtooth sound , you really need to widen the chord or you get these nasty partial overlaps that sound bad. The parallel nature in which you go from chord to chord is also a reason why it sounds bad especially in this case as you have added the 5th.
overall, they all kinda suck . The instrumentation and the way they are voiced are static and just boring and generic. The motif is more something you would assign to a middle voice as it just isn't that compelling of a melody,
Also , stop thinking of chords as vertical entities but rather as flowing lines. Chords are formed by lines of music ( counterpoint ) interacting with each other. Until you understand chords in this manner, you will always approach chords with this block like approach and it just sounds bad. Examine each line of the chord and where it goes.
J.L.
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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
Also , stop thinking of chords as vertical entities but rather as flowing lines. Chords are formed by lines of music ( counterpoint ) interacting with each other. Until you understand chords in this manner, you will always approach chords with this block like approach and it just sounds bad. Examine each line of the chord and where it goes.
This.
DJRYAN™
I like #3 the best. Seemed softer and more melodic.
