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How Do You Identify The Scale Of Your Track? (pg. 4)
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| tehlord |
Am I the only one that uses my ears?*
* I know the answer is no. |
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| SoundMagus |
| Why ask the question and annoy and interrupt my working day with an email alert - fannybaws :P |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by SoundMagus
Why ask the question and annoy and interrupt my working day with an email alert - fannybaws :P |
Sorry? |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by SoundMagus
Why ask the question and annoy and interrupt my working day with an email alert - fannybaws :P |
What? |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by SoundMagus
Why ask the question and annoy and interrupt my working day with an email alert - fannybaws :P |
More to come...... |
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| cryophonik |
| I'm cornfused. :conf: |
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| tehlord |
| I think he's subscribed to the thread and my responses are annoying him. |
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| cryophonik |
| Oh, I see. Ummmm...I guess I should include something useful in this reply then. Oh yeah, ears....ears are good. |
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| Verona^My |
| quote: | Originally posted by future_newbie
So, I lay down some notes and they sound ok together. I create some pads, some melody on top of it etc....they sound coherent as a whole.
How do I know what scale I'm using to put these things together? What should I watch for? The basic root note maybe? |
On Amazon.com you can order a thing called "The Chord Wheel". It explains scales (key) and chords better than any book on music theory that I've read. It is succinct and to the point. It is only 12 pages, but read it carefully and absorb all the information.
Plus with the chord wheel you can play spin the chord wheel to randomly choose a scale to write a musical piece in, if you want to challenge yourself in randomly interesting ways. |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by cryophonik
Oh, I see. Ummmm...I guess I should include something useful in this reply then. Oh yeah, ears....ears are good. |
Ears. Yes. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| quote: | Originally posted by Verona^My
On Amazon.com you can order a thing called "The Chord Wheel". It explains scales (key) and chords better than any book on music theory that I've read. It is succinct and to the point. It is only 12 pages, but read it carefully and absorb all the information.
Plus with the chord wheel you can play spin the chord wheel to randomly choose a scale to write a musical piece in, if you want to challenge yourself in randomly interesting ways. |
the wheel doesn't explain keys at all. To understand keys is a historical endeavour as there is a reason they came about. There is a reason certain scale degrees were raised and the reason is purely pragmatic for the time they occurred. A trend, There is nothing natural about the tonal system. A chord wheel just provides a pattern of chords organized in a certain way. It explains very little and is useful for kids learning theory or idiot djs trying to mix harmonically which never ends up well. |
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| future_newbie |
wohooo, this is so handy!
Btw guys, I was wondering...do you know which is the most commonly used scale in ambient/chill out music? |
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