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Subject: A little something to break the monotony
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Original Message 1/2 01-Apr-00 @ 04:44 AM - A little something to break the monotony
Can anybody help me out with a little problem I have.
I've basically just written a simple little tune that repeats the following chord sequence.
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Cmin (C Eb G)
Cmin
Cmin
Cmin
Bb (Bb D F)
Bb
G (G B D)
??? (B D F)
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It sounds O.K, but I want to change the tune half way through, and would like to put some sort of bridge/ change of chord pattern in, but I can't find any that fit. Playing different inversions of those chords sounds quite nice, but isn't what I'm looking for.
This is a general problem for me (not just this tune).
I've got hundreds of nice chord patterns, but to get them to sound O.K in electronic music I usually only use two or four chords.
Can anybody shed some light on this situation, how would I go about finding or working out such 'bridges'. I've heard that using relative minors can be useful but I've not had any luck, and would really like to make my tunes a little more complicated than the same bloody chords repeating over and over and over and over and over . . . . . . .
How the hell do Aire come up with those patterns and melodies anyway ?
P.S. - Does anyone know what that last chord is, or what key is associated with that chord pattern ?
Message 2/2 01-Apr-00 @ 02:20 PM - RE: A little something to break the monotony
C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C |
Here, try this. I'm assuming your key is B flat and you're substituting a G major for a G minor which sounds kind of cool and for the mystery chord, you're just going to G7 and dropping the root (or you could call it Bm dim, B minor with a flatted 5th). In the little midi I'm sending, for the chorus or bridge, it goes from the G7 at bar 16 to:
|F///|F///|Bb///|G///|F///|F///|Bb///|G/Bb/|
One way of figuring where to go with something is to reduce it to a simple line based on the root notes. Hum or sing that to yourself. Figure out where to go that way, then harmonize it.
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