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Subject: I'm Not A Very Good Musician.......
Original Message Date: 28-May-02 @ 02:43 PM - I'm Not A Very Good Musician.......
Here goes:
If I decide to write a track in say Dminor, is this right? This is what I've been doing but can only get to a certain level.
I take the root note of the tetra cord which is D and make that the main notes of the bassline with possibly 1 note out of the 2 bar phrase moving up to the next note in the chord.
Then for my stabs and pads and stuff, I have been using minor 7ths and Dominant 9ths. I make sure that I take the root(bass) notes out of that chord.
The problem is that that's as far as I get. I know references have been made to flat 5 chords but these aren't in my chord books. What are they?
Also, is there like a common key that Techy Housey stuff is written in? I like Dminor but maybe this is too dark cos my shit doesn't sound the same as the records in my collection.
Say I did use Dminor, can I also use DbMinor chords in my arrangements? Will it sound musically correct?
Also which chords (keys) go nicely together? I quite like Bb and Fm but I'm not sure. It doesn't sound like how I want it. Its a bit too jazzy deep house style.
I know I must use my ears but I need a push start.
Message 11/19 30-May-02 @ 10:29 AM - RE: I'm Not A Very Good Musician.......
Message 12/19 30-May-02 @ 10:57 AM - RE: I'm Not A Very Good Musician.......
Message 13/19 05-Jun-02 @ 05:03 PM - RE: I'm Not A Very Good Musician.......
Sitar, thanks for the "adding the 2nd note" tip. It adds a really nice colour to the chords and stuff. Cool.
I'm onto 7th Major, minor chords now. It's cool cos all I do is add a note 1 semitone or whole note below the root.
Mmmm, I'm progressing.
Message 14/19 05-Jun-02 @ 07:36 PM - RE: I'm Not A Very Good Musician.......
There was someone who posted that if you knew your circle of fifths you would have more jazzy tunes etc...
I just learned the cirlce of fifths and to me it seems that all the circle of fifths really does is show you the order of your sharps and flats going up every fifth whole step, right?
I learned that if you're in a certian key, let's say C major, and you want to do a key change you use the fifth key in the C major chord and that's the key that you can change to that will sound ok. The fifth key is G so you can go to G major or its relative minor. You can do this in all your major keys.
To find a keys relative minor you take the first note in the scale and count back three half steps or semitones. So, C majors relative minor is A minor. The relative minor givews you a little more to play with or to use in a track. please correct me if I am incorrect, thanks
JJfreqy
Message 15/19 05-Jun-02 @ 08:02 PM - RE: I'm Not A Very Good Musician.......
Message 16/19 05-Jun-02 @ 08:23 PM - RE: I'm Not A Very Good Musician.......
for instant jazz try paralell 4ths. oh, that's fake jazz btw. Lounge Lizards
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Message 19/19 11-Jun-02 @ 09:44 PM - RE: I'm Not A Very Good Musician.......
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