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| Author | Topic: Beat making |
tekele
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bongo
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8/18/2005 | posted: 8/18/2005 at 8:21:58 AM ET
I once visited a certain forum on the internt. and i found a very interesting topic people were discussing on how a certain beat works so well,but the technical language which was used was above my head cause i m a novice in music production, my troube is this, one of the discussant posted this:
Basically due to the purpose of the song you will focus on one chord(root chord) and only keep that chord (droning) within the song and move may be 1 other chord briefly.
Rhythmically the same drum pattern is played in a four bar loop throught the whole song so that plays on droning as well.The producer use cymbal ride constantly as 8th notes throughout the song.
Musically he created a lot of tension, and the tension is mainly based on 9th chords and augmentes 4th notes, let say the song was in E minor, Root E plays the bass instrument
My question is like this
How can i focus a song in one and only one chord?(
How can i use the same drum pattern throughout in a four bar loop?
How can i use cymbal ride constantly as 8th notes?
How can i use the 9th chords and augmented 4th notes in a music
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|  Pete
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North Coast NSW, Australia
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3/20/2005 | posted: 8/19/2005 at 6:07:11 AM ET
What you are describing is the style used by Gamalan players.A search for Indonesian Traditional music will produce some examples.
Baruch 3:14
|  imnidiot
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Ashley PA
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3/28/2005 | posted: 8/19/2005 at 6:44:14 PM ET
I just happened to hear Dear Prudence by the Beatles, and this song is a good example of a single chord with one change. It also has a steady droning drum beat with a symbol beat,(not sure what the tempo is), but it fits your description. If you listen to music frequently with this style in mind, I'm sure you'll be able to pick out other examples.
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| Pete
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From:
North Coast NSW, Australia
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3/20/2005 | posted: 8/20/2005 at 1:55:43 AM ET
..another is "'Something In The Air"" (Thunderclap Newman) which runs a decending D,A, B, and Bb across a D Major chord, as in Dear Prudence.
Baruch 3:14
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