E to A and perfect 5ths i. If you jam out a bass line that you really dig, but then discover afterward that there's a perfect 5th between a couple notes, don't worry, this is an awesome opportunity to create something even more special.
Break up this perfect interval by adding an extra note in between these two notes. This will actually make your bass line even more unique and unpredictable, as you would never have thought to put a note in there if it weren't for that moment of weakness from the perfect 5th. Write out your chord progression, then begin playing around in the low end, remembering to center your bass line around the root note in each chord. For an awesome bass line, balance the stability created from these root notes, with the instability created from the other six notes in the scale.
Too much stability will make your bass line boring, but too much instability will make your musical foundation too weak to hold all the chords and melodies above it. Cnally, turn this into a blues scale i. And remember, always be motif hunting for that short musical idea you can repeat, to give your bass line structure and a catchy familiarity.
If you jam out a bass line that you really dig, but then discover afterward that there's a perfect 5th between a couple notes, don't worry, this is an awesome opportunity to create something even more unique. Break up this perfect interval by adding an extra note in between. Decide what you want to say through your musical story i.
For example, if your song's verse is in D Aeolian and the chorus is in F Ionian, the music is said to modulate between these two sections. You wouldn't wanna spend four minutes saying exactly the same thing to someone, as that's not very interesting for them to listen to. It's the same with music. This will express two sides to your story, and keep them captivated throughout the journey. And, what's better than two? They will thank you with their full attention! I like to think of notes as people, so imagine your music is a room with seven people in it i.
It doesn't take long for your listener to get to know all seven notes, and then the conversation gets stale. So, as the host, you kick some old notes out and replace them with new ones, and everything's fresh again!
Then after a while, those new notes aren't new any more either, so you ditch 'em for the old ones again, who now sound fresh as they've been away. The amount of new notes you introduce when you modulate, determines how close or distant the new key sounds to the old one. Start your new section on the root triad of the mode you've modulated to. Sometimes it helps to avoid the root chord of the mode you just came from, otherwise the ear can be tempted back to it.
There's something uniquely refreshing about changing notes and roots between sections in a song. However, this type of modulation is potent and perhaps not for every song. Approach with caution, but know that your boldness will be rewarded! Use Vmaj of the new key you're going to, followed by the root chord of that new key. Write out your chord progression AKA harmonic story, then begin telling your melodic story over it.
Let's just say it's one of the best ways to make your music stand out from the crowd, as there's probably less than 0. Counterpoint is the method of adding musical layers by composing melodies with countering contours. A song could have ten diCerent synths in it, but if they're all playing the same thing, it'll sound thin with only one musical layer.
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