CurtMMGurt
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So I posted on reddit
"How would this progression/loop resolve:
i - VI - III - VII
I feel like it sounds pretty good looped but as an end to a song or something VII - i sounds a bit unfinished. Would you say songs that use this usually fade out, change the VII, or change the i so it's VII - III (picardy cadence)? Or are my ears just bad, lol (to used to hearing the perfect/imperfect cadence."
And someone replied with
"8 bars
i -- IV -- III -- ii
III -- ii -- III -- (III)
Drop 1 on the last major third.
In d minor that would be d minor, b flat major, f major, e minor, f major, e minor, f major sustained"
What??? I'm trying to make a modern sounding song, well, within the realm of feature beats like
"Skrillex & Team EZY - Pretty Bye Bye" or "Kazukii - Hold On". I'm starting to feel like crap, lol, I can't seemed to make a good cadence unless its triads in major that use the V or IV chords.
I also have a hard time dropping chords from a song, like i'll keep the same four chords (or however many I have) through the entire song. I was thinking maybe in the intro and verse i'll make the chords without their thirds, but then would that ruin the loop...
I like making melodies that don't follow the chords, so I guess I like making melodies in a relative modal (i've read it's pretty common, A chord progression in A minor and melody in C major or even D dorian), the thing is they don't sound like they resolve, I know what's suppose to make them resolve, like in C it would be G, D, or B going back to C, but I dunno something feels odd. I can upload a short song to soundcloud or something that uses A minor with a D dorian melody, and maybe you can tell me if anything is wrong with the way it sounds.
I dunno, maybe the lack of sleep and depression is distorting my view of my music.
Anyway if you can point me to a book or to whatever might help, i'd really appreciate it.
"How would this progression/loop resolve:
i - VI - III - VII
I feel like it sounds pretty good looped but as an end to a song or something VII - i sounds a bit unfinished. Would you say songs that use this usually fade out, change the VII, or change the i so it's VII - III (picardy cadence)? Or are my ears just bad, lol (to used to hearing the perfect/imperfect cadence."
And someone replied with
"8 bars
i -- IV -- III -- ii
III -- ii -- III -- (III)
Drop 1 on the last major third.
In d minor that would be d minor, b flat major, f major, e minor, f major, e minor, f major sustained"
What??? I'm trying to make a modern sounding song, well, within the realm of feature beats like
"Skrillex & Team EZY - Pretty Bye Bye" or "Kazukii - Hold On". I'm starting to feel like crap, lol, I can't seemed to make a good cadence unless its triads in major that use the V or IV chords.
I also have a hard time dropping chords from a song, like i'll keep the same four chords (or however many I have) through the entire song. I was thinking maybe in the intro and verse i'll make the chords without their thirds, but then would that ruin the loop...
I like making melodies that don't follow the chords, so I guess I like making melodies in a relative modal (i've read it's pretty common, A chord progression in A minor and melody in C major or even D dorian), the thing is they don't sound like they resolve, I know what's suppose to make them resolve, like in C it would be G, D, or B going back to C, but I dunno something feels odd. I can upload a short song to soundcloud or something that uses A minor with a D dorian melody, and maybe you can tell me if anything is wrong with the way it sounds.
I dunno, maybe the lack of sleep and depression is distorting my view of my music.
Anyway if you can point me to a book or to whatever might help, i'd really appreciate it.