Members New Trail Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 Just wonderin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 I tend to use the "Rhythm Changes" (I-VI-II-V) in one form or another in songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ido1957 Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 I add chords after I design the vocal melody. So the "key" and chord pattern varies from song to song. I'm no jazz artist so they are usually easy to play... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oswlek Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 For some reason, 3 out of the last 6 songs I wrote all ended up being in A with a G shape. Interestingly enough, though, all three were using different tunings, so I didn't realize it until afterward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 I see my songs fall into a number of patterns (particularly when I notate them in Nashville or Roman, which makes it so much more obvious). Sometimes that concerns me but when I'm writing a song, I try not to get in the way of the songwriting. There's plenty of time to play with different approaches later. But when the muses are in the air, I like to get as much down as fast as I can. The more I work/re-work something in the first session with a song, the less likely there's going to be a spark of real inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted April 2, 2012 Members Share Posted April 2, 2012 Cmaj7 to C#dim7 to D-7 to G7sus4 to CMaj7. Gotta find a new one. LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Monkey Uncle Posted April 3, 2012 Members Share Posted April 3, 2012 Cmaj7 to C#dim7 to D-7 to G7sus4 to CMaj7. Gotta find a new one. LCK Show-off. Just kidding. I love your stuff and wish I could internalize jazz progressions well enough that they would come out of me spontaneously. If I'm not careful, everything I write ends up in D mixolydian. At least I think that's what it is - chords from the key of G major, but with D as the tonal center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zelmobeaty Posted April 3, 2012 Members Share Posted April 3, 2012 i gravitate to Drop-D more than I should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 3, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 3, 2012 I tend to get pulled toward a standard diatonic foundation. Little melodic motives centered around the 3rd or the 5th. And I catch myself being so boring and... and start trying to inject a little flavor without it turning into a mental exercise. So the trick for me is to put on my theory hat for a second then take it off and then musically emote again. So consciously move away from the stock, unconsciously. If you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted April 3, 2012 Members Share Posted April 3, 2012 Show-off. I wish I could internalize jazz progressions well enough that they would come out of me spontaneously. Ah, but except for that really cliche progression I mentioned, they don't flow spontaneously out of me. Oddly enough, when I'm stuck I don't look to Gershwin or Kern or Porter for inspiration, I look to a guy who grew up in Hawthorne, CA, and who used to write surf songs and car songs for a living. LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sandy Cheeks Posted April 3, 2012 Members Share Posted April 3, 2012 Key of Ab. Seems like the mellowest key to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted April 3, 2012 Members Share Posted April 3, 2012 G seems to fit my voice pretty well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 3, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 3, 2012 Key of Ab. Seems like the mellowest key to me. You have my dog Pudgie in your avatar!!!! Hey Pudge! She snores worse than I do which is a great releif. Kind of takes some of the spotlight off me... Hey Pudge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sandy Cheeks Posted April 3, 2012 Members Share Posted April 3, 2012 You have my dog Pudgie in your avatar!!!! Hey Pudge! She snores worse than I do which is a great releif. Kind of takes some of the spotlight off me... Hey Pudge! All hoodies, all the time, that's me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members David Bereuther Posted April 3, 2012 Members Share Posted April 3, 2012 I like E Major, when you play the guitar you can add a lot of extra chords just by using open strings. This also applys to A Major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrQuin Posted April 4, 2012 Members Share Posted April 4, 2012 It depends if playing piano or guitar, the same chords can have quite a different vibe. I try to force myself out my comfort zone by using trickier keys sometimes. Transposing a song to a different key can really change the feel of the whole thing. I do use inverted and suspended chords a lot for some extra magic. I seem to use e and b minors quite often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Capn Spanky Posted April 4, 2012 Members Share Posted April 4, 2012 I write a lot of stuff in E. Then when I record it, I have to tune my guitar down a step because the song is pitched too high for my voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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