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Post by wirez » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:52 pm

nowaysj wrote:All you have to do is poke a hole in the dike, and the wizdom comes pouring through.

Big ups.

Anyone care to explain the circle of fifths? I've read about it for the past 18 years. I've had countless musicians try to explain it to me. True, I'm as dull as a brick, but anyone care to take another crack?
The theory is pretty complicated I reckon... But I just use it for quick reference as to what notes are in what scale!
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Post by caeraphym » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:10 am

nowaysj wrote:Anyone care to explain the circle of fifths? I've read about it for the past 18 years. I've had countless musicians try to explain it to me. True, I'm as dull as a brick, but anyone care to take another crack?
This pretty much wraps it up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_fifths :wink:
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Post by danbanana » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:18 am

FSTZ wrote:
TeReKeTe wrote:i always thought d minor was the saddest key.

it's called lick my love pump.
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Post by karmacazee » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:46 pm

I love the harmonic minor, especially in D. I think I overuse it tbh.
Try the blues scale - I'm writing a tune right now with a classic 3 chord trick (just 16-bars intsead of the usual 12), and it sounds pretty funky with a half time beat behind it.

Try pentatonic for some oriental flavour (just play all the black keys)
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Post by jah know » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:53 pm

diminished minor 3rds = dark and unresolved IMO
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Post by electromghxcstep » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:44 pm

I find the most completely rinsed dubstep chord progression is just minor triad, then minor triad semitone above or below. Its not a conventional scale or mode or whatever but its used in like midnight request line and stagger actually so much skream, crunked up, spyro by headhunter duno loadsa stuff. Can use it in basslines too obviously not with actual chords but implications of the two chords/keys an that
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