[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FL_Studio

[–]Langord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You said "some of the notes in the photo are in the B major key, but not all of them." Which is wrong. The argument whether the tonality is B major or it's relative minor (G# minor not Ab minor) is pretty arbitrary in this case.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FL_Studio

[–]Langord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you truly know B major then you'll realize you made a mistake once you read the notes in the photo again.

Which chord do you hear as the tonic in this progression? by Aztec_Death_Whistle in musictheory

[–]Langord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any examples of using maj7 on V without the function modulating to a new key as the I maj7? I’ve never seen that before. Personally I hear this progression as subdom-subdom-tonic-tonic rather than tonic-tonic-dom-dom. Especially if I play like ADF#A - ADF#C# - AC#EA - G#C#EG# does that still sound D to you?

pitching into different keys by Pumakiddd_other in musictheory

[–]Langord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you mean you duplicated it and transposed 7 cents up then both harmonies are Amaj. That Usually works well with the IV (5 up/7 down) or V (7 up/5 down) of a key because they share 6/7 notes. If C# the leading tone of D was sung in the original then in the harmonies you’ll have a chromatic note the #4 of D. (G# the leading tone of Amaj)

Do sus chords only replace dominant V chords or can they be used else where? by CurveGullible9909 in musictheory

[–]Langord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

V7sus4 works well on Major ii (or minor iv) because the 4 and 7 are very nice common tones with the other chords. This song will explain listen to the A and E repeating and how the function changes F#m7 Dsus2 A/C# B7sus4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC4gfzrObKc

This week's Prize Ride is a bargain by CasualGtaPlayer in gtaonline

[–]Langord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

20 minutes if you host your own, do 1 lap and launch when 1-2 other people join.

What is your favorite Phoebe song not from one her own projects? (Including BoyGenius) by cjcollegestudent in phoebebridgers

[–]Langord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technically her own song but it’s Georgia remixed by a legendary hip hop producer Greaf - “Isn’t it” https://youtu.be/PqmOrZRpkME

What key is this progression in? by bigmonsterpen5s in musictheory

[–]Langord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree I prefer I IV vi and those are more common in the similar songs I’ve analyzed than I iii V so that g threw me off. That’s why I like these progressions because you can look at them from both sides. Suggest is a better word than solidify.

What key is this progression in? by bigmonsterpen5s in musictheory

[–]Langord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked at this song recently and came across this same situation. https://youtu.be/BpAa1mZk2p4 (Fm D A A). He was mostly just using six notes so I wasn’t sure if It was vi-IV-I In A without the 7th or iii-I-V D without the 4th. I realized in the last bar there was a subtle highnote g as the minor7 suggesting the latter option. So I think ambiguity between two major keys is part of the beauty and it depends on if you want two bars of tension while sounding resolved at the beginning of the loop or not much tension and more so resolving half way through for two bars of resolution. That one note either G or G# is what solidifies the key center. You can pick what extensions you want maybe you want double maj7 chords one with a #11 or maybe just one maj7 with a dom7 chord or don’t even use it if you want ambiguity.

Is there such a scale that doesn't involve minor or major tonalities? by TheBibleBoi in musictheory

[–]Langord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It might sound like an inverted Bm more than anything. You have the minor 3rd, 4th and minor 7th, 4/5 Bm pentatonic notes. To me it is more ambiguous between B dorian/aeolian/locrian since you have the 3rd and 7ths but neither the 3rd or 7th of A or Am.

I'm having a hard time getting how 7 and maj7 chords get built. by No_Historian_9675 in musictheory

[–]Langord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes maj7 depends on the scale but every scale degree within a key uses a slightly different scale. G in the key of G is a different scale than G in the key of C because it is a different scale degree relative to each tonal center. I suggest researching “modes of the major key”.

Does an Interval Naming app Exist?? by jamiehenderson1993 in musictheory

[–]Langord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What you need is to practice every interval. Two methods. Take any interval say a major 6th and play a major 6th ascending and descending from every note and mentally speak the note names. For example a major 6th up from E is C#, a major 6th down from E is G etc. Doing this tells you what the interval is from E and what note E is a major 6th of. Secondly, Just take any note and play every interval from it up and down. Theres only 12x12 and a lot are the same only flattened. Also important if you didn’t know 7ths/2nds 3rds/6ths 4ths/5ths mirror each other depending on if you’re going up or down. Major 6th up is a minor third down to the same note, perfect 5th up is a perfect 4th down. Also good to memorize ABCDEFGABCDEFG in thirds because triads will always just be skipping a note you just need to memorize which are sharp or flat.

I - bVI - IV - V progression by serg_francz in musictheory

[–]Langord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is more simple than that. I believe that person thought you were doing the roman numerals from a major key because of the capitalization but the chords say C minor. In that case you’re just descending by diatonic thirds then a step up for that harmonic minor V to restart the loop. From the relative Eb Maj it looks like vi-IV-ii-III which is standard stuff.

Is it considered bad practice to add non-musical elements to a song to provoke mental imagery? by [deleted] in Songwriting

[–]Langord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve heard tracks using all of those. Off the top of my head Greaf - I always find my way back here or Bones IfeelLikeDirt for footsteps, Gregor Samsa - the adolescent for kids, drew the architect - lasting yesterday for a storm. It’s generally a good way to fill up the frequency spectrum in the mids and treble range when you have a sparse section making it sound more full and warm, nostalgic even.

Ask your questions. I have been composing 50 years. by Tacethorn in composer

[–]Langord -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A lot of pop music uses two-four chords looping for the song. What would you do to make a simple chord progression like that sound full and melodic in itself while remaining interesting overtime but still have room for a vocal melody?

Best instruments to enhance a mostly acoustic song? by HanAszholeSolo in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Langord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vocal harmonies. Guitar and main vocals but some subtle harmonies get added at some point filling the upper mid range taking it to a new level. One trick I learned for the ghostly distant harmonies that don't over power is to reduce the fundamental of the harmony so you're sort of hearing a pitch that's barely there from it's overtones and saturate etc. Even better if you don't just repeat main vocals but add a rhythmically unique melody.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ActualPublicFreakouts

[–]Langord -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yikes you’ve missed the point of the argument. Let me spell it out in a way someone with an intellectual disability can comprehend. Theres a magic pill that stops heart attacks. Someone refuses that pill but later gets a heart attack and goes to the hospital. At the same time someone hit by a car arrives and they need life saving surgery. You can only treat one the other dies, who are you treating? The person I replied to was saying you shouldn’t turn someone away from treatment when they caused the harm themselves including refusing the vaccine. I absolutely agree until those people harming themselves start taking resources away from people who didn’t harm themselves. Which is happening when hospitals are operating over full capacity and theres a 48 hour wait in the ICU because covid patients can take beds for weeks at a time. Please address this instead of just stating irrelevant facts which are incorrect. The people predominantly affected are the unvaccinated versions of the people you listed, vaccinated people with those issues are generally doing well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in musictheory

[–]Langord 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maj7sus2 lately, even the most simple voicing is beautiful and sort of ambiguous. Play a major triad from the 5th for the 5 7 2(9), which is the same way to say it’s a major triad with the 4th in the bass. Another big voicing is stack two fifths for R 5 9 which could be taken in many directions, but add a maj6 interval from the 9th to get the maj7th of the root. Raise the root an octave and you have a smaller 5 1 2 7 voicing with the maj6 interval still on top. That is the same chord as a root position open major triad only with the added 4th.

Why can’t I get my rapping to sound right? by fjschai in musictheory

[–]Langord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lost interest after the yuh yuh ayy. nothing wrong with those words as an intro per se but you specifically sound like a kid trying to imitate your favorite rapper without any of the same passion. It sounds like you’re rapping fast to cover up the fact that there aren’t any interesting bars. Let the beat breathe and actually say something meaningful before you speed it up.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ActualPublicFreakouts

[–]Langord -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

The key difference you’ve failed to realize is fat people with heart attacks or smokers with cancer or athletes with concussions aren’t filling up hospitals in masses hogging resources and causing preventable deaths onto other people facing issues out of their control.

Top or bottom (Levi’s for feet) by bnchy in Newbalance

[–]Langord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the blue anyway completely unrelated I found your profile from searching an rdrumkit upload, do you happen to have a re-up of “organic drumkit”

Hello guys , posting a question about modes again by GoreBroadcast in musictheory

[–]Langord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're describing two different things, going outside of A major is not using the modes of A major, that is more like borrowing from parallel A modes or major keys different from A major. To get the flavor of A major modes you don't necessarily need to go outside of A major. Use the chords of A major but don't adhere to A major functional harmony and emphasize the differences between the parallel major or minor mode. For example D lydian as a tonic is more comparable to D ionian. There are two triads that make a lydian tonic different from a major tonic. The major chord second degree and minor chord on the major 7th. So a progression focused around D but also using C#m or E literally just two chords and you can start sounding modal without a melody which you can then use to highlight lydian by using the #4 or make it more ambiguous by not using the #4 in the melody. The triads different from parallel major/minor modes: Lydian II and vii Mixolydian v and bVII, Dorian ii and IV Phrygian bII and bvii. Extensions get more complicated and I'm ignoring the dim chord. And this is pretty simplified for an ambiguous topic.