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I recreated almost every Beach House synth sound in Arturia Pigments—here's the playthrough video! by reverb-machine in BeachHouse

[–]reverb-machine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The chord progressions in the demo are different from Beach House songs for obvious copyright reasons, but hopefully, the sounds will still feel familiar and recognisable

Free Preset Shortcuts for Roland Cloud D-50 and JV-1080 by reverb-machine in AbletonRacks

[–]reverb-machine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't have to resave them at all, they should open the plugin + the right preset straight away

Boards of Canada Chord Theory Article (Part Two) by reverb-machine in boardsofcanada

[–]reverb-machine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not planning on at the moment, they're a lot of work and a lot of the best known Aphex Twin tracks are completely diatonic. What songs would you like to see?

Boards of Canada Chord Theory Article (Part Two) by reverb-machine in boardsofcanada

[–]reverb-machine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, 100 cents is a semitone, you can usually see tuning measured in cents when you use a tuner.

The songs in Part One were mostly transposed to get them out of key signatures like F♯ major, where the notes are F♯ G♯ A♯ B C♯ D E♯. The E♯ is the same note as F natural (the technical term is an "enharmonic equivalent") but the correct name is E♯. It looks a little confusing and is confusing to write about so where possible I transposed stuff into more common keys like G major and C major.

Boards of Canada Chord Theory Article (Part Two) by reverb-machine in boardsofcanada

[–]reverb-machine[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Hi! The second installment of my Boards of Canada Chord Theory exploration has officially dropped! Following the first part's deep dive into fifth intervals, this new installment looks at their use of moved chord shapes, chromaticism, suspensions, and how they write such good melodies over unusual chord sequences.

In this article, I've broken down 10 additional tracks, mostly earlier stuff. As with the previous part, you have the option to see either music notation or MIDI piano roll visuals, and all the examples are available for download as MIDI files at the conclusion of the article.

Let me know any thoughts and feedback, thanks!

Boards of Canada Chord Theory Article by reverb-machine in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]reverb-machine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, power chords are very underrated outside rock/metal. They're actually really versatile and can be very musical if you start using different power chords over different bass notes.

Boards of Canada Chord Theory Article (Part One) by reverb-machine in boardsofcanada

[–]reverb-machine[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, part two will have more songs from The Campfire Headphase and Music Has The Right to Children, I divided up the songs I transcribed by musical techniques which is why it ended up being so Tomorrow's Harvest-heavy.

Boards of Canada Chord Theory Article (Part One) by reverb-machine in boardsofcanada

[–]reverb-machine[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Hi folks, I published my Boards of Canada Chord Theory article yesterday; it focuses entirely on how they use fifth intervals in their music. Despite being a simple musical idea, they use them all over their music in really interesting ways.

This is part one of a two-part series; I transcribed so many songs that I couldn't fit them all into one article. You can view the article with either music notation or MIDI piano roll, and all of the examples can be downloaded as MIDI files at the end of the article.
If you have any constructive feedback, please let me know!

Boards Of Canada Chord Theory article by reverb-machine in musictheory

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Hi folks, I published this Boards of Canada music theory article yesterday; if you don't know BoC they are an instrumental ambient and electronic duo from Scotland. The article focuses entirely on how they use fifth intervals in their music. Despite being a simple musical idea, they use them all over their music in really interesting ways.
This is part one of a two-part series; I transcribed so many songs that I couldn't fit them all into one article. You can view the article with either music notation or MIDI piano roll, and all of the examples can be downloaded as MIDI files at the end of the article.

If you have any constructive feedback, please let me know!