Hi,
I think I've got a good understanding of building chord progressions already. E.g. using secondary dominants, substitutions, modal interchange etc.
But I feel like chord progressions, even if functionally correct, can still sound all over the place if the voicings don't really create a "flow"!?
What I mean is, when you hear a melody your brain might predict the next note and most of the time that note should follow or the listener might get confused. And this is kinda what I feel like about some voicings, it feels like when voiced poorly it sounds like sound going all over the place with no real "goal/direction".
Let's say you make a beat and someone sings over it, it still might sound ok with the melody on top. But when you listen to the beat without the singer, it wont really make sense on its own or will just sound like background "sounds", but not like music with strong "direction/movement".
I hope that I was able to convey what I mean.![:D]( "Very Happy")
I think I've got a good understanding of building chord progressions already. E.g. using secondary dominants, substitutions, modal interchange etc.
But I feel like chord progressions, even if functionally correct, can still sound all over the place if the voicings don't really create a "flow"!?
What I mean is, when you hear a melody your brain might predict the next note and most of the time that note should follow or the listener might get confused. And this is kinda what I feel like about some voicings, it feels like when voiced poorly it sounds like sound going all over the place with no real "goal/direction".
Let's say you make a beat and someone sings over it, it still might sound ok with the melody on top. But when you listen to the beat without the singer, it wont really make sense on its own or will just sound like background "sounds", but not like music with strong "direction/movement".
I hope that I was able to convey what I mean.
Statistics: Posted by Beatfella — Thu Jun 27, 2024 5:39 pm — Replies 2 — Views 80