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May 16 2012, 08:38 AM |
Fantastic - I'm relieved to hear that. The Sunday chat is the only one that fits into my schedule. thx Awesome! I will see you there! -------------------- |
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May 22 2012, 08:14 AM |
Notes from May 27th 2012
If we will harmonize C diminished scale we will get those chords: Cmi7 - Db diminished - Ebmi7 - Eb7 - E diminished - F#half dim - G diminished- Ami7 - A7 - Bb diminished C diminished scale will work over any of those chords! Here is the tab of all arpeggios and chords positions: E |----------------------------|--------------2--3--5L-5----|----|-------| Guitar Pro Diminished.gpx ( 29.28K ) Number of downloads: 219 Let me know if you need help or have any questions! This post has been edited by Alex Feather: May 30 2012, 08:27 PM -------------------- |
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Jun 6 2012, 05:02 PM |
Video Chat review June 3
We were talking about creating backing tracks in style of rock! This is the track that we have made together BPM 85 Chords: C - G - F - G Structure is: Intro - Verse - Chorus http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/video-chat-rock And here are all the separate parts Drums drums_rock.mp3 ( 2.07MB ) Number of downloads: 134 Bass bass_rock.mp3 ( 2.07MB ) Number of downloads: 125 Guitar Rhythm Low guitar_rhythm_low_rock.mp3 ( 2.07MB ) Number of downloads: 146 Guitar Rhythm High guitar_rhythm_high_rock.mp3 ( 2.07MB ) Number of downloads: 135 Guitar intro guitar_intro_rock.mp3 ( 711.76K ) Number of downloads: 147 Chorus guitar picking guitar_chorus_rock.mp3 ( 711.76K ) Number of downloads: 126 That what I did step by step after drums and bass: Intro As you can hear I have two rhythm guitars playing I did the main part in a low range power chords and than doubled the same part octave higher, after I panned left and right to make it sound fuller! For the intro I have decided to use a short riff/solo part that is not too busy or complicated I played it in a low range Verse Since I was pretending that this is a song I have decided to make verse very simple and played as minimum guitar as possible so I am not on the way with a signer! Because there is no pre chorus for the second part I added octave double to make it feel like pre chorus and get listener ready for the chorus Chorus When the chorus came in I used same rhythm guitars as in the intro and added a picking part with a lot of delay and chorus on it to fill out the hi range and do not interfere with a singer! This trick is used in pop and rock music a lot! Let me know if you have any questions or need help! This post has been edited by Alex Feather: Jun 10 2012, 05:20 PM -------------------- |
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Jun 13 2012, 09:17 PM |
Video Chat review June 6/10th
Hi guys we were talking about creating backing tracksin Rock Ballad style Here is the final track! Chords: C - Ami - F - G Tempo: 85 BPM Drums I used straight groove 85 BPM drums.mp3 ( 1.73MB ) Number of downloads: 139 Bass Bass.mp3 ( 1.73MB ) Number of downloads: 137 Bass track is based on the kick and snare groove to make it to sound tighter Guitar intro alternative_picking.mp3 ( 1.73MB ) Number of downloads: 147 I used the straight 16 notes poser chords to lock the groove better Guitar Picking Guitar_Picking.mp3 ( 1.73MB ) Number of downloads: 131 I added picking part for the verse and intro to make it sound fuller I played triads in a high octave Tremolo guitar tremolo.mp3 ( 1.73MB ) Number of downloads: 133 I added tremolo part as well for the atmosphere Octave Chorus octave_chorus.mp3 ( 711.76K ) Number of downloads: 127 To make the chorus feel bigger I added a double rhythm part octave higher You can download those tracks and come up with your own arrangements! Let me know if you have any questions or need help! -------------------- |
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Jun 23 2012, 08:00 PM |
Chat Review June 13/16
Hi guys! In the last video chat we were talking about arranging tracks in the style of funk! Here is the chord progression we have been using: Emi7 - Ami7 - C7 - B7 - Emi7 Here is the main track: http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/funk-style-full-track Tempo - 105 BPM Drums Straight beat drums_105_bpm_FUNK.mp3 ( 1.68MB ) Number of downloads: 135 As you can hear I chose the straight 4/4 drum beat Bass track Bass_Funk_105_BPM.mp3 ( 1.68MB ) Number of downloads: 131 Organ Organ_105_BPM_Funk.mp3 ( 1.68MB ) Number of downloads: 137 For the organ track I just played pads root and fifth Guitar main track Guitar_rhythm_clean.mp3 ( 1.68MB ) Number of downloads: 145 The rhythm track I played based on the drums and was trying to fill the gaps in between the drum beat Guitar main double flanger Guitar_Flanger_105_BPM.mp3 ( 1.68MB ) Number of downloads: 148 I doubled the main rhythm track and used flanger to make it move more Guitar single notes Single_notes_auto_wah_105_B.mp3 ( 1.68MB ) Number of downloads: 140 For this track I played single notes and used autowah to add extra movement to the track Let me know if you have any questions or need help! -------------------- |
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Jul 1 2012, 03:33 AM |
Video Chat Notes June 12/23
In this video chat I was explaining on how to harmonize the melodies using thirds,fourths,fifths,Sixths,Sevenths So the trick is to play the same melody up in the interval you want to harmonize into! That's it! It's that simple! The only rule is if you see the note that is out of the key you are in you have to play the correct one! The chord progression is in E the chords are E - D - C - B Tracks: Thirds and fifths Full_track_in_thirds_and_fi.mp3 ( 680.74K ) Number of downloads: 134 Thirds,fifths and sixths Full_track_in_Thirds_and_Si.mp3 ( 680.74K ) Number of downloads: 160 The main melody track This is the melody that has been harmonized! The_main_melody.mp3 ( 680.74K ) Number of downloads: 134 Let me know if you have any questions or need help! -------------------- |
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Jul 7 2012, 06:21 AM |
Coldplay style backing tracks June 27/July 1/ July 4th
Hi guys Last few video chats I was explaining how to create backing tracks in style of Coldplay Here is what I came up with: Coldplay_1.mp3 ( 2.26MB ) Number of downloads: 124 Tempo: 80 BPM Chord progression: Verse: G - D - C Chorus: Ami - G Here is the drums track I found a little different beat with added kick drum CP_drums_80_BPM.mp3 ( 2.26MB ) Number of downloads: 143 The bass track I did is a little different For the verse I was playing roots but when the chorus came I played G major scale Over A minor I played root over G I played E and I got the sound of E minor 7 chord For G I came back to the root CP_Bass.mp3 ( 2.22MB ) Number of downloads: 132 Guitar 1 I played rhythm part and used different voicings: For G major For D For C For Ami7 For G For the second G CP_rhythm.mp3 ( 2.22MB ) Number of downloads: 122 For this part I used the same voicings as for guitar 1 only added more delay and chorus to get more atmospheric sound CP_Guitar_2.mp3 ( 2.22MB ) Number of downloads: 149 Single notes part I was playing notes from G major scale on the second string I used two delays to get very space sound also added some reverb and chorus CP_Space_guitar.mp3 ( 2.22MB ) Number of downloads: 137 For the solo I used single notes for part one and a lot of octave slides for part 2 CP_Lead_guitar.mp3 ( 2.22MB ) Number of downloads: 122 And here is the track without guitars CP_No_guitars.mp3 ( 2.22MB ) Number of downloads: 135 Here is the piano track I did some simple arpeggios for it cause I am not really a piano player CP_piano.mp3 ( 2.22MB ) Number of downloads: 133 Let me know if you have any questions! -------------------- |
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