Ending A Song... |
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Ending A Song... |
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Jul 24 2009, 12:36 PM |
I also have lots of unfinished ideas on my PC. I hope they will come to life some day
I think the two main approaches of finishing a song is 1) Slow down, to make the listener understand it's going to end . Here clean and silent works better than loud. 2) Make a lot of noise (drums, bass, everything) and finish it suddenly. Well, here are some ideas: 1) Probably most straightforward way to finish a song is to play the chorus sequence and then throw the main chord (key) to end. 2) A variation is to add some dissonance or coloration (finish with E9 instead of E). 3) For blues endings there is a GMC lesson : https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-gu...s-endings-in-a/ 4) Lot's of songs finish with fadings. If the solo is finishing your song, I think it is a nice way to do it (for instance the end of sultans of swing). 5) And there are the more fancy ways of ending, with lots of variation on the drums, bass and guitar. First example that come to my mind is the epic ending, like Metallica's "Call of ktulu", but not every song needs that. -------------------- my "Thank you GMC!" video
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Jul 24 2009, 01:17 PM |
You need to listen to your song,
lay down on a couch and listen to it few times, song always kind a seeks for certain ending, of course not every person would hear same "seek" but you should hear it instead of pushing yourself to make one by all means. -------------------- Youtube
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Jul 26 2009, 11:03 PM |
I'm always having problems with finding suitable endings for my songs, but it usually works itself out when i do what Muris suggests.
I take a little break from working on the song and then start listening through what i've got so far. Will usually come up with better ideas for arrangements and also an ending eventually. -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio
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Jul 27 2009, 07:09 PM |
Well it's good to know that I'm not the only one with song ending problems
You all had very good tips for this. Thank you, your help was appreciated. |
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Jul 27 2009, 08:37 PM |
Well it's good to know that I'm not the only one with song ending problems You all had very good tips for this. Thank you, your help was appreciated. You're welcome. -------------------- Youtube
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Jul 27 2009, 11:57 PM |
You must practice ending your songs. Check out some songs similar to your style, how do they end? Fade out or sharp cut? What are some often used arrangements/concepts for a song? Try to apply some of these concepts to your songs and combine, experiment see what you can come up with. Listen to your songs, for couple of days until you catch the moment of inspiration.
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Jul 30 2010, 09:10 PM |
Try to compose everything in one go... More brakes you make the song changes the mode. Interesting post by fkalich also
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