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#421616 - 05/23/16 10:38 PM
Re: Tool to explore chord progressions fr songwriting?
[Re: TedS]
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Registered: 12/22/02
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Loc: NSW,Australia
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Hi Ted, Check out Band in a Box. The pg music site should have a heap of demo's and tutorial video's. In the last few years it has moved away from just midi styles to a mix of audio/midi and straight audio styles. Basically you just type in a chord progression , choose style , Mark where you want fills and ending. I don't actually use it a great deal, but I have had the program since about 1990 and I upgrade it every couple of years or so. The progress over the years has been amazing. http://www.pgmusic.com/bbwin.features.htmI'm reasonably certain it will help you with chord progressions, I haven't used it in a while. The pg forum is very helpful I used to actually have biab midied to my korg ie I used to type my chord progression into biab and it synced and played the progression using the arrangers style instead if it's own. It's a function biab has had for years, the ability to sync an arranger to it's chord progressions. Hoping I kept a note on the settings I used to make it happen.
Edited by rikkisbears (05/23/16 10:51 PM)
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#421626 - 05/24/16 10:45 AM
Re: Tool to explore chord progressions fr songwriting?
[Re: rikkisbears]
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Registered: 04/28/06
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Loc: North Texas, USA
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Ian that's a cool app. I just wish it had more than four chords in each evolution. Definitely a good place to get started! Basically you just type in a chord progression , choose style , Mark where you want fills and ending.
Rikki, I reviewed the PG Music website yesterday before I posted. The thing is, I've only ever played from fake sheets (or by ear.) I have no training in WRITING music. So I'm looking for a tool that has a built-in "library" of suggested chord progressions for each genre. If I have to type them in, I would probably start with someone else's song (which could be plagiarism.) It's hard to believe they don't have built in progressions for people who just want to jam along with the tracks! The QY100 has several built-in progressions, but the chord changes aren't published in the data list. I would have to boot the instrument, play them, and make notes (which I might do.) If any of you have taken a college course on songwriting, maybe you know of a reference book that has the type of information I'm looking for. Thanks for all of your suggestions so far!
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#421631 - 05/24/16 04:25 PM
Re: Tool to explore chord progressions fr songwriting?
[Re: TedS]
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Registered: 12/22/02
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Loc: NSW,Australia
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Hi Ted, As I mentioned, I don't use biab a great deal. What I'll do is , later on today , I'll open it up and check out the functions. In the back of my mind, I have a feeling it will do chord progressions for you. 3 or 4 years on the korg forum we went thru an exercise to try and create styles for the pa800 from biab midi styles. There weren't that many pa800 styles around, Biab styles didn't have intro's just a count in. I did actually create intro's for these styles and I can only think that biab actually came up with the chord progression that I used for those intro's. They possibly don't mention all the functions biab is capable of , because if it actually can do it , it's a function that goes way back. Also with biab, one has the option of buying what you need. The packs with all the audio styles is fairly pricey. There's packs that give you some of the midi styles plus a few audio There's a pack that gives you all the midi styles plus some audio, and there's packs that give you everything.. http://www.pgmusic.com/bbwin.requirements.htmAlso note it mentions something about a 30 day money back guarantee Regrettably the old brain isn't as sharp as it used to be. Haha As for books, I have a heap, but I can't think of one that covers that topic. If I do , I'll let you know. I know I had a really simple one for intro's ending progressions. Actually had a qy20 many years ago. I'll do some checking later on today
Edited by rikkisbears (05/24/16 04:26 PM)
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