(Incidentally, I heard about it first on GS. They wouldn't be entirely wrong but, to the extent that your original question(s) CAN be answered in a structured format, it's probably the best $20 you could spend on Educational Tools: Some people do all the things she mentions instinctively - and would very likely tell you "you can't learn to write a song from a book". as good a 'how to write a song' guide as you could possibly find anywhere. It is really, really well grounded in the basics, everything from song structure, to lyrical content, to basic chord patterns.
Do this an hour a day, every day, with songs you like/admire/want to emulate you'll learn more in 3 months than you would spending a lifetime reading GS posts.įor a thorough framework on "how to write a song", Robin Frederick's "Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting" (which I'm looking at right now) would be a tremendous source of information for you. So pick one you like, stick it in a DAW, listen to it in 4 bar loops, over and over and over, until you can pick out what the kick is sounding like, what the bass is doing, what notes the melody is playing, what the chords are. Fortunately, there are 1000s of example that you can listen to. There is no formula for what 808 tones you can/can't use in your track. It tells you the musical key of songs.Īs someone else said, that's really "too big a question to answer".
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What is the formula for determining this combination of pitches when layering a kick, with an 808 sub bass? Is it simply that the song is in the key of G so each sub bass note was also in this scale? (G was the first note)ĭamn, wish I had that Mixed In Key software I heard about earlier today to verify my suspicions. I dissected a project file where the kicks were on the note G while the bass was hitting E, and then dropping down to D. Would it make sense to also put the kicks into the same key? They are currently in the Key of B and it sounds fine.
How can I know which other notes are acceptable to use for the 808s besides using octave changes? Would it just be every note in the A major scale? A B C# D E F# G# What other notes (or scales) if any could I use here.? (or anywhere for that matter) I have used octave changes to go one octave up and one octave below for alternating bass frequencies. So I'm making a trap beat, I would like to make the song in the key of A. I will use the current track I am working on as an example. am I correct? When would it make sense musically to deviate from this structure? when working on a melody, a bass, a chord, the kick and so on I do not know which notes I am "allowed to use" My understanding of what it means to "stay in key" is simply staying within the scale. Or I am not searching for the right thing. The problem is: I don't think this is something that you can google. I would like to become acquainted with them. I want to stay within the "rules" so to speak. I do have trouble with knowing what is acceptable in music theory as far as staying in key. I have no trouble understanding the scales. Hi I'm relatively new to music, just learned my major and minor scales yesterday.