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Why make it sound the original?
On 29/04/2013 9:09 PM, "PJ12" <pj4000@btinternet.com> wrote:Hi All
Once I know what the chords are for a song, and that can be tricky enough to find out, it's often a long process of trial and error with the inversions until it sounds remotely like the original.
All part of the fun though
Paul
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, R l <bluesrock77@...> wrote:
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> Chord construction...it sounds good for a non-musician like me...could you please ellaborate?
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> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
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> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:04:29 +0000
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Dying Day.
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> My daughters piano teacher recently gave me a "refresher" course on chord construction- very interesting really, think I wrote like 15 songs right after!!
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> From: Tony Moffett <atm655@...>
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> Reply-To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
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> Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:56 AM
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> To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
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> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Dying Day.
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> Bernie I think it's holding down more than one key at a time.
> Some arbitrary names were assigned to them by folks in the "way back times".
> It's my guess, I could be wrong.
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> On Apr 25, 2013, at 6:43 AM, "tron400" <tron400@...> wrote:
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> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, fdoddy@ wrote:
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> > From: Mark <markpringnz@>
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> > To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
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> > Sent: Wed, Apr 24, 2013 3:21 pm
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> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] The Dying Day.
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> > Thanks. This is a bit embarrassing, I am not certain of the chords as it was a live improvisation. I think it started in e minor and it's mainly a mixture of descending 5ths and 4ths, it wanders around in F for a bit then ends in C. The sound is a mixture
> of the Mark II violins from Redtron and the tremolo strings preset from the Synth 1 VST. I recorded it using Reaper and added some extra reverb in Audacity.
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> > Very sweet. The opening chord and sound reminds me of In the wake of Poseidon...what are they?
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> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
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> > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:57:01 -0400
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> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] The Dying Day.
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> > Nice mellow piece
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