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Drag and drop arrangement of different colored chord progressions in a row makes the song dissonant. Is there a tutorial on how to avoid this and how to drag and drop different chord progressions after each other so they sound in tune? This happens everytime I drag and drop various harmonics from the pharse pool that have different colors into containers.
Is there some sort of tool for this? (morphing?) Why does synfire not show is in "whats wrong with New Arrangement?"
Di., 10.02.2015 - 21:55 Permalink
Harmony is never wrong. It just may sound wrong ;-)
If your question is how to make two progressions work together, the answer is very simple: Transpose. Select the desired range and press Command+Shift+Alt+Up or Down Arrow (not sure, please look up in the Transform menu). Either transpose until the colors look similar, or check in the Circle of 5th which keys are close and transpose directly to that key (via the menu).
Di., 24.11.2015 - 17:45 Permalink
Hi Snares
If your chordprogressions gets the same color, it means it has one key..gets boring?
More advanced song making is by using "modulations" : chord connections between different keys ( is different colors chordprogression )
Example : say you have a major chord progression and want to chance to a minor chord progression for variation in mood.
Sa., 05.12.2015 - 17:47 Permalink
Here's a very old but still valid interactive tutorial for key changes: (http://users.cognitone.com/tutorial/modulation-navigating-circle-fifths)
You need not do it this way, though. You can as well jump to a different key at any time.
Yes, you can use the opposite keys. Why not. There is no law that prevents you from doing anything in music. Just try and decide if you like it. That's what Synfire is made for: Play around and do "what if ..." experiments. Only by doing you will learn what works for you.
During the 1990's in House music, producers built chord progressions from sampled chords (1 chord per key). Harmonically this was odd, but it worked for them and their music and people got used to this kind of random harmony. Today it's pretty standard.