G flat minor - chord help

write a bass/root note sequence first:

i find writing a simple 3-4 note bass line, nothing too clever just something to pin chords over is a great way to create a foundation to noodle over...i have ended up with say three different chord sequences for the same bass sequence which i can work on further....the beauty of doing it this way is that the bass notes wont define whether a chord should be minor, major, augmented etc- that is up to you and you can get some cool patterns you may not have thought of by experimenting this way...the other good thing is that after this is done you still have room for a bassline as the root note sequence is just backing up the chords and allows room for a better bassline...


get a book on chords and inversions and just mess around....
greg

never thought about that.

so come up with a bassline with bass instruments or left hand piano notes? yea i feel you. sounds like a good idea. ill try that tonight!! i've been told to get a book but i just been reading this thick ass packet of lessons i printed out.

maybe i should spend a little money to really learn. sounds like a plan. greg you really been helpin. thanks

yeah just something dead simple with the left that you can then put chords over with you right hand..if you stick to justs simple roots you can write a decent bassline later...

just go to pianochordhouse dot com and type in the chords/scales you want there...that way you dont have to buy a chord book....

greg

dubmunkey wrote:just go to pianochordhouse dot com and type in the chords/scales you want there...that way you dont have to buy a chord book....

greg

aight bet!!! thanks!!!

i just tried that website but nothings coming up

can you make it as a link here so i can click on it?

thanks g

Exactly bass/rootnote is a creativ way to build Songs/Beats,,.circle of 5ths is also a good tool ,..you have to understand this..

mush wrote:circle of 5ths is also a good tool ,..you have to understand this..

man that circle of 5ths is confusing!!!! i hate that....but i gotta learn it all i guess. i hate that thing tho haha

http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/piano/

ah had the address wrong.....

learn the principle of the circle of 5ths...its actually dead simple when you think about it....you may not find yourself applying this theory but it ecrtainly widens your understanding!!

greg

I am a complete Idiot and i figured out ...I know that music theory is confusing sometimes At first u have to know that that the majorscale is buildt upon seven scales which belongs to specific notes:
I = C-Ionian
II = D-Dorian
III= E-Phrygian
IV= F-Lydian
V = G-Mixolydian
VI= A-Aeolian
VII=B-Locrian ...

yup. those are the names and notes i read about. i wont even lie, i read through that part about 3 times and kept going cause it confused me. seems impossible to remember. i feel like im back in school

ok got that part........


oh yea, thanks greg for that

you need to know about the specific of a chord : Minor chords always got a flatted 3rd t;thats specific about minor chords and also the 7, in let say a Cm7 stand for the 7 not for maj7

need to brush up my english its hard to explain it in whole

they'll ALWAYS have a flat?

hmm...what about that A minor? the notes are A, C, E

so the m means minor right? not major

yep thats the Aminor chord ...the 3rd of A major is C# ..so is C the flattened 3rd

yes

ok cool gotcha.