What chords are used in a 'soul' song?
- KVRAF
- 15207 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
This question has no meaningful answer.
You can have two songs (in whatever genre) that have no chords in common at all.
Listen to some music in this genre. Analyse the chords they use. Build up a vocabulary of it. Play along with these songs. After some time you should be able to come up with your own songs in that genre. If not, then maybe it's not your genre
You can have two songs (in whatever genre) that have no chords in common at all.
Listen to some music in this genre. Analyse the chords they use. Build up a vocabulary of it. Play along with these songs. After some time you should be able to come up with your own songs in that genre. If not, then maybe it's not your genre
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- KVRian
- 1000 posts since 1 Dec, 2004
From the first few hits on youtube:
- major
- minor
- 7
- major7 (and extensions like major9)
- minor7 (and extensions like minor9 and minor11)
- 11 (ex: Bb/C, Gm7/C, C11, C9sus4 - they're roughly the same chord, there's just lots of ways to write it)
In later jazzier, more complex songs, pretty much ANY chord can happen
Every chord can have any of the 12 notes as root note (C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb, B).
- major
- minor
- 7
- major7 (and extensions like major9)
- minor7 (and extensions like minor9 and minor11)
- 11 (ex: Bb/C, Gm7/C, C11, C9sus4 - they're roughly the same chord, there's just lots of ways to write it)
In later jazzier, more complex songs, pretty much ANY chord can happen
Every chord can have any of the 12 notes as root note (C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb, B).
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- KVRAF
- 6789 posts since 20 Jan, 2008
Find song that you like...
Use http://play.riffstation.com/
Don't expect that because someone uses a specific chord progression that it will work for you.
Use http://play.riffstation.com/
Don't expect that because someone uses a specific chord progression that it will work for you.
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- KVRian
- 1487 posts since 14 Jul, 2013 from Sweden
More colored chords as a general rule...I guess.
But ..well...listen to the song in my signature (below). I guess it's fairly soul-y There are no fancy chords there at all...
But ..well...listen to the song in my signature (below). I guess it's fairly soul-y There are no fancy chords there at all...
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- KVRian
- 1400 posts since 9 Feb, 2012
Why, soul chords... of course!
(And the colored chords comment is a little... uh, well... you know, right?)
(And the colored chords comment is a little... uh, well... you know, right?)
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- KVRer
- 9 posts since 8 Nov, 2015
Minor.
Start with Minor and the big load of reverb will do the rest.
Start with Minor and the big load of reverb will do the rest.
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- KVRAF
- 1585 posts since 13 Nov, 2005 from St. Paul
Gail Johnson's book on funk keyboards is really a good introduction to harmony in R&B in general, including soul. There's also a lot on instrumentation and performance. Very good.
Mark Harrison has a book on R&B keyboard styles that also functions well for soul music harmony.
Both assume music reading and at least intermediate keyboard skills. It's a style that is definitely performed rather than programmed, so the proficiency is important.
Mark Harrison has a book on R&B keyboard styles that also functions well for soul music harmony.
Both assume music reading and at least intermediate keyboard skills. It's a style that is definitely performed rather than programmed, so the proficiency is important.
- Banned
- 194 posts since 25 Oct, 2015 from Penetanguishene, ON
add whitenoise with a plugin to each note or loops. Works well. Like melda free plugin. Set it low - the right mood.