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larm · Post by **larm** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:28 pm

I was in need of some inspiration and was just idly browsing my sample lists when I landed on some chord samples (the breezy sort used in dnb songs).

So fired up my little midi keyboard and tried to doodle some replicates, but can't honestly say I found anything dreamy, windy (umm have I said breezy yet?)

After some googling I just found some Am, G, F, Em progressions, nothing spectacular really..

Got any ideas? What would you use?

JumpingJackFlash · Post by **JumpingJackFlash** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:41 pm

larm wrote:I was in need of some inspiration and was just idly browsing my sample lists when I landed on some chord samples (the breezy sort used in dnb songs).

So fired up my little midi keyboard and tried to doodle some replicates, but can't honestly say I found anything dreamy, windy (umm have I said breezy yet?)

After some googling I just found some Am, G, F, Em progressions, nothing spectacular really..

Got any ideas? What would you use?

What do you mean by 'breezy'?

Maybe the effect is more to do with the position of notes within the chord rather than the chord itself? (For example, are the notes close together, or far apart?)

My post on Scales, Modes and Chords might contain some examples you can experiment with.

larm · Post by **larm** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:55 pm

Hmm, I thought breezy was a good term but apparently not..

OK, trying to hunt down some samples .. brb

larm · Post by **larm** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:26 pm

aha!

using some FFT I could find theese notes:

f a c e = should be F + note e, which is... umm Fmaj7

another one was Cm7

so.. breezy in my world would be to add 7 to end of chords

Now, I guess I need to search for progressions with 7:s in them

DrApostropheX · Post by **DrApostropheX** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:33 pm

Perfect fourths, man. Perfect fourths. Play the root note of the chord on top, play a perfect fourth down from that, and then another perfect forth down from that. Move it around the scale of the key in question until you get a progress you like. Gotta love it.

larm · Post by **larm** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:47 pm

interesting, seems sneeky

so if I play

c e g b .. which would be chord with root G and perfect four B right?

next would be .. thinking .. crunching

a# c d# g

correct??

Cheeso · Post by **Cheeso** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:47 pm

When I hear the term "breezy," I think of Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai.

Is that breezy?

larm · Post by **larm** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:58 pm

hmm.. yeah that probably is the correct usage of the term.. And forget my G chord rambling up above

.. I'm so bad at chords! (and I'm too tired waiting for the xt2 release.. need-bed-sleep-now

)

I'll study that four thing tomorrow .. seems very interesting!

JumpingJackFlash · Post by **JumpingJackFlash** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:08 pm

larm wrote:so if I play

c e g b .. which would be chord with root G and perfect four B right?

No, a perfect 4th is four notes (counting both starting and final) but five semitones. (See my Introduction to Music Theory.

So, a perfect 4th above G would be C. A perfect 4th below G would be D.

chardin · Post by **chardin** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:26 am

I think sixth, major 7, or 6/9 chords might be considered "breezy."

DrBoomBoom · Post by **DrBoomBoom** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:44 am

Try added nines. They're pretty breezy. The Am add nine is A E B C. The Gadd9 would be G D A B, The Fadd9 is F C G A. The Emadd9 is E B F# G.

Danno · Post by **Danno** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:55 am

larm wrote:aha!

using some FFT I could find theese notes:

f a c e = should be F + note e, which is... umm Fmaj7

another one was Cm7

so.. breezy in my world would be to add 7 to end of chords

Now, I guess I need to search for progressions with 7:s in them

You use FFT analysis to find the notes of a chord?
That blows my mind!

D

chardin · Post by **chardin** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:59 pm

Also try really open voicings.

Robotussin · Post by **Robotussin** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:13 pm

when you said "breezy" the first thing that came to mind was major 7ths. I've always found that major 7 chords add some sort of wistful, almost beach-like feeling to a song. Very warm, content sounding chords. Listen to Broken Social Scene - "Looks Just Like the Sun" or any M83 to see what I'm talking about.

peter01 · Post by **peter01** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:40 pm

Any combi of 6, 9 and maj7 may be considered windy, as in new wave from the eighties. Or restrict polyphony to only the white keys on your keyboard

Breezy chords. need some inspiration!