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audington · Post by **audington** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:56 pm

Anyone know any good source for free or inexpensive MIDI Chord Progressions?

Cheers

MoreDread · Post by **MoreDread** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:44 pm

No offense intended, but the most satisfying (and cheapest, and probably, in the long run, most timesaving) solution would be learning some theory and dialing in your own progressions. You can be sure that they will perfectly fit your style, something at that premade loops fail pretty often.

chardin · Post by **chardin** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:01 pm

I agree with MoreDread. So, to get you started, JumpingJackFlash has some great posts:
o Introduction to Music Theory
o Scales, Modes, and Chords

And I really like this book by Rikky Rooksby "How to Write Songs on Guitar." Even if you don't play guitar, chapters 3 and 4 (Chord Sequences and Developing Sequences) are instrument independent. He has a bunch of other books that you might like better.

Dewdman42 · Post by **Dewdman42** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:01 pm

yea or get band in the box and start experimenting

WOK · Post by **WOK** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:36 pm

As a quick solution, what about this:
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1945.html

audington · Post by **audington** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:50 am

MoreDread wrote:No offense intended, but the most satisfying (and cheapest, and probably, in the long run, most timesaving) solution would be learning some theory and dialing in your own progressions.

No offense taken

My theory however is pretty sound. I was just after some MIDI chord progressions as a point of inspiration, as I've been making and playing music for so many years that my improvision occasionally falls into the same old patterns. Just trying to find something fresh to spark my imagination.

MoreDread · Post by **MoreDread** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:04 am

willmorton wrote:
MoreDread wrote:No offense intended, but the most satisfying (and cheapest, and probably, in the long run, most timesaving) solution would be learning some theory and dialing in your own progressions.
No offense taken :) My theory however is pretty sound. I was just after some MIDI chord progressions as a point of inspiration, as I've been making and playing music for so many years that my improvision occasionally falls into the same old patterns. Just trying to find something fresh to spark my imagination.

Oh, then I can recommend some other stuff: If you can read german, you should take a look at "Die Pop Formeln". This book describes progressions commonly used in pop music, from where they were originally taken, how bands changed these progressions.. pretty inspiring stuff.

Then, I've always thought already mentioned chordspace is a cool plugin, but I have to admit that I like tonespace more: http://www.mucoder.net/tonespace/

It is pretty easy with these tools to come up with something new, at least for me.

And last but not least, there is this site, from where you can get a whole damn lot of midi files of composers, early music, and even some cool jazz. Maybe this can also be a help?

audington · Post by **audington** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:11 am

Awesome, cheers

I'll check that stuff out - there's bound to be something that works for me

JumpingJackFlash · Post by **JumpingJackFlash** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:43 pm

willmorton wrote:Anyone know any good source for free or inexpensive MIDI Chord Progressions?

Cheers

This thread already explored this question somewhat.

Also, thanks chardin for your recommendations.