Hello Friends!
I am trying to rebuild the melody of this track,
but i cant work it out... i dont know why, but its friggin' me out!
around 3:30 its building up and i cant find out how its build in midi notes...
maybe someone can help me out?
Lemon, Einar K - Anticipation Melody Construction
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- KVRist
- 211 posts since 28 Apr, 2009 from Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This melody is essentially the D minor scale, with the 6th note of the scale, Bb, removed. It is played in ascending triplet fashion throughout. Starting at 3:30, the run starts on C and goes up about 3 octaves.
Specifically, the notes are C D E, D E F, E F G, F G A, G A C, A C D, etc. Sometimes, the phrase may start on a different note or octave. With this information, you now have the concept behind the riff and should be able to play any slight variations as necessary.
For those of you who are curious as to why I consider the riff to be in D minor, it's because the chord progression in this part of the song is Gm, Dm, Bb, C.
Specifically, the notes are C D E, D E F, E F G, F G A, G A C, A C D, etc. Sometimes, the phrase may start on a different note or octave. With this information, you now have the concept behind the riff and should be able to play any slight variations as necessary.
For those of you who are curious as to why I consider the riff to be in D minor, it's because the chord progression in this part of the song is Gm, Dm, Bb, C.
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- KVRer
- 7 posts since 9 Oct, 2009
I made a quick little midi file for you here, the notes are not quantized (that is your job 
). It's not 100% perfect super star, but you should be able to create what you need from this.
The BPM is 138 or (138.08 if you wanna be precise)
http://filebeam.com/e358aaebc2a850565ad2adc6c6e551ed
Enjoy
). It's not 100% perfect super star, but you should be able to create what you need from this.The BPM is 138 or (138.08 if you wanna be precise)
http://filebeam.com/e358aaebc2a850565ad2adc6c6e551ed
Enjoy
Last edited by deadca7 on Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:47 am, edited 4 times in total.
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- KVRAF
- 1595 posts since 17 Nov, 2007 from Seattle, WA
A technique for discerning exact notes that I've found useful:
Load the song into your DAW, match up the BPM, and precisely line up the counts of the section in question.
Set the DAW to loop for 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8 of a bar, and go through a bar fraction by fraction as you discern them one note at a time. Usually getting through 2 bars will be enough to fill in the blanks so you don't have to keep doing that.
The specific reason for doing this is that when there's a lot of fast notes or syncopated timings, it's easy to get confused and overwhelmed even when you're trying to focus on a particular section.... If you're listening to the larger section. However, if you only use 1/2 bar(or less) sections at a time, it's far, far easier to filter out everything else and the precise timing of the notes becomes less ambiguous. Works great for fast sequences of high-attack tones, like arpeggios, but doesn't help so much with low-attack, sustained pad chords, of course.
I tend to think I have a very excellent ear for tone and timing, and I still need to do this occasionally, so don't dismiss it. Give it a shot.
Load the song into your DAW, match up the BPM, and precisely line up the counts of the section in question.
Set the DAW to loop for 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8 of a bar, and go through a bar fraction by fraction as you discern them one note at a time. Usually getting through 2 bars will be enough to fill in the blanks so you don't have to keep doing that.
The specific reason for doing this is that when there's a lot of fast notes or syncopated timings, it's easy to get confused and overwhelmed even when you're trying to focus on a particular section.... If you're listening to the larger section. However, if you only use 1/2 bar(or less) sections at a time, it's far, far easier to filter out everything else and the precise timing of the notes becomes less ambiguous. Works great for fast sequences of high-attack tones, like arpeggios, but doesn't help so much with low-attack, sustained pad chords, of course.
I tend to think I have a very excellent ear for tone and timing, and I still need to do this occasionally, so don't dismiss it. Give it a shot.