Now, letвЂ™s focus on the major scale - C-major to be keep it simple(simple because it only involves the white keys вЂ“ the naturals). I strongly recommend that you read that tutorial first if you are not familiar with the term вЂscaleвЂ™. You can read more about it in the tutorial Scales, modes, chord progressions and lead synths - part I. There are many different scales, but the most popular ones in modern western music are the Major and Minor scales. For the entire duration of the song.Д«efore we jump to the subject of chords and chord progressions, letвЂ™s talk a bit about scales. Now, it does not mean you constantly hear the progression, but lead vocals and synths are played over this progression and largely adhere to the notes of the individual chords. This skillfully crafted song is based on quite a simple chord progression. (If you cannot see the video, then click this link All I Ever Wanted ) Watch and listen to вЂ All I Ever WantedвЂ™ below (donвЂ™t get too distracted by the bikini clad babes though ) Focus especially on the first 20 seconds where you clearly hear 4 piano chords (played twice). And of course, Basshunter picks his chord progressions wisely. His beat and bass rythms as well as the melodic synth leads tend to be simple, but are extremely effective with a strong sense of key, repetition and balance. And indeed, these are the elements that make BasshuntersвЂ™ compositions so recognizable. A style that is characterized by its strong beats and bass rythm, powerful melodic synths and vocals. His latest album is called вЂBass GenerationвЂ™.Д«asshunter refers to his music as Eurodance. The single вЂNow YouвЂ™re GoneвЂ™ from the album even stayed at #1 in the UK Singles Chart for 5 weeks. And with great success! His singles and albums stormed international charts, most notably the album вЂNow YouвЂ™re Gone вЂ“ The AlbumвЂ™, which topped the UK Album Charts for two weeks. The famous producer and singer-songwriter Basshunter (Jonas Erik Altbeg) from Sweden has been using FL Studio for many years. In this tutorial I want to give you an introduction to making cool chord progressions.It does require some basic knowledge of music theory, but I hope that wonвЂ™t scare you ) WeвЂ™ll keep it simple.Д«efore we continue, I would like to give you an example of a chord progression вЂ“ in one of BasshunterвЂ™s songs. These chords and the chord changes over time (the chord progression) are very important elements that contribute to the songs overall mood, rythm, etc. I am not claiming it sounds good though, but that is what we will work on in this tutorial: To find some good sounding chords and play them in a sequence (and repeatedly). Just play some random notes on your keyboard simultaneously and you have a chord. A chord is composed of harmonically related notes that (are perceived to) sound at the same time. FL Studio Tutorial explaining chord progressionsДЄn essential part of virtually every song is a so called chord progression (also called a harmonic progression).

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