grab your Arizona green tea or your fiji water and kick back while I tell you about some aesthetic music shit. today I cranked my metronome from 4 to 5 and started cooking some oddness.
In five time you must be deliberate in your choice of structure, for example, putting it at a fast tempo will cause the listener to have a hard time finding a pulse to nod or dance to; this is because at faster tempos the listener tends to divide the tempo by two and nod to the more comfortable pace. If you are into confusing the listener's rhythm and serving your song as food for thought, power to you. My upcoming album Cup Of Collisions has a track doing just that (gotta plug my stuff lol). But if your not into that have no fear, because the Aesthetic 5/4 semi-symmetrical method is hear!
To start, get the vibes going, this is an individual experience so do whatever gets your vibes banging. slow that metronome down to a cool lower-medium tempo and pick up that bass guitar; lay down a smooth line that avoids subdividing the bars into three and two or vice versa (keep in mind this is just one method; the three & two subdivision is great, David Brubeck's "Take Five" is a good example) use the five as a leading tone that leads into the one, whether its a note form above or from below, it creates a roundness; I like this because it creates a less abrupt transition from bar to bar. At this point in the process you should be done with your Arizona or figi so go ahead and crack open another.
Once the bass line is to the liking grab a rhythmic instrument and create an accompaniment that incorporates eighth notes, sixteenth notes, triplets or any other embellishments all while continuing to avoid a simple three & two subdivision. In my experience this creates a chill song with a quirky upbeat feeling. this is when you start tasting that sweet aesthetic. Its like nectar of the gods, and it drives you to dive further in to the wave of sexy oddness.
Throw down a sweet melody. there are so many ways to do this but I'm only going to describe a couple that I like to do, this rest is for you to discover. using the modes is a good way to create unique phrases, use the unique chord tones like the sharp six of the Dorian scale or the flat Seven of the Mixolydian scale to bring colour to the song. Its also cool to switch keys throughout the melodic line. Neapolitan major is a fun one to use for example.
The rest is just toppings on the scrumptious cake of auditory gorgeousness you've just created. making songs with this method is one of my favorite things to do in music. try it out, and groove on.
In five time you must be deliberate in your choice of structure, for example, putting it at a fast tempo will cause the listener to have a hard time finding a pulse to nod or dance to; this is because at faster tempos the listener tends to divide the tempo by two and nod to the more comfortable pace. If you are into confusing the listener's rhythm and serving your song as food for thought, power to you. My upcoming album Cup Of Collisions has a track doing just that (gotta plug my stuff lol). But if your not into that have no fear, because the Aesthetic 5/4 semi-symmetrical method is hear!
To start, get the vibes going, this is an individual experience so do whatever gets your vibes banging. slow that metronome down to a cool lower-medium tempo and pick up that bass guitar; lay down a smooth line that avoids subdividing the bars into three and two or vice versa (keep in mind this is just one method; the three & two subdivision is great, David Brubeck's "Take Five" is a good example) use the five as a leading tone that leads into the one, whether its a note form above or from below, it creates a roundness; I like this because it creates a less abrupt transition from bar to bar. At this point in the process you should be done with your Arizona or figi so go ahead and crack open another.
Once the bass line is to the liking grab a rhythmic instrument and create an accompaniment that incorporates eighth notes, sixteenth notes, triplets or any other embellishments all while continuing to avoid a simple three & two subdivision. In my experience this creates a chill song with a quirky upbeat feeling. this is when you start tasting that sweet aesthetic. Its like nectar of the gods, and it drives you to dive further in to the wave of sexy oddness.
Throw down a sweet melody. there are so many ways to do this but I'm only going to describe a couple that I like to do, this rest is for you to discover. using the modes is a good way to create unique phrases, use the unique chord tones like the sharp six of the Dorian scale or the flat Seven of the Mixolydian scale to bring colour to the song. Its also cool to switch keys throughout the melodic line. Neapolitan major is a fun one to use for example.
The rest is just toppings on the scrumptious cake of auditory gorgeousness you've just created. making songs with this method is one of my favorite things to do in music. try it out, and groove on.
I enjoy the way you describe almost how the music tastes and how something as simple or complex as rhythm can make you feel. You do not allow yourself to take a "easy" way instead feeling things out naturally creating something deeper and more meaningful
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