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Songs with the same chords - TheoryTab. ♫ Tony-b Machine ♫ 50 Must-Read Pro Audio Articles from 2013. Latest Popular Featured The Pro Audio Files 50 Must-Read Pro Audio Articles from 2013 By Dan Comerchero on 12/26/2013 · Articles Well here we are again. 2013 was fun. We’re also currently redesigning the site, and incredibly excited to share the new design with you. It’s become a tradition to do a year-end roundup. Production Advice: Sonic Scoop: Randy Coppinger: Recording Hacks: Mark Marshall: Kim Lajoie: Designing Sound: The Home Recording Show: Audio Geek Zine: Pro Sound Web: Mix Notes: WinkSound: Home Studio Corner: Audio Issues: Behind the Mixer: The Recording Revolution: You might also like: Dan Comerchero I'm Dan, Founder of The Pro Audio Files and Quiztones ear training apps. Recommended. Music Theory for the Short Attention Span from FolkBlues.Com.

Piano Chord Dictionary Online Piano Chords. Chords for Piano - Piano Chord Diagrams and Charts. REW - Room EQ Wizard Home Page. Jazz chord substitution. Chord substitution concepts Harmonic substitution is simply about replacing one chordal sound with another, or as I need to think of it, as one color for another. Whether it is in the written harmony from sheet music or the harmony implied by the melody, the theoretical concepts behind chord substitution becomes "search" tools for the learner.

The coolness here is that we can create different shades of color, allowing for a variety of ways to blend the melody and harmony of a song together. Through chord substitution we can create different pathways to the same emotional, tonal and artistic destinations. Theory / practice. Stylistically, substituting harmonic elements is not something that folk players or the rockers tend to do, although changing the color of chords in these two styles is not uncommon.

So, where do the cool chord substitutions come from? So why is substituting one chord for another potentially important for the creative musician? Chord type. Tonic chord substitutions. Interactive Circle of Fifths. Split the Stereo Track. What Guitar Chord Am I Playing? | The Guitar BUZZ...

Guitar chords dictionary. - StumbleUpon. The Hell or High Water Music Club - Hosted by Gregory Frost The HOHWMC is a musical group with a revolving and evolving lineup of musical friends that get together to play rootsy acoustic based music come hell or high water... If you enjoy the music pleas. Shuttleplugs - free VST plugins. Sheet Music Archive downloadable sheet music plus free classical music score downloads for piano and more. In Bb 2.0 - a collaborative music/spoken word project. 15 Totally Free Reverb Plug-ins That Rock. Reverb is an effect that you’ll find in any mix, and you can never have enough options when it comes to crafting the right reverberation for the sound.

That’s why I’ve scoured the web to come up with this list of completely free plug-ins you can try. Some will say you can never get the same quality reverb with a free plug-in and others will say it doesn’t really matter, but at the end of the day it comes down to your taste and what sounds good in your mix. So, download a bunch and try them out! 1. Ambience Ambience is a popular choice and many users consider it to be as good as a commercial reverb plug-in. Unfortunately, it does display a nag screen when you use it—it’s donation ware. 2. DX Reverb Light is a simpler version of its non-freeware big brother DX Reverb. 3. Classic Reverb is a smooth reverb with a GUI that emulates a knob-controlled rack reverb unit. 4. 5. 6. OldSkoolVerb is a reverb designed for non-percussive, softer musical elements to provide extra ambience. 7. 8. 9. 10. Mastering Elements Part 1: The Buss Compressor. Mastering is a pretty big subject, so instead of tackling it in one tutorial I thought it might be easier, for those new to the subject, if I split it up into bite sized pieces.

Each tutorial will look at a separate process used in a typical mastering set up, why we use it and what it achieves. One of the first processors used in any mastering chain is a buss compressor, this is really just a name for compressor used to treat an entire mix (i.e. the master buss). Let's take a closer look at how the compressor is used in mastering and the different processors used for the task. 1. The Mastering Compressor's Job When we use any compressor whether it's in our mix, live on stage or in our mastering chain, we tend to have one aim and thats to reduce dynamic range. Without delving too far into the loudness/dynamics argument (there will a tutorial on this later), it's safe to say that the key to using any dynamics processor on your master output is restraint. 2. Ableton's stock compressor. 3. 4. In Bb 2.0 - a collaborative music/spoken word project - 12 videos.

How to Master a Track in 15 Minutes or Less. Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Audiotuts+. This tutorial was first published in July 2008. Mastering your tracks can be a bit of a minefield and is often seen as the domain of the professional. However, if your tracks are just for demo purposes, a DJ set or even use on the net, you may want to tackle the job yourself. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to master a track quickly and easily. Mo Volans shows you how... Software and equipment used This tutorial was completed in Logic Pro 8 using a mixture of Logic’s native plug-ins and third party processors from Universal audio. Step 1 Start by adding a stereo track to accommodate your un-mastered track. To allow maximum flexibility at the mastering stage there should be as little processing as possible taking place on your exported pre-master.

Step 2 Check you have enough headroom for your mastering processors to work in. Step 3 The first plug-in in our chain is a compressor. Step 4. The Chord Guide: Pt III – Chord Progressions. Chord progressions are the canvas on which musicians paint their masterpieces, and it’s a canvas which is a piece of art in itself. A chord progression can be subtle and in the background or it can be blatant and up front; it can be simple and catchy, or it can be technical and complex, it can stay in one key or it can change like the seasons. In any of these cases a chord progression is what drives the song as it literally shapes the music that accompanies it. Chord progressions are like a cozy home where melody and rhythm can kick their feet up. All the songwriting giants, like John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Bob Dylan, to name a few, have/had a tremendous knowledge of the art of the chord progression.

This guide is meant to inject an interest in songwriting in new and old guitarists alike, I hope that at some point after reading this you will pick up your old guitar, blow off the dust, and join me in playing music. Chord Progression Guide Major Chord Chart Like this: