Timeline for how to find right chords for a riff
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| Dec 30, 2015 at 14:55 | comment | added | Yorik | This is standard practice in visual arts. While motif is the right term, I call it "throwing a bunch of stuff on the wall and picking the ones that stick" | |
| Dec 30, 2015 at 14:53 | comment | added | Rockin Cowboy | @Yorik - Until you mentioned it I was not familiar with the Bach motif. I googled it. Interesting. When I have time I am going to study more on it to see if it could be applied to guitar playing. Thanks for pointing me to a new learning opportunity. | |
| Dec 30, 2015 at 14:43 | comment | added | Yorik | Well, at the most basic: in your table above, you have two options. Make two songs. So not random, but explore all of them. Not all of them will appeal to you, so you cull the worst and work up the best. | |
| Dec 30, 2015 at 2:08 | comment | added | Rockin Cowboy | @Yorik that is an intriguing concept. When using all available chords to play over a single riff would it make any difference which chord is played over a particular part of the riff? Or would it be random? | |
| Dec 29, 2015 at 20:36 | comment | added | Yorik | It is possible to write an album (or EP) that relies on a single riff (motif) "decorated" with all the chordal variations. So rather than finding just the right one, you make a table and use them all. The riff then becomes a unifying theme across the body of work, and you are kind of playing in the search space. The history of art and music is rife with examples, but the "bach motif" (though an imperfect example) comes to mind. ("Motif" is pretty much the proper term for the idea) | |
| Dec 20, 2015 at 18:21 | vote | accept | Cherubim | ||
| Dec 20, 2015 at 17:20 | history | answered | Rockin Cowboy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |