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Changing Chords with samples

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:39 pm
by jodyg
Dear folksWhen working with an acoustic guitar sampled Audio Loops, I found a groove i like very much Its 8 bars in length play a G Maj 7 chord. How do you change to a Cm6 chord. what good is just one G maj7 chord.?????? How do construct a song using audio samples if you can't change chords.JodyG

Re: Changing Chords with samples

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:30 pm
by audiogeek
Chances are that the loop software you're using won't allow you to change the chord structure. However, there's a program called Melodyne Studio that will take polyphonic audio files and allow you to change the pitch of individual notes within a chord. The list price is $699.00, though the street price is probably lower. You can download a demo of it here: http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?i ... studioHave fun.

Re: Changing Chords with samples

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:44 am
by garrettmiller
This will be very cool when it's released...http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=dnareleased as a plugin first........Garrett

Re: Changing Chords with samples

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:33 am
by jazzstan
Jody,There are also a lot of very competant guitar players on this site, many of whom would probably be willing to collaborate with you. (Plan "B" is find an F7th chord in your sample and accept the Sus4!) ~Stan

Re: Changing Chords with samples

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:33 pm
by matthoggard
Oh you crazy jazz guys and your sustained chords. I was at my brothers today. Hes a classical guitarist. Hes practicing jazz pieces on the classical. I looked at his charts and was blown away. I never really looked at jazz on paper.You guys are awesome. Mode mixing, time changes in the middle of bars. Scary stuff.M~

Re: Changing Chords with samples

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:42 pm
by mojobone
Suspensions, Matt. Asus2 is very common in modern rock; you'd probably recognize it if I had a diagram handy. Push down the D and G strings at the second fret. Strum. AAh! Sound familiar?

Re: Changing Chords with samples

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:06 pm
by windowman
Nov 6, 2008, 3:39pm, jodyg wrote:Dear folksWhen working with an acoustic guitar sampled Audio Loops, I found a groove i like very much Its 8 bars in length play a G Maj 7 chord. How do you change to a Cm6 chord. what good is just one G maj7 chord.?????? How do construct a song using audio samples if you can't change chords.JodyG The easiest way to do this is to hire a guitar player & tell him to add an A to the Cm chord. Most guitar players are pretty dense, granted, but if you bang the high A note on your piano, eventually he'll get it. Waive a scotch under his nose & it should come quicker.You're a decent piano player....You can't find a guitar player in NY who's open to a bartering deal? Samples only when necessary. Wade