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ROSEYARD

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Can you name these chords?
« on: January 21, 2016, 05:05:49 pm »
Can anybody tell me exactly what the first 4 chords are in this track?

https://soundcloud.com/duumu/ipromise-rmx

I love the feeling this progression gives me and I really want to know how to play it.

I can't figure it out at all but I know there are several theory geniuses here that could give me the answer.

Thanks!

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Re: Can you name these chords?
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2016, 05:48:56 pm »
based off of what I'm hearing the progression sounds like this, relative to C:

first chord: A minor bass (the chord's root is A minor, and the chord's body has G major voicing)
second chord: F major
third chord: same as first, only thing that's different is the highest note. it doesn't change the chord!
fourth chord: C major

:) the voicing is another thing but there's the progression!

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Re: Can you name these chords?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2016, 02:13:19 am »
Just gave it a quick listen and it sounds like ||: Bmin11 | Gmaj7  :||

Try voicing it like this notes top/down

E    D
C#  B
A    F#
B    G

The voicing changes a lot throughout the song and it resolves down to a Dmaj7 (rather than the Gmaj7) during the drop.
« Last Edit: January 22, 2016, 01:22:33 pm by cryophonik »
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Re: Can you name these chords?
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2016, 09:32:55 am »
The distance between the bass and upper notes look like this

B 1-7-9-11
G 1-9-10-12
B 1-7-9-12-13
D 1-5-7-9

The first chord is actually an Aadd9 chord but in its 3rd inversion hence putting the B in the bass. (Root position looks like A-C#-E-B)

B-A-C#-E

The second chord is a Gadd9 chord in open position. (Root position looks like G-B-D-A)

G-A-B-D

The third chord is a F#maj11 with an omitted 9th in it's fourth inversion. Hence putting the B in the bass (Root position looks like F#-A-C#-E-B)

B-A-C#-E-F#

The fourth chord is a Aadd4 chord in its second inversion (Root position looks like A-C#-D-E

D-A-C#-E

Here's a quick remake I did.

https://soundcloud.com/dannystestaccount/remake-produerforum

Here's the download to the midi notes.

https://www.dropbox.com/home?preview=Midi+Notes.mid

The synth is just your basic detuned pad. My version contains more bass in it which I should've eq'd out to get it to sound more like the original. I'm not trying very hard though because it's aside from the point of this post.

I'm not to sure what ninth parallel was saying (No disrespect I thank you so much for this forum btw :)  )

EDIT: I finally understood what he was saying. He was naming the chords if the key of the song were to be transposed into A minor.

Cryophonik was a bit a closer but this is the correct answer. Keep in mind when it comes to weird chord progressions like these things do begin to get quite subjective. You can interpret chords in many different ways based off of there chord formulas.
« Last Edit: January 22, 2016, 10:37:43 am by Lydian »
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