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Johnny_Tsunami 
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 Posted: August 04 2009 at 15:58 |
I recently came up with this pretty cool sounding metal riff in 11/8 in the key of D (yeah drop D tuning  ). There's also a lot of tri-tone usage in that main riff. I've been working on it a lot and it's pretty much a completed song now, but if I typed it in here, it wouldn't make much sense as I am theory illiterate. I just know what time I'm playing and what basic key I'm in. Despite the song being in 11/8, then shifting to 7/8, then to 6/8 and then to 5/4 it's not very difficult to follow because my drummer was able to get a beat going pretty easily!
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Abstrakt
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Posted: August 04 2009 at 14:17 |
So it ended up being 3:54. Entirely instrumental. Could fit on a heavy rock album from 1971 i think 
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JLocke
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Posted: August 04 2009 at 13:37 |
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Abstrakt
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Posted: August 04 2009 at 13:26 |
Kept working on it today:
 Abstrakt wrote:
7/8 :| C#m7 (1) C#sus4 | C#m7 (2) C#sus4 |: x2
6/8 :| C#m7 (1) C#sus4 | C#m7 (2) C#sus 4| C#m7 (1) C#sus4 | F# E |:
(C#m7 (1) played as an E (B, E, G#) with C# and G# in the left hand
C#m7 (2) played as an E (E, G#, B) with C# and G# in the left hand
C#sus4 played as an F# (C#, F#, Bb) with C# and G# in the left hand)
then:
4/4 :| C#madd11 | Bsus4 | F#7 | A6 |: x3
4/4 | C#madd11 | Bsus4 | F#7/Bb| Gmaj7 | Gmaj7 |
C#madd11 played C#, E, F# with C# and G# in the left hand
Just a regular Bsus4 with B and F# in the left hand
F#7 played Bb, C#, E, F# with F# and C# in the left hand
Just a regular A6 and Gmaj7
Then the same pattern as the intro, but with a F#m chord instead.
7/8 :| F#m F#m | F#m F#m |:
7/8: :| F#m | F#m7 | F#m6 | D/F# |:
Then slowed down a bit to a bluesy mood with a descending bassline:
6/8: :| F#m | F#m7 | F#m6 | D/F# |:
F#m played A, C#, F# with F# and C# in the left hand (Bass playing F#)
F#m7 played A, C#, E with F# and C# in the left hand (Bass playing E)
F#m6 played A, C#, Eb with F# and C# in the left hand (Bass playing Eb)
D/F# played F#, A, D with F# and C# in the left hand (Bass playing D)
Then the first couple of bars repeated:
7/8 :| C#m7 (1) C#sus4 | C#m7 (2) C#sus4 |: x2
6/8 :| C#m7 (1) C#sus4 | C#m7 (2) C#sus 4| C#m7 (1) C#sus4 | F# E |:
(C#m7 (1) played as an E (B, E, G#) with C# and G# in the left hand
C#m7 (2) played as an E (E, G#, B) with C# and G# in the left hand
C#sus4 played as an F# (C#, F#, Bb) with C# and G# in the left hand)
then:
4/4 :| C#madd11 | Bsus4 | F#7 | A6 |: x3
4/4 | C#madd11 | Bsus4 | F#7/Bb| Gmaj7 | Gmaj7 |
C#madd11 played C#, E, F# with C# and G# in the left hand
Just a regular Bsus4 with B and F# in the left hand
F#7 played Bb, C#, E, F# with F# and C# in the left hand
Just a regular A6 and Gmaj7
Then a slow and intense part with constant cymbals:
6/8 :| C#m | A | Bbdim | A |:
I should get a life 
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Edited by Abstrakt - August 04 2009 at 13:59
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Abstrakt
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Posted: August 04 2009 at 11:09 |
If anyone has Guitar Pro 5, i could send it to you on MSN 
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Passionist
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Posted: August 04 2009 at 11:00 |
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So many 7s and majs and adds and #s, who could have doubted you?
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Abstrakt
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Posted: August 04 2009 at 07:21 |
Hey, i was being serious here!  
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The Runaway
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Posted: August 04 2009 at 05:59 |
Howlin' Wolf already dun dat.
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progkidjoel
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Posted: August 04 2009 at 05:59 |
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Vompatti
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Posted: August 04 2009 at 05:30 |
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I've been thinking about doing a 30-minute piece with one Em chord.
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The Runaway
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Posted: August 04 2009 at 05:26 |
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I really like the main theme.
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Passionist
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Posted: August 04 2009 at 05:23 |
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Yeah, I got this theme album building up where all songs are bassed on the same theme that is a shuffle beat and a C / Am / F / G7 pattern on 4/4. There'll be 8 songs, all 3,5 minutes and all about love.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: August 03 2009 at 16:05 |
Oh, and it's played on the organ with a bit of distortion. Then there's pretty intense drumming during the 7/8 and 6/8. It cools down a bit when it settles in 4/4 time. And then there's a simple bassline aswell. Sounds like it sould fit in Heavy Prog, Proto-prog or Psychedelic/Spacerock 
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Abstrakt
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Posted: August 03 2009 at 16:00 |
Here you can share ideas of your own songs and maybe how they are played. Here's a thing i came up with:
Abstrakt wrote:
I was just noddling around on the piano when i came up with this cool chord sequence:
7/8 :| C#m7 (1) C#sus4 | C#m7 (2) C#sus4 |: x2
6/8 :| C#m7 (1) C#sus4 | C#m7 (2) C#sus 4| C#m7 (1) C#sus4 | F# E |:
(C#m7 (1) played as an E (B, E, G#) with C# and G# in the left hand
C#m7 (2) played as an E (E, G#, B) with C# and G# in the left hand
C#sus4 played as an F# (C#, F#, Bb) with C# and G# in the left hand)
then:
4/4 :| C#madd11 | Bsus4 | F#7 | A6 |: x3
4/4 | C#madd11 | Bsus4 | F#7/Bb| Gmaj7 | Gmaj7 |
C#madd11 played C#, E, F# with C# and G# in the left hand
Just a regular Bsus4 with B and F# in the left hand
F#7 played Bb, C#, E, F# with F# and C# in the left hand
Just a regular A6 and Gmaj7
Then something starting on F#m
I should get a life
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Edited by Abstrakt - August 03 2009 at 16:01
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