Subject:How to make chord changes like Am7 Dm7 G9 and so on

Posted by: sax

Date:4/2/2002 11:49:09 AM

Hi
Do you know how can i make chord changes such as Am7 to Dm7 and G9+ and so on


Thanks for your reply

Subject:RE: How to make chord changes like Am7 Dm7 G9 and so on

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:4/2/2002 12:17:44 PM

If you have a loop that contains an Am7 chord and want to modulate it to Dm7, press the grey + key 5 times (one semitone up for each press) to change it from A to D. However, you must have a loop in a minor chort to begin with. You can't convert a major chord to a minor chord in ACID.

Subject:RE: How to make chord changes like Am7 Dm7 G9 and so on

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:4/2/2002 3:00:14 PM

In addition to what Chienworks said, check out this SF Knowledge Base article.

Iacobus

Subject:RE: How to make chord changes like Am7 Dm7 G9 and so on

Reply by: Erik_Nygaard

Date:4/3/2002 8:00:43 AM

Well you can actually make many major chords work like minors and versa visa,
but you need to have some understanding about scales.
For instance a C-chord (C-E-G) will function as Am7, a Cmaj7 (C-E-G-B) as Am9 etc.
Both examples get you minor chords without the root note A.
A G9 can be viewed as Bm7-5, instant jazz :-)
There are probably some music respurces on the net wich deal with these musical relations.

Subject:RE: How to make chord changes like Am7 Dm7 G9 and so on

Reply by: vanblah

Date:4/3/2002 8:33:43 AM

Unfortunately, most of the "chords" that ACID Loops supply have the root in the bass, which makes it sound muddy when you try to add another root (ie, a CM/A in order to get Am7). I have tried this several times and have not been happy with the results.