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Regarding the first reason, here is a song that I recently composed and shared on the forum.

https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=768050&page=1

My goal is to learn how to improve upon this and write/perform better compositions in the future. What tools out there could help me design a bridge for this song? How can I improve the various keyboard voices I used?.


I listened to this tune. I hear a nice Dm progression with a i - iv - v mix. Well suited to play a minor pentatonic scale to construct the melody to play over. However, as we all know this is a limited vocabulary combined with limited chords, which constrains the song from expanding to much other than a blues jam. Your bass is targeting the D which emphaises the Aeolian mode (good start), however, for more non-blues modern feel, try targeting the G to hear that Dorain feel (Dorian will add years to this classic vibe - thats what the text books tell us...). You will also need to expand the progression beyound the i, iv and v chords to create a bridge which will pull you out of the pentatonic scale and permit the melody to bloom and the song to tell a story.

Take this "critical analysis" with a grain of salt. I am a student of the arts myself. What I hear is a very nice piece. But to take it to the next level, I feel, you need to do more than simply play what your current ears hear. Expanding the chords will be a step in the right direction - as I said I did not hear much beyound Dm, Gm, Am (is that right?). But expand them where? how?. That is where the "tools" we have discussed can help. That is the work you have to do.

You are going in the right direction, but the road is long and many of us will never reach the end. Even Moses was not allowed to get to the promised land, but he was given a glimise from the mountain top. Some times that can be enough. So keep at it.

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