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I have a pop style here that uses triads for the chord progression.
Can I change the chord progression to four-note chords and then back to triads for this pop song?
Would this have to be done via the melodist?
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I'm confused - standard major and minor chords are triads - any fourth note would be a repeat of one of the notes in the triad - or it would not be the standard major or minor chord. .. A guitar would probably be playing all three notes and a piano could easily be playing lots more notes but they would be 'doubled' as it were. What do you mean by four note chords? BIAB can 'play' lots of four note chords like a C7 - C,E,G,Bb.
I'm only a cowboy chord guitarist so maybe I'm missing the point.
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Hi, i think they are called seventh chords , not for now i want to look at stab chords : s(sopran)t(tenor)a(alt) b(bass) chords for now , these are triads with doubling a note
I like to enrich the chordprogression in BIAB with fuller chords then only for triads.
Hope you get the idea...its for composing
Well, I already have an idea of how it works: the style generates a certain chord progression, which is fixed by the melodist.
Then you can change the chords later in the chord sheet.
So in my style, there were all triads, and then you could change them manually if you wanted a fuller seventh chord.
Diatonic Seventh Chords in C Major
Scale Degree Chord Name Chord Symbol (BIAB) Notes
I C major seventh Cmaj7 (or CΔ7) C – E – G – B
ii D minor seventh Dm7 D – F – A – C
iii E minor seventh Em7 E – G – B – D
IV F major seventh Fmaj7 F – A – C – E
V G dominant seventh G7 G – B – D – F
vi A minor seventh Am7 A – C – E – G
vii° B half-diminished seventh Bm7♭5 B – D – F – A
I think in popsongs (other genre music styles too ?) i can reduce the generated chord progression to triads and then use sevenths chords
What does the regenerate button?
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you can enter any chord you like - sevenths, ninths, etc - you don't have to stick to straight major or minor go to the support page and choose online manual. chapter 15 has a list of supported chords.
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Thanks, that's great for BIAB to have those chords
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all of those chords can be used in BIAB if you use midi but RealTracks are recordings of actual musicians so the artist has to have recorded a phrase using that chord. if they didn't BIAB will substitute the closest it has
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There is an option that I think is global to “Jazz up the Chords” which will take simple triads and add 7ths.
I’ve never tried it because all the styles I use contain at least 7ths and upper extensions too. I’m not at a computer but if you would like to know where this option can be found, it’s in the article I wrote in the Tips and Tricks Forum. It’s a sticky post called When BIAB doesn’t play the chords you wrote”.
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Thanks, i think this is specific for jazz styles to jazz up en jazz down the chords, and found it in BIAB
I am using pop chords related with a popstyle , so they are simpler those chords
Could not quick find your post about building chords yet,unfortunately
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Danna, thanks for the link. There are several topics there that might apply.
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