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11-20-2009, 04:55 AM
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Music wise I mean. For me its 3/4 time signature. I don't know what it is, but play a song in 3/4 and I am hooked. And it is not a conscious decision, looking back some of my favorite songs during childhood, before I even knew anything about music, were 3/4. What is a little strange is whenever I freestyle or come up with riffs today they tend to be in 5/4. Go figure. |
11-20-2009, 05:12 AM
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11-20-2009, 05:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London, UK | | | Chords with tension - Sus4, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths. Some of these, especially nicely orchestrated layers of them, can be achingly beautiful before they resolve
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11-20-2009, 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by bassboysam  For me its 3/4 time signature. I don't know what it is, but play a song in 3/4 and I am hooked. And it is not a conscious decision, looking back some of my favorite songs during childhood, before I even knew anything about music, were 3/4. | I've been gigging with an original rock band for the past 3 or 4 years, and oddly enough 80% of our material is in 3/4. I gotta say, the novelty wears off when the set list is that skewed towards waltzes.
As far as being a sucker, I guess I am a sucker for not ending a tune on the tonic. Leave 'em hanging! |
11-20-2009, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Jools4001 Chords with tension - Sus4, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths. Some of these, especially nicely orchestrated layers of them, can be achingly beautiful before they resolve | Me too! Close-voiced ones especially
Also LOVE the following sounds:
1) Baritone Sax
2) Bass Clarinet
3) Old analogue keys like Hammond, Rhodes, Clav, Mellotron, ARP Strings etc
4) Gongs
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11-20-2009, 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Jools4001 Chords with tension - Sus4, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths. Some of these, especially nicely orchestrated layers of them, can be achingly beautiful before they resolve | Me too. Especially with synth strings. |
11-20-2009, 07:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | *Anything in 6/8 (thank you Allman Bros!)
*Pushes / pulls, triplet runs.
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11-20-2009, 07:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Winnipeg,Siberia | | | these days the female voice has been the thing....sometimes the most subtle things that emmylou harris or nina simone will do in a nano second will just floor me
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11-20-2009, 08:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | Odd time signatures, and unexpected changes. A female voice is also very attractive.
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11-20-2009, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by The Owl 3) Old analogue keys like Hammond, Rhodes, Clav, Mellotron, ARP Strings etc | Pretty much exactly what I was going to put!
And horn sections.
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11-20-2009, 08:33 AM
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Right now, 70s-80s synth. Gary Wright, early-ish Elton. Cheesey now but cutting edge back then.
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11-20-2009, 08:39 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Baltimore,MD USA | | | Strings and a driving beat.
I love the sound of a full orchestra jamming hard with electric bass and drums.
'Love's Theme' by Barry White & the Love Unlimited Orchestra is an amazing thing.
I think that was disco's most redeeming characteristic.
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11-20-2009, 08:46 AM
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11-20-2009, 08:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Pacific Northwet, USA | | | I'm a sucker for a good ballad
Dylan's Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) comes to mind |
11-20-2009, 09:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rice Lake, WI | | | When I was in band in high school I loved the sounds of the baritone sax, bass clarinet and bassoon. But I'm a huge sucker for ballads.
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11-20-2009, 01:11 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houghton, MI | | | I find myself listening to the drumming when I listen to bands. It's fascinating to hear the difference in technique and style between, say, Brann from Mastodon and Neal Peart.
I also love 6/8, and any sort of triplet or out-of-time riffs that come together at the end.
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11-20-2009, 06:12 PM
| | | | The minor 10th interval, and triplets. Listen to Paul Chambers on "Blue in Green."
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11-20-2009, 07:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Woodinville, WA | | A good driving shuffle. A great emotional ballad. Steady eighths of a heavy rock tune. These are a few of my fa-vor-ite things! 
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11-20-2009, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Diego, CA | | | Nice slower funk. 90-110 bmp, big fat groove with swung 8th notes... but not fake or forced. As a bassist, if a drummer starts playing that... I just can't HELP but pull out the Funk Thumb...
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11-20-2009, 08:11 PM
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Guitar Solos in odd meters (7/8, 5/8)
Lots of Horns
Poly-rhythms
Epic Passages of Mellotron and Moog
Anything with Bill Bruford (He's Tasty)
Bassists who use Rotosound Strings
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