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Title: Hammondman Quick question
Post by: c_will on August 04, 2003, 09:11:53 PM
Could you give me a more in depth synopsis  (ooh big word) lol on the theory behind developing chords off of the bassline of a song. I understand it on a basic level but I'm not confident on the theory of it. I hope I made this understandable  God bless you again. C_Will
Title: Quick answer
Post by: on August 04, 2003, 11:54:12 PM
Quote from: c_will
Could you give me a more in depth synopsis  (ooh big word) lol on the theory behind developing chords off of the bassline of a song.


Well, It all depends on what song you're refering to! You gave me none to work with  :lol: ! This subject is kind of broad, if you're talking about a song you made up, we can go there, or a devotional song, we can do that too. Let me know which
Title: Hammondman Quick question
Post by: c_will on August 05, 2003, 07:31:58 PM
Oops sorry about that.  :lol: How about Speak Life by Joe Pace and The Colorado Mass Choir and I'll be Satisfied by Hezakiah Walker. Thanks again. C_Will
Title: Why would I guess it would be one of these??
Post by: on August 06, 2003, 10:39:08 AM
Quote from: c_will
I'll be Satisfied by Hezakiah Walker. Thanks again. C_Will


I don't know the Joe Pace song, so I'll do the Hezekiah one. 1st off, it's in Gb. He's using a simple numbering pattern, starting from the intro, it's a 2, then the 5, then 4_3_2_5_1, that's what the bass is playing, and that's what your chord(s) will be. Now the trick is: which chords for those numbers? Well the 2 is a: GbC / Ebm, the 5 is: DbAb / Abm7, then

4 = BGb / Ebm7
3 = BbF / Bbm7
2 = AbEb / Abm7
5 = DbAb / Db
1 - GbDb / Gb


Now, remember you're in Gb, for this song, you have: Gb_Abm_ Bbm_B_Db_Ebm to work with, the bass is moving all around these chords, even when a chord is a "off" sounding, it's an altered chord of one of those mentioned, there's a part in the song where there's chops:


2 = AbEb / Abm7 [ Eb_D ]
6 = EbBb / Ebm7 [ Gb_G ]
2 = AbEb / Abm7 [ Eb_D ]
6 = EbBb / Abm7
[ Eb_D_Db ]
CBb / BbEbAb - {4TH CHORD}
4 = BGb / Ebm7 [ Eb_D ]
6 = EbBb / Ebm7 [ Gb_G ]
2 = AbEb / Abm7 [ Eb_D ]
6 = EbBb / Abm7

As you can see, the song is not that difficult, you have to take it in parts, THEN put it together...like the lyrics, the bass also has key points.

Hope this helped
Title: Hammondman Quick question
Post by: c_will on August 06, 2003, 04:53:57 PM
Thank you so much for your time and God Bless you. It makes more sense to me now.
Title: C_will
Post by: on August 06, 2003, 05:27:27 PM
You're welcome :wink: