Be interesting to also make a classical version, where the chords are more traditional but the melody (necessarily) does the major sevenths, passing notes and suspensions all on its own.
... How? how do you hear this; what chords to use over a single toned voice? Just the root note as the chord and add a jazzy variation? Very cool stuff!
Thanks :D Depends on which section, but usually, I listen to a small section of the melody, find a chord scale that contains the notes, and then tonicize something based on what chords I would want to use in a section. For instance, the melody in first 4 seconds is just Gb pentatonic. As such, I harmonized it as II7 V7 I bVIma7(b5) VI-6(9). Every note in the melody is diatonic to the chord scale of every chord in that small progression (except the Bb in Dmaj7(b5), but I let it slide lol). The second thing I used most commonly in this is basing a progression on bass motion. It doesn't necessarily tonicize a key center and normally doesn't, if I recall correctly. An example of this can be seen starting from the E-7 at 00:52. Every chord up to the Cw.t. is comprised of two parts, the bass motion and quality. The bass motion was half-step ascending, and the quality is just based on a chord scale that has all of the melody notes heard when the chord is played.
Hmm... wow! After reading that multiple times I think I understand most of it, lol. Still seems like something that would take a loooot of work (for me in any case; I play so much music but keep on getting confused when it comes to pure theory). One thing I still don't really get though; the 'bass motion was half-step ascending'. Does this mean you DO find the root note but play that note minus half a tone? (it probably doesn't, right? cause that seems to me like it would always sound verry dissonant... right?) Thanks for explaining! ^^
What I mean by the half-step ascending bass motion is that the bass does exactly that, ascend by half step. For instance, at 00:51 the chords go E-7 Fmaj9(b5) F#-9 G-add9 Ab6(9) A7(b5) Bbmaj7(b5) B-7 Cw.t. The bass motion is independent of the melody. It just ascends by half-step. The quality of each chord, however, is such that the melody is diatonic over the chord.
Lol, right, ascending means up descending means down. Ok thanks I get it now. Doing something like this involves much more creativity than I originally thought it would. Once more; props!! ^^
I didn't really write the chords to score the scene and i disagree on the drumming bit, but I appreciate your constructive criticism. Just think of it as a shitpost that took me like 6 hours lmao.
