Re: Guitar libraires
2003-02-11 by Nick Batzdorf
I wrote: > > I agree that it >> would be nice if its harmonic vocabulary went beyond [I'm trying hard >> to think of the word for chords that stay within the major or minor >> mode - i.e. no secondary dominants, no altered extensions...and my >> mind's gone totally blank. Damn, this is frustrating!], but that >> would mean more samples.
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From: "Sascha Franck" <S.Franck@...> >Well, I have no idea about the voicing structures Virtual Guitarist is using >(they may very well limit you), but in general chords can easily be expanded >by thinking in upper harmonic structures. >Example: C / A = Amin7. Cmaj7 / D = D7/9/13/sus4. Gmin/b5 / A = A7/b9/b13. >And so on... >So maybe it's just your brains harmonical vocabulary that needs to go >beyond?!? >No pun intended, btw! Great idea, but it won't work the way you're thinking, because Virtual Guitarist has samples of strummed guitar chords. Its vocabulary covers triads, 7th chords, and sus 4 in every key; the chords are played at the lowest position on the guitar. Layering them won't put the C over the A minor, for example - it'll moosh them together; it's not C/A, it's C+A! And I still can't think of that silly word for chords (or notes) that are in the key, i.e. I, II, III, IV... Diatonic! Thank you. -- Nick Batzdorf 818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434