Something I've been playing with

Doug · #1 January 13th, 2008

Here's a slow peaceful piece - any slower and you'd fall asleep while listening. I'm hoping it'll morph into something - it's not quite there yet. The recording is pretty noisey - there was a fan near where I was recording, but you'll get the idea.

There's two things I was playing with here - 1) I wanted to use tritones in a piece that is almost hymnal. Tritones were supposed to be the work of the devil but to my ears you can sometimes use a tritone in a peaceful consonant way. And 2) I just love the sound of a Bb major 7 followed by an F major 7. Even though the Bb major 7 is not in the key of C, it sorta works. I think.

Let me know what you think.

cshude · #2 January 13th, 2008

Doug, you definitely have something to work with there. It's absolutely lovely as a solo piece, but I think you could definitely add some lyrics to it as well. If you know someone who plays cello, that would sound absolutely killer coming in on the second go-through.

starsailor · #3 January 13th, 2008

That's a nice mellow piece Doug, it doesn't send you to sleep it holds your attention definitely worth progressing with, I'm afraid my knowledge of scales is limited so I wouldn't be qualified to comment on the tritone but the piece sounded good, sounds like you've put a fair bit of work into this Doug. thanks for posting it

Doug · #4 January 13th, 2008

Thanks very much Chris. I like your idea of a cello. It would fit very well with the piece.
And thankyou, too, Starsailer.

allthumbs · #5 January 13th, 2008

Good stuff. Worth tinkering with.

Doug · #6 January 13th, 2008

thanks, Marty

eddiez152 · #7 January 13th, 2008

Doug,
Very nice piece and playing.

cshude · #8 January 13th, 2008

Y' know, Doug, you ought to PM Tekker in re: to cello- the cello sound he used in his latest song post is really nice.

X4StringDrive · #9 January 14th, 2008

Really sweet Doug

I was picturing that played on a Martin Parlor sized

Do keep after this tune, lots of potential!

skinnybloke · #10 January 14th, 2008

Absolutely beautiful Doug!

tomg123 · #11 January 14th, 2008

I'll take a guess at tritones saying 3 notes played at once? anyway very haunting, and nice listening

knight46 · #12 January 14th, 2008

Very nice piece Doug, really nice sound. I would love to hear it expanded with lyrics.

Doug · #13 January 14th, 2008

Thanks very much, everyone.
I'm not a music expert so maybe Fretsource can correct me if I'm wrong, however, a tritone is an interval of 3 full tones. It is found in Dominant 7 chords and it's the dissonance that gives the strong pull back to the root. In a Dom7 case, the tritone is between the 3rd and the 7th - so for a C7, the tritone is between the E and the Bb. In the above piece, the tritone I put in was between the C (root) and the F#. I left out the third so perhaps that makes a sus4? Dunno. When the tritone was first discovered, it was banned from church music because it was so dissonant. I think as people get more and more acclimatized to things, those things lose their original impact. Western music has the Dom7 -> root built into so much music that we're probably a lot more used to the tritone and it's not as jarring anymore.

Oh, by the way Kenny, how is my little Martin doing these days?

X4StringDrive · #14 January 14th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Doug

Oh, by the way Kenny, how is my little Martin doing these days?

Doing sweet as of yesterday it and my two others are now sporting new strings{first time I did all at once, now they fight for my attention}

Btw, if your still interested in it, PM me maybe we could work a deal or a trade....I'm always open to ideas.

Jomi · #15 January 20th, 2008

Very nice tune Doug, can't offer much of a critique since I thought Tritone was furniture polish. Beautifully played.