Post Your Week 1 Music HERE for Lament Bass Workshop
Added 2025-04-01 16:14:46 +0000 UTCLast night's stream had some technical difficulties midway through so I filmed another version of the lesson offline and have reuploaded it here: https://youtu.be/GBj3qee4Oms?si=Rho2Vt3GKvOi5tqp
The assignment is fairly simple, just write some diatonic major music that features lament bass! Here's two examples I show in the lesson:
Soft Piano Lament in C:
This piece arpeggiates the following chord changes. The bolded changes are NOT lament bass, but the rest is! Atop this I've written a simple melody, and all in all, the entire thing sounds a lot like Styx's "Sailing Away" (as pointed out by Patreon member Jason S)
C ---- G/B---- Am---- G---- x2
F---- G---- C-- G/B-- Am-- G --
F---- F---- Gsus4---- G----
Power Ballad in A:
This progression is arranged with drums, bass, powerchords, and vocals:
A - - - - E/G# - - - - - F#m - - E - - D - - - - D - - E - -
Deadline for reviews:
I'll be selecting a handful of songs to review individually and upload feedback for, as long as they're submitted before Sunday morning (the 6th). I'll try to pick songs where I can offer the most help to the student, but if one of you creates a real masterpiece (it's happened before!) I won't be able to resist showing that off!
Discord:
Some other students are collaborating over at the Signals Music Discord! Here's an invite: https://discord.gg/eBJmaUve
Comments
Hi, I’m late to the party (I’ve been on holiday), which ironically is quite lamentable. But I’ve managed to put something together for Week 1. Just a short piece. Hoping you still might have a look at this. It has got me a little confused. The progression goes like this: Em/C | Dsus4/B | Dm7/A | C/G x2 The first chord is essentially a Cmaj7 but I think because of the inversion I’m using it does sound very minor/sad. In fact, the whole piece doesn’t really sound major overall. I’m hoping maybe you could shed some light on why this sounds so minor despite the major lament bass. https://drive.google.com/file/d/14oO5vDJ--duuTnJJyaG7u1KIqw21NKhM/view?usp=sharing
Sole Brick
2025-04-16 17:16:34 +0000 UTCArgh! I misread your post. I thought you said by the end of Sunday. Well, I'm posting anyway. The chord progression is: Key of E Beginning to middle: E:D:C#m:B Middle to End: Eadd9:D6:C#(half measure)C#sus4(half measure):Bm Song: https://soundcloud.com/user-834279913-494217831/le-mint
Lozenge
2025-04-07 04:43:53 +0000 UTCI can hear it
Scott
2025-04-06 17:47:58 +0000 UTCLast time I tried this, it was too soft to hear (even though it sounded fine to me). Can someone pleas confirm if this is hearable? (That's not a word, but it should be!) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AQBrtTeCwbAM80FqgREaTykuLazKkzPk/view?usp=drive_link Working in G Mixolydian (or, the 5th mode of C, if I did my math right). The chords are: G C - B5 - Am - G Gsus/C - G/B - G9/A - G7 That G9/A is a stretch, but technically correct (I think). The first section is just basic setting up the tones and getting a feel for what's happening. Then I repeat the chords for the second section but change the time signature to 5/4, keep the lament stable with a tuba, and do the Meow Mix thing in a different way with the bass guitar. I finish off back in 4/4 with the same first 4 bars as the first section. Thanks!!
Curt Alford
2025-04-06 17:35:41 +0000 UTC
