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Post by friopi on Oct 27, 2015 21:46:13 GMT
My vocabulary for talking about music is horribly deficient, and it's frustrating when there are concepts I want to talk about but I just don't know how to describe them. For example I was just thinking about a structure I encounter occasionally where a song just repeats the same few chords in a bunch of different synths. (That's what it sounds like to me, anyway). Examples:
Esp. from 3:30 onward
Does this have a name?
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Post by -- on Oct 27, 2015 22:15:07 GMT
For example I was just thinking about a structure I encounter occasionally where a song just repeats the same few chords in a bunch of different synths. Does this have a name? From googling it seems like the word is Ostinato. YouTube gave me the example of I Feel Love by Giorgio Moroder. I think it only applies to bass or like one instrument. But it could apply to using different synths throughout. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2015 23:44:24 GMT
this sounds a lot like Shinichi Osawa's solo work
which is labeled as "big beat", by wikipedia
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Post by friopi on Oct 28, 2015 0:54:27 GMT
From googling it seems like the word is Ostinato. YouTube gave me the example of I Feel Love by Giorgio Moroder. I think it only applies to bass or like one instrument. But it could apply to using different synths throughout. I feel like this is not *quite* it, but almost. It was a useful wiki page to read anyway. "Strictly speaking, ostinati should have exact repetition, but in common usage, the term covers repetition with variation and development." So maybe the idea I'm looking for is an ostinanto with variation or development? I feel like applying traditional music theory to electronic music is always a little tricky because the lines between different "instruments" are blurred or even nonexistent. (And I don't even have a good grasp of music theory to begin with, lol.) But it's super interesting to think about and I hope somebody somewhere is spending their time analyzing this stuff/modernizing music theory to keep up with musical innovation. @mmtthhwwss I'm not looking for a genre so much as an idea that could be used in any kind of music. I used to listen to the Mustard Pimp remix of EEAA all the time though. I had it on a CD in my car. |
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Post by bubbling on Oct 28, 2015 1:49:57 GMT
repeating synth arpeggios/synth phrases maybe? hmm im not sure..i really suck at talking about mechanics of songs, so im not sure if that makes sense or if there's a better word for it sorry o o friopi |
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Post by Dvnots on Oct 28, 2015 10:58:10 GMT
Minimalism?
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Post by Dvnots on Oct 28, 2015 11:00:28 GMT
Classically, it could be called a "Theme and Variations", "Canon", "Fugue" or "Chaconne"
Actually, Fugue and Canon probably deceive the concept best
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2015 11:15:47 GMT
Classically, it could be called a "Theme and Variations", "Canon", "Fugue" or "Chaconne" Actually, Fugue and Canon probably deceive the concept best you're so smart ♥ |
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Post by Dvnots on Oct 28, 2015 12:50:02 GMT
Classically, it could be called a "Theme and Variations", "Canon", "Fugue" or "Chaconne" Actually, Fugue and Canon probably deceive the concept best you're so smart ♥Thanks  |
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Post by arlo on Oct 28, 2015 22:41:05 GMT
I like calling it a "phrase" but yeah I guess "variations" or "canon" is the most technically accurate description
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