Sheltered Naivety (Experimental/Progressive Melodic Metal)
Another short little project created in Guitar Pro 6. I'm fairly happy with this one, despite it suffering from most of the flaws that my other compositions have.. >:3 The transitions between riffs are starting to feel much less forced and abrupt to me, so I'm getting somewhere.
While writing this one, I was repeatedly and forcibly telling myself not to write guitar parts that are hard to play just for the sake of being hard.. As a result, nothing too flashy here besides a couple diminished 7th arpeggios at 150 bpm during the chaotic Harmonic Minor solo early-ish in the song. I guess some of the gallop picking could be tricky for players not used to the technique..
This is my second-ever project that I've programmed any percussion into, and it definitely shows.. It came out much better than my last try, but I still need way more practice :3 This is the first song in which I've written leads for an instrument other than guitar, and the synth/keyboard came out with some nice melodies.. The arpeggios near the end would probably be pretty hellish to play. Quarter note triplets at 100 bpm >:3 I dunno how much harder arpeggios are for a keyboard than a guitar, but when sweeping I'm pretty hard pressed to go any further than that.
If any of you more experienced musicians that I know are /watching me can offer critique or tips, I would appreciate it! Feel free to tear it apart, I'm not easily offended. x3 Sheet music and/or guitar tablature is available if you are so inclined to help out by examining what I did musically.
While writing this one, I was repeatedly and forcibly telling myself not to write guitar parts that are hard to play just for the sake of being hard.. As a result, nothing too flashy here besides a couple diminished 7th arpeggios at 150 bpm during the chaotic Harmonic Minor solo early-ish in the song. I guess some of the gallop picking could be tricky for players not used to the technique..
This is my second-ever project that I've programmed any percussion into, and it definitely shows.. It came out much better than my last try, but I still need way more practice :3 This is the first song in which I've written leads for an instrument other than guitar, and the synth/keyboard came out with some nice melodies.. The arpeggios near the end would probably be pretty hellish to play. Quarter note triplets at 100 bpm >:3 I dunno how much harder arpeggios are for a keyboard than a guitar, but when sweeping I'm pretty hard pressed to go any further than that.
If any of you more experienced musicians that I know are /watching me can offer critique or tips, I would appreciate it! Feel free to tear it apart, I'm not easily offended. x3 Sheet music and/or guitar tablature is available if you are so inclined to help out by examining what I did musically.
Category Music / Other Music
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 50 x 50px
File Size 2.68 MB
x3 I love triplets. I'm bad at using them though.. I've seen people do amazing things with them, but when I try to incorporate them, it usually sounds super chaotic and crazy. Which isn't always a bad thing.. Switching rapidly between regular quarter notes and triplets during a solo is incredibly fun, if a little hard to time correctly.. I think the arpeggios near the end of this song sound the most "natural" out of all the times I've tried it.
One thing I love the sound of is when you have two guitars, one panned left one panned right.. The first guitar plays ascending diminished 1-3-5 triads in triplets while the second guitar plays the corresponding 1-5 power chords palm muted an octave below, but in regular quarter notes.. Then they swap back and forth between the triplet arpeggios and the power chords. >:3 Probably a little too insane for most people, but I love the chaos it creates.
One thing I love the sound of is when you have two guitars, one panned left one panned right.. The first guitar plays ascending diminished 1-3-5 triads in triplets while the second guitar plays the corresponding 1-5 power chords palm muted an octave below, but in regular quarter notes.. Then they swap back and forth between the triplet arpeggios and the power chords. >:3 Probably a little too insane for most people, but I love the chaos it creates.
Dude, that's awesome. It's definitely chaotic though. I always love it when composers take advantage of (as I like to put it) rhythmic dissonance. Rhythms should overlap in a way that makes it sound like more notes are being played then there actually are.
You should make use of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiola :3
You should make use of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiola :3
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