Tritone Substitution & Chromatic Chord Progression

by kclau on July 30, 2008

This video shows how I

  • replace the usual perfect cadence with a tritone substitution.
  • use a descending chromatic bass movement to construct a special chord progression.

Click the picture below for full size music score.

Tritone substitution and Chromatic Bass Movement

This post is a part of Understand 明白 Series

Part 1: Songwriting – Fill up the melody

Part 2: Music Arrangement – tritone substitution

Part 3: Vocal recording – introducing Studio Project C1

Part 4: Mixing – totally in the box

Part 5: Marketing and promotion

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{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Tania 02.05.09 at 9:20 am

Hello,
not bad…

Thanks
Tania

2 kclau 02.17.09 at 10:27 am

Thanks!

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