Harmonic Rhythm for Better Bass Lines
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มี.ค. 2022
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Learn how to write better bass lines by improving your harmonic rhythm!
INTRO
Alright, so we’re in the key of D minor, and here’s an example that represents a lot of bass lines these days. Maybe your bass is currently sounding something like this?
BORING
That’s a solid starting place for your bass line, but changing notes on the main beats only is gonna get boring real quick. So, here’s a hack that will spice up your bass lines, without losing that simplicity!
BETTER
This bass line is outlining a chord progression, by playing each chord’s root note. Where the chords change is known as the harmonic rhythm. By making a more interesting harmonic rhythm, you get a better bass line. So, instead of changing chords on the main beats only, move some changes to before or after the main beats. This will add an element of surprise, which will grab your listeners’ attention!
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Hack Music Theory is the fast, easy and fun way to make music. Taught by multi-award-winning music lecturer Ray Harmony, and his protégé wife Kate. Ray started teaching music theory in 1995, and has made music with Serj Tankian (System Of A Down), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), and more!
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Revolution Harmony is Ray Harmony & Kate Harmony
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That first bassline sounded like half of my songs 😭
Happy you're here Mio, and we're cheering you on in your journey to better bass lines!! Sending you good vibes for your weekend :)
you're gonna get there and learn :)
as a beginning bass player this is gold
Happy to hear this was helpful to you, Paul, and a warm welcome to the Hack Music Theory community! What kind of music are you playing? Take care, and we hope to see you again soon for more theory hacks :)
Just completed a piece that falls into this trap. :'( I'll work on this and do better next time!
Hey Jim, it's great to hear that you'll be putting this hack to use in your next piece! Hope you're having a lovely week, we're sending you all our good vibes for the upcoming weekend :)
It's a great trick. I've been doing it for years!
Hi Kate & Ray! Thanks to you, my basslines are so advanced they go out of rhythm completely :))))
LOL, that's really funny Andrei!! Have you been able to make some music lately? We're sending you all our good vibes for your weekend ahead :) Kate
@@HackMusicTheory I currently make music by whistling while I walk. The goal is to improvise, see some patterns and either follow them or avoid them.
Heavy! Simple but effective:D
Happy you dig it, Professor Pancakes, thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic rest of your week :)
@@HackMusicTheory Thank you! Hope you guys have a good rest of your week too :D
We can't save shorts to play lists as references. This is VERY disruptive for those if us with learning disabilities.
"Share" it to your own phone number by text.
You can if you go to your watch history on TH-cam
Or copy the link and put it in your notes in your phone My Samsung notes is this plastered with TH-cam shorts lol
Like the video then add it or go to your history. Idk why they just don't let us add them.
@@StopWars420 what do you mean? I have tons of shorts saved to playlists. If you're on the mobile app just tap the three dots in the top right corner
It's very zaebis'! Thanks!
Thanks!!
Excellent ideas, as usual! Love the shorts as well :)
Hey hey Cedric, happy to see you and glad you're digging the shorts! Hope this finds you well and we're sending you all our good vibes for the weekend ahead :)
@@HackMusicTheory Thanks, just saw your djent/octatonic one, I learned something new, again, and will try to use it as soon as I can!
Yay, that's awesome to hear, Cedric!! Kate :)
Very helpful
Happy to hear it, Fernando, and a warm welcome to the Hack Music Theory community! What kind of music do you make? Take care, and we hope to see you again soon for more theory hacks :)
Good one (y) simple but works
Thanks Ryder :) Hope you're having a lovely week, we're sending you all our good vibes for the upcoming weekend!
thanks
Thank you for watching Bleke! Have a fantastic rest of your week :)
@@HackMusicTheory Thanks man! Hope you have a fantastic rest of the week too!
Definitive!
Thanks so much for watching and connecting, MrYoraco, have a great week!
humans hate predictability, suprise essential in good music
I wish you guys could figure out a way to make videos again and monetize it. I have a real hard time learning from reading. 90% of my learning is from video, I've tried a few of your PDFs and my ADHD just doesn't want to have any part of it. I really miss your content...
Content: 👍 | Video format: 👎
P.S.: How about a second YT channel only for shorts?
Hi Jost, great to see you, we hope this finds you well! Thanks for your feedback, we recognize that this format might not satisfy everyone, however, we want to be as helpful to the community as possible, which means publishing more videos. Our usual lessons are very time consuming to make, so in between publishing those longer lessons we will be publishing more of these shorts to keep people inspired. So perhaps you can just skip the shorts?! Thanks again for being here in the Hack Music Theory community, Jost, we truly value you. Wishing you a lovely weekend :)
Which daw is that? It looks pretty different
Hi Lit Rix, thanks so much for watching and connecting! We use Reaper and are big fans of the software. What kind of music do you make? Take care, and we hope to see you again soon for more theory hacks :)
So be intentionally early or late on the chord changes. Sounds like an “ok” bassists dream. lol
Hahaha!!! I'm afraid you need to change the harmonic rhythm of the chords too, cos the bass needs to match up with the chords. Sorry ;)
@@HackMusicTheory i don't follow; are we not talking about the same thing?
As long as the harmonic rhythm of your bass and chords are identical, you're all good :)
Kewel
Thanks big time for stopping by, cjgoeson! Wishing you a lovely rest of your week :)