Chord Progressions in Techno music

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shineofleo
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Chord Progressions in Techno music

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Well, I studies a lot music theory about rock/country/blues/jazz. Normally the chord progression follows some (simple/complicated) rules, or, common pattern.

I am a newbie about electronic music, so there I just use Techno as an example.

My question: is there any rule (or popular pattern) of chord progressions in techno music? Here I juste consider the chord because the automatic Arpeggiotor in Korg products can be set and used very easily. As a result I can press some chords and that's why I am asking about the chord progression. :P

Please correct me if there is any mistake, and any comment is welcomed!


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from what I've heard in techno, it seems either to have almost no chord changes at all, or very simple changes you would expect in the most basic of pop music. To my ear, genres like techno are excercises that challeng the 'conventional' standards normally found in conventional music styles, so i think you could get crazy and make up some wacky progressions and play away, why not try some and post them in here for some feedback, could be very interesting
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Post by paul_courville »

Just remember the one time honored rule for electronic music and you'll be ok.

Push all the buttons, turn all the knobs and record what sounds good. :wink:
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Post by FreshHorses »

heres a couple things I have noticed:
1. mostly minor keys
2. a lot of ii-vi (2 or 4 bars each) like dm to am for instance,
3. assigning a whole min7th chord to one key and playing crazy patterns with that

generally thou, it depends on what you mean by techno. alot of its dissonnent and dos'nt really have harmonic movement. If you want to do more poppy stuff, buy the book for "I saw the sign" by ace of bass, and study those chord changes. that album has pretty much all the changes you generally hear in electronic dance music. . I know thats not techno thou.
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Post by Oldfield »

Don't forget you can rip off other peoples' chords from different styles and get something cool.

Check out Tiesto's Adagio for Strings on the ... well various albums, but The Parade of the Athletes is one that springs to mind.


Also that one by Albinoni, was maybe on the soundtrack for Rollerball?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaqluLke ... re=related

Different mix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zWK7qIn ... re=related



Not that I'm suggesting you directly rip off music like that, but minor chords do seem to go with the style, as said already by FreshHorses.

Neither of which are techno, i guess. Sorry :)
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