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[Advice] making eastern/arabian style melody
 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2004-06-13 00:38 [#01237532]
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I've been into this kind of stuff lately. Like music from
India or Asia. I want to make melodies in this vein, since
all i've done lately is consonant, happy melodies. Any
advice is welcomed.


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2004-06-13 00:39 [#01237534]
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Of course, my melodies will still have that old-school game
sound to it - been fiddling with my PSS-470 lately and
coming up with interesting sounds - like 8-bit sitars and
kotos.


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-06-13 00:43 [#01237537]
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search for "Ragas"

a raga is the different modes/scales used in traditional
indian music.

but keep in mind, they also use microtones, so it may be
difficult to fully emulate the sound, using synths (unless
you can modify the keyboard tuning)


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2004-06-13 00:45 [#01237540]
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thank you zeus! i'll check that out. i have a pitch bend on
my keyboard, so perhaps that shall work.


 

offline Torley Wong on 2004-06-13 01:03 [#01237548]
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Yes, notes between the notes... and if else fails, yes,
pitch bend settings and creating your own scales by way of
division and working out the numbers can help. Copy and
paste the notes accordingly. Laborious but it does work.
Good hope.

I have an East Indian friend who things American 4/4 pop is
"wild!", while crazy polyrhythms and all that are standard
fare for him.

Changed my perspective on things. :)


 

offline Crazy Act from Brussels (Belgium) on 2004-06-13 03:22 [#01237584]
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oh PSS 470... reminds me of my childhood : )
but try to find some of the 'oriental' or 'arabic' notes...
they do exist... just try to find the good tonality...


 


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