Pedal points!

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ooh i like that this thing i like has a name. is there a name for its kind of opposite, e.g. when a bassline changes under a repeating melody (if that makes sense)?

My favorite example of this is Peter Gabriel's "It Is Accomplished" (from Passion). The whole song is one four-note sequence (A-G#-F#-E) while the bass creates new chords each measure (A B F#m C#m A B E). The bridge is the same four-note sequence with the bass adding a new chord and sequence (D E, repeated).

SlimAndSlam, Sunday, 4 November 2018 02:27 (five years ago) link

There are so many Genesis and Phil Collins tracks that make use of this.

Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 4 November 2018 19:41 (five years ago) link

Holger Czukay to thread.

Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 November 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link

four weeks pass...

"If I Needed Someone"

timellison, Monday, 3 December 2018 03:53 (five years ago) link

one month passes...

The Human League - "Mirror Man"

timellison, Monday, 7 January 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link

two months pass...

"Love American Style" (on the "By the dawn's early light, my love" section).

timellison, Sunday, 10 March 2019 20:54 (five years ago) link

ooo nice one

flappy bird, Sunday, 10 March 2019 20:56 (five years ago) link

one year passes...

"A Groovy Kind of Love"

timellison, Sunday, 5 April 2020 23:25 (four years ago) link

A pedal on 5 when it goes to the ii chord!

timellison, Sunday, 5 April 2020 23:30 (four years ago) link


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