Reggae/Dub Chords

[DjTrainWreck]

Can anyone help me out, i cant seem to get any chord i know sounding reggae/dubbish. Is there like a hidden scale or someshit? Ive got the guitar noise and what not i just dont know what keys to chord and stuff. Ive tried every chord of everyscale i know (not much.) Please help with whatever you can thank you

[stappard]

Minor 7th would do it. try Am7, ACEG

[disco.infiltrator]

Straight minor chords can sound reggae. All in how you play it. One the 2 and 4 and as short as possible usually works.

[Recessive Trait]

never under estimate the power of the sixth.

[Basic A]

Minor 7th would do it. try Am7, ACEG

Nail, head, boom.

But seriously dude something that helps, throw a few muted notes into your chord, if you havent already. Dont be afraid to stack your chords big too, but Id stay on the octave.

[ketamine]

Minor 7th would do it. try Am7, ACEG

Nail, head, boom.

But seriously dude something that helps, throw a few muted notes into your chord, if you havent already. Dont be afraid to stack your chords big too, but Id stay on the octave.

Please explain this in detail. I've no musical understanding, but I've been wondering the same thing as OP this week...

[ENZA]

Can anyone help me out, i cant seem to get any chord i know sounding reggae/dubbish. Is there like a hidden scale or someshit? Ive got the guitar noise and what not i just dont know what keys to chord and stuff. Ive tried every chord of everyscale i know (not much.) Please help with whatever you can thank you

major and minor triads my friend.

[Basic A]

Minor 7th would do it. try Am7, ACEG

Nail, head, boom.

But seriously dude something that helps, throw a few muted notes into your chord, if you havent already. Dont be afraid to stack your chords big too, but Id stay on the octave.

Please explain this in detail. I've no musical understanding, but I've been wondering the same thing as OP this week...

What do you mean in detail?

I dont have much music theory either Ive just memorized major minor, stay in scale, and experiment with layering different notes in within key... what I meant by stack big. Also adjust velocity to control relationship between each note to put harmonic content around the root note of the chord, but not drown it...

Muted chords are what make skanks so hard ot synthesize, because they are a fretting technique by definition. However. I know alot of vsts made for guitar emulation support it, so, best of luck.

Resonance on a filter, put the delay ona send and high pass itup a bit keeps things brighter... Put the verb, before the fitler with resonance, it gives a more tube-y feel...

Hard shit to synthesize.

Have some clean, uneffected recordings of me fretting skanks though, just because thier hard to synth... lemme know, but some people are hell bent that this can be synthed and argue when I offer them samples as help.

[ENZA]

Minor 7th would do it. try Am7, ACEG

all u need to know

[studio dread]

major and minor triads my friend.

try A minor and E minor with a piano. You'd be surprised how much reggae uses these chords, it's a good starting point. Forget 7ths for now

[a.paul]

never under estimate the power of the sixth.

this

[mmjdw]

You have to put them on the 2nd and 4th beat. thanks no problemo

Then have kick on first and a little open hat on 1.3 copy paste
that will basically get it

[kaiori breathe]

Try looking up reggae chord sequences? Go to ultimate-guitar.com and search for your favourite reggae musicians. You'll find shit loads of chord sequences.

G Major > D Major > A minor 7 = bob marley's three little birds. Great tune, very reggae feel to it. Reggae is more about the rhythm than the actual chord choices. Try to use lots of syncopation.

[Bipolar]

Yeah was gonna say, search for some Raggae Midi files and load them into whatever you use to produce! they'll give you a clear idea on whats happening.

http://midi.dubroom.org/ alot of stuff there, and theres many sites like it, all i did was type Raggae Midi into google, GL

EDIT: hahaha, just seen that this is written on the front page of that site i linked: "Artists like "Skream", even, makes uses these midi's as basis for commercial releases without even crediting this website and/or the producers of the original midi files. (just compare "Blue Eyez" with "Rock The Nation In Dub")"

[DjTrainWreck]

Try looking up reggae chord sequences? Go to ultimate-guitar.com and search for your favourite reggae musicians. You'll find shit loads of chord sequences.

G Major > D Major > A minor 7 = bob marley's three little birds. Great tune, very reggae feel to it. Reggae is more about the rhythm than the actual chord choices. Try to use lots of syncopation.

Syncopation?


I just started a reggaeish track, thanks for all the responses guys. Im kinda stuck right now in this track im making, i think i got the chords but i donno what to do next Would anyone like to leave some feedback and/or advice on this track? thanks guys stay up

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[Phigure]

Try looking up reggae chord sequences? Go to ultimate-guitar.com and search for your favourite reggae musicians. You'll find shit loads of chord sequences.

G Major > D Major > A minor 7 = bob marley's three little birds. Great tune, very reggae feel to it. Reggae is more about the rhythm than the actual chord choices. Try to use lots of syncopation.

Syncopation?

Syncopation is when you've got rhythms that kind of go against the pulse. Emphasis on the "weak" beats instead of the strong and stuff like that

[antics]

I think they're alright to do, they dont come across like a real guitar but the feel is still there, just listen to a bit of skream's album and go from there , made awesome ones with the trumpet from orchestral the other day ... Definately add some reverb, so that they have a bit more character than a blip.