Final Project: Dude's Theme composition

     on this post I will be writing about the main compositions for final project: Dude's Theme. Firstly, I will describe the musical choices and the scales I used to convey the mood of the song. It first starts on key of F Lydian with a Fmaj7 chord. On the first four chords the melodic line inside the chord's changes emphasize the Lydian note, the augmented 4th, on this case the B. The first 4 chords I used were Fmaj7, Fmaj7 #4, G, Gsus4, so that those changes create a interesting melodic line on the top  of the chord were the highest notes goes to A B C. The chord progression resolves in Fmaj7 before going to C/G. After that the song modulates, on this part I opted to use to use first inversion major chords, so that the lowest note of the chord in the 3rd not the root. The chord I used in this section are C#/A, D#/B, G#/E and A#/ F#.  The next section I used a common cliche on Japanese's songs where I progress in full steps to G until B so that the chord progression on this part is G A B. The next part  I used a I V IV chord progression in the key of G major before staring a chromatic descending line that resolves in G major. My inspiration for that descending section was Black Bird from the Beatles but instead of C, C minor and B/G I made the same chromatic descending using C, C minor and D sus4. After that part I used a F7 add 11 to build tension and prepare to the last chord of the song which is B. This is mid tempo song, and the bpm  is around 88. I also used the fingering pattern from dust in the wind.

When it comes to recording and mixing, I used Focusrite 2i2 interface, and Pro Tools. I recorded using my Squier Stratocaster and I plugged it in line. For simulating the guitar amplifier I used the Plugin Guitar Rig and I used the same preset that I used in The Adventure Theme, which is bright delay I also used Wave Reverb. On the outro of the song I created some effects using reverse audio, which played what I recorded backwards and I added Tremolo and Phaser on this guitar part.

I used reverse audio to create some embellishments and interesting effects. Those embellishments give movement to the song and create a bittersweet and awkward feeling of instability that contrast with the chord progression that is being used.