Chords

Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your thanksgiving break. If you remember, the last thing we did in this class was a quiz on making our own original melodies using the keyboards. This week, we are going to expand on that with an exercise using a method called chords. Chords can be complex or simple but, the thing to remember is that there are 2 SCALES: MAJOR & MINOR. That means that there are MAJOR & MINOR CHORDS. To make a chord, you're going to use more than one key on the keyboard at a time. Some chords have 2 keys, 3 keys, 4 keys, etc. Today we're going to do major chords. If you remember, the major scale is all the white keys, so we're going to make chords using the white keys of the keyboard. Lets get started!

1. Open Reason

2. Create Mixer 14:2

3. Set your tempo in between 80-110.

4. Create a Redrum.

5. Make a 32 step redrum beat using a clap (on 5 & 13), a bass drum (on 1 and 3-4
more boxes), a hi hat (anywhere), and a percussion (anywhere).

6. Copy your pattern to track, then click the pattern button.

7. Create an NN-XT Advanced Sampler.

8. Click on the folder: Go to Reason Factory Sound Bank: NN-XT Patches: Piano

9. Choose sound A Grand Piano.sxt

10. Play your Redrum beat & practice using a major chord with the keyboard.

11. When you are ready, set your Right Loop Point (R) to 5.

12. Record yourself playing your chords in. When you are finished, press the record button again to stop recording.

13. Click the quantize button.

14. Create a Dr. Rex Loop Player.

15. Load in a Dr. Rex Percussion Loop and put it To Track.


You have finished todays assignment. Good work!