Subchords (disquiet0227) by plusch

I chose the chord G major 9 (G, B, D, F#, A), both because I like its richness, and because it contains other chords which could be revealed by muting certain notes. I recorded myself plucking the individual notes on acoustic guitar in arbitrary rhythm, each for between 40 and 70 seconds, to arrive at 5 tracks. Extra copies of each note recording were added, cross-fading into each other, to bring each track to a length of just over two minutes. A low shelf EQ cut was applied to each track to control booming bass frequencies, and the tracks were panned across the stereo field. Different notes were faded in and out to reveal different chords: G major, G add 9, G major 9, B minor, D major, Bm7, and G major 7. Some reverb and saturation were added to the master track.

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