captbaritone
Well-known member
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2009
- Messages
- 47
- Reaction score
- 0
I just thought I would share something I discovered from the barbershop singers I follow on youtube. If you take a song and double it a fifth above, it expands the chord in an interesting way.
Here is a simple example I made with my dad "Mary Had a Little Lamb":
Here is a more complex example I did. Audio only, eight part barbershop multitrack:
http://blog.classicalcode.com/2009/11/eight-part-barbershop-tag-in-parallel-fifths/
Give it a try the next time you are jamming with someone and let me know what you think. Here is an example chord progression:
Player one: C Am F G7
Player two: G Em C D7
Here is a simple example I made with my dad "Mary Had a Little Lamb":
Here is a more complex example I did. Audio only, eight part barbershop multitrack:
http://blog.classicalcode.com/2009/11/eight-part-barbershop-tag-in-parallel-fifths/
Give it a try the next time you are jamming with someone and let me know what you think. Here is an example chord progression:
Player one: C Am F G7
Player two: G Em C D7