As Iā€™m first getting the hang of this mod thing, this weeks theme was borrowed an old reddit songaweek created by reddit user 500MillionYears.

This weekā€™s theme is the descending chord progression i-VII-VI-V, otherwise known as the Adalusian Cadence, which in itself is a bit of a misnomer as itā€™s usually used as an ostinato rather than a cadence. The Andalusian Cadence comes from flamenco music. In the key of A minor, the chords are

Am - G - F - E7

An historic pop music example is Runaway - Del Shannon - (as an aside, this song has a pretty cool pre-synth keyboard part, played on a Musitron).

Some other examples:

Like a Hurricane - Neil Young

All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan

Happy Together - The Turtles

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

Your theme this week is i-VII-VI-V

Songs posted in this thread should be:

  • Original content (samples and such are ok)

  • Uses the weekly theme as inspirationā€¦ or not!

  • Submitted by Wednesday before bedtime

  • Written entirely during this week, between July 20th and July 26th, 2022

Post template

[Song Name] (linkto.the.song) (Genre) [Themed|Not Themed]

This is where you can write a description of your song. You can talk about

how you wrote it, where your inspiration came from, and anything else

youā€™d like to say. Remember to sort by ā€˜Newā€™ so that you can see new song submissions.

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  • LtCogs@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    just found this, never even knew it was a thing back on reddit. getting started right away!

  • TheCommonMan@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 year ago

    As moderator I was hoping to kick this off with a song of my own, but Iā€™m traveling and am not able to write and record for a bit, but maybe some brave soul will post their song.