Chord Progressions typically for Trance Music?

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    ArticStorm Moderator Staff Member

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    Hey there,

    always didnt wonder why my music sounds so different from trance music out there?
    Turns out im following non genre progressions :D

    are there any list of chord progressions typically for trance music? (preferable 00s and early 10s), since later it all got very cheesy and EDMed. Simply because Trance made out with EDM.

    I know here are a few trance people, maybe they have some ideas and input, others are also welcome.

    LETSGO :disco:
     
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    i found these here, with a few references:

    1654
    1m637 Big Sky
    1m635m Elements
    1m767 Exploration space
    1m64m67
    1m765 (borrows a note from another scale)
    Lydian: 671m Man on the run and Satellite, On the Move
    54m1m Children

    Xtra:
    Dorian: 4m61m Dance, 1999
    Mixolydian: 71m6 Take me away

    Here:
    1 - means major
    1m - means minor :)
     
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    9 Trance Chord Progressions For Powerful & Exhilarating Tracks --> https://unison.audio/trance-chord-progressions/
    Luckily you are different from the others; most of the songs out there on the air sound almost the same to me.

    Robert Miles - Children [Dream Version]


    10 Chord Progressions you need to know for Trance Music
     
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    thats the one, the list above is from. :) thanks for posting.

    thanks for your links.
     
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    ====== Inspiration =====

    The KLF - What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1) (1988)

    Dance 2 Trance - We Came In Peace (1991 Mix) (1991)
     
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    ohh i found: I-VI-V-IV very inspiring, turns it i can invert it and it still sounds crazy warm.

    i didnt realize you can pick a standard progression and invert it, or change one chord in it and it sound great :o

    KLF and Dance 2 Trance might be a bit to old, for what im looking for.

    i think more better melodic stuff came around 2000, which i really like.

    guess i will have to play around with progressions for a while -- a whole new wonderland <3
     
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    As someone producing Trance music and having releases from Black Hole Recordings my ultimate answer is "there is no defined chord progression for this kind of music, actually any kind of music.

    However, you will come across electronic music producers copying the same chord progressions because either they are afraid of going beyond the same progression or they lack music theory knowledge. That's the reason why there are producers who have the same sound and emotions for age.

    I have been there and always thought that there were specific chord progressions until I had decided to improve my music theory knowledge.

    I can say that the minor scale is the most popular one in Trance music.
     
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    I don't clearly understand your chord notation, but for sure I can tell you that is Fmin scale, and chords are roughly based on the VI-iv-i progression (Db-Bbm-Fm).
     
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    This never happens if you use FeelYourSound Trance Engine. Everything is genre correct chord progressions. They made a dnb version but all it does is F minor. :(
     
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    i didnt meant defined chord progression, but common chord progression, which you can get from taking a look at some examples.

    i use these as a basis, because my progressions, sound different, and when i use these as basis, i can go ahead and simple invert them, shuffle them, whatever

    i tried working with these engines a while back, its not for me. i rather take a progression and play it for me and then have fun.

    yes i pulled my music theory book from my shelf again, i havnt touched it in 17 years. Its worth it to finally understand more about it.
    Understanding the chord kingdom in a scale is the first step :)
     
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    what do you mean?

    1 for tonic and so forth, if its a minor chord, it gets a m -
    i know its typically "I" or i for the minor chord.

    I mean Satellite by Oceanlab :)
     
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    I have somewhere on my hard drive, a MASSIVE, like huge collection of trance midis. Like every song from late 90's through to modern. Im not at my studio, but will dig it up when im back tomorrow. Its literally thousands of songs. Great to either study and learn the techniques, or load em up in a midi sampler like Re:midi 3, or just chop in your daw.
     
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    by any chance nonstop2k bundle?

    i have it aswell :) somewhere :mates:

    if you dont mean this one, i could pm u.
     
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    That is not a standard notation, but yeah it's clearer now, but in this case still wrong, it's 6-4m-1m, not 5.
     
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    could be i was in a hurry typing it.

    yeah a few hours later, i realized roman numbers are used :)
     
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