"Experimental" is based around two 8-bar fragments. So in essence it could be an 8-bar verse leading to an 8-bar chorus. It could also be a verse leading into a pre-chorus. The Key of D.
Energy is something you need to focus on when writing a piece. Here I took the airiness principle again with the intention of having vocals to be the main outlook. Obviously no vocals are in the recording as these lessons focus on the musical aspect. The rhythm of this piece is in a shuffle feel.
The First 8 Bars:
Here I have 2 chords adding the drama to this section, those being Emadd9 and A add9. I really do like the concept of mystery that the add9 chord gives. The Emadd9, played in the shuffle feel, really nails the open G string to the snare accent on beat 3. The chord slides to A add9 on the snare in beat 3 of the next bar. So the accents of the drums really works in bringing this piece together. The drums being sparse with ghost notes before the accents actually creates that suspense we are looking for.
The Second 8 Bars:
Here I focus more on the energy of the drums to pick up the energy factor on the guitar. Keeping my rhythm to 8ths, I bring in the different tonalities of the chords to move the progression along. Here's a run down on what I am using:
- Bm > I outline the powerchord then add the 9th before moving back to the 5th
- D > The focus is on the D major triad (Root - 3rd - 5th)
- G > Using the scale moving down from the G octave, we have a glimpse of a maj7 (F#)and a 5th ending on the 9th (A)
- Em > Using the same notes as we did on the G, the sounds change to the 3rd (G), the 9th (F#), the (D) and the open A is the 11th in passing
Like I said, energy plays a big role in song construction, and it is something I will loosely focus on as the lessons progress. Have fun playing this one!