Comment by dgellow
15 hours ago
Half joking, but Berlin techno :)
You can have a whole set developing motifs, then multiple minutes of a single note being played in the middle, and somehow that sounds awesome (if you’re into it)
15 hours ago
Half joking, but Berlin techno :)
You can have a whole set developing motifs, then multiple minutes of a single note being played in the middle, and somehow that sounds awesome (if you’re into it)
Not quite one note, but "Open Eye Signal" (2023 remaster) by Jon Hopkins has wide spectrum background and heavy rhythms, but once the song gets going the main instrument moves between fifth -> seventh-flat -> sixth -> fifth on repeat, and that's the melody for the song. And yet, to me, it's captivating.
Thanks for the suggestion, that’s a really neat discovery! I will try to integrate that in my own music
A long hold of one note doesn't mean there isn't harmonic progression. It just means the progression is slow in that part of the song. It's often done to create a massive contrast that occurs when the progression finally...progresses. In electronic music, this often comes as the drop or some similar kind of break.
No, in electronic music harmonic progressions are done by manipulating timbre.
Try it yourself - play one note on repeat and start twirling the cutoff knob.