That might be singing, or rapping, along to some piano or guitar chords. For RnB, I feel the piano is the better choice. This might be because the timbre of the piano is more suited, but that’s just my opinion. The aforementioned technique is probably the best way to start writing an RnB/Hip Hop song. However, not everyone is a vocalist, can play the piano and has access to the equipment required to record vocals.įor this tutorial, I’ll be using a sample pack containing various RnB vocal phrases. They are recorded by one male vocalist, all in the same key, E minor, and with a tempo of 105 BPM. The first step is to decide which parts to use and then how they should be arranged. It will include an intro, verse, pre-chorus/bridge, chorus and outro. wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Rnb_Hip_vocals.mp3 Chords None of the vocal parts are labeled as such, so it’s a case of listening to them and then deciding in what order they should be arranged. Since I have the vocals locked down and arranged, the next step is to write some interesting chords to harmonize the vocals. I called up an instance of Captain Chords then loaded my favourite piano preset, Dub Piano, and started to think about which chords might work in this style. So, for whatever chord progression I would come up with, my plan was to modify some of the chords with chord extensions to add some flavour.Īfter some auditioning using the Captain Play tab, I decided on the progression Em, Am, Bm, Em or i, iv, v, i – Minor one, minor four, etc… I felt that using standard triad chords was not going to give the vibe that works well with RnB. This was arranged with the timing allowing the first two chords to play for a bar each. The 3rd chord (Bm) would become a passing chord, which would then lead into the final chord lasting just under two bars in duration. Now that I had the basic chord progression locked-down, I could experiment with different extensions and voicings until I was happy with the result and it complimented the vocals. I opted for a combination of 7th and 9th extensions which were easily accessed from the row of Magic Buttons in Captain Chords.
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