Jeremy Ng - Random Sketch No.10
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♫Jeremy Ng - Random Sketch No.10♫
Didn't think I would make yet another video this soon! Was improvising around as usual when I discovered some cool sounds again. This has happened to me many times, and I would always tell myself that I needed to make something out of it. I haven't done a Random Sketch for a long time, so I decided this time that I was not going to let it slip away again.
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This is in E minor and moves back and forth between chords E minor and C major a lot. There are some B minor chords as well, but the point of interest would be the C# half diminished chord. As always, I almost never play simple triad chords in my Random Sketches. You can't sound sexy if you don't touch the 11ths and 13ths! Heh. I used to be so afraid of chord extensions. Then I soon got comfortable with 7ths and 9ths. And now I think I can do anything I want.
1. The starting chord already has an interesting note. It's an E minor 7, but it also has an A (the 11th). That's why I love the sound of this chord, it sounds so profound, lol. So I made it a point to make use of it, and I decided to open the work with that very chord.
2. The next thing which is the highlight of the piece, is the D major descending arpeggio run (with G as a passing note) over an E bass. I think this sounds freaking cool, so I decided I was going to repeat this several times. In a way, I wanted to really showcase how amazing it sounds. I actually picked up that descending arpeggio pattern from Kyle Landry's Dragon Slayer video (https://youtu.be/M1BAwhy1xWU?t=290) . Except that his was G major over a normal G bass. When I first heard it, I thought it sounded really sweet, so I started practising it. Now I have it in my arpeggio runs toolbox, lol. And so, you are seeing it in action right now!
3. I also wanted to make use of a variety of arpeggio patterns that I knew of in my toolbox for ascending up the keyboard after the D major descending arpeggio runs. I wanted to 'show off' a little bit here. :D Especially with the very first one (1:24), I chose to play that at top speed, simply because I knew I could, lol.
4. Last but not least, I made sure I used that sexy half diminished chord (1:50) at least once somewhere. Every time I come across this chord in my other videos, it always gets to me.
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I was really going for an introspective feel here. I wonder what kind of emotions it would bring to people. Let me know in the comments section? Btw, I'm also really satisfied with how this has turned out (yes, again)!
Jeremy Ng ♞
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