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Legato Synths: Glide, Slide & Portamento
Legato playing styles allow for smooth, seamless transitions between notes. Dave Clews explores how they can be used in your…
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Bored of 4/4: Other Time Signatures In Dance Music
In our latest Passing Notes article, dance music theory expert Oliver Curry explains why it’s OK for producers to…
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Further Chords
Dance music theory expert Oliver Curry demonstrates how to break away from basic chords and create more complex harmonic structures…
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DAW & Drum Machine Swing
Swing functions were first introduced to drum machines 34 years ago, but the concept still causes confusion. In this extended…
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Counterpoint
Oliver Curry explains the theory of counterpoint, with help from JS Bach, Steve Reich, The Orb, Lorn and children’s…
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Syncopation
Attack’s resident dance music theory expert Oliver Curry explains how emphasising off beats can change the feel of a…
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Lessons From Disco
Dance music theory expert Oliver Curry examines how classic disco uses chord inversions and careful placement of instruments to great…
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Polyrhythms
Polyrhythms in dance music are an amazingly simple way of adding complexity to your tracks. Dance music theory expert Oliver…
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Sampled Chords
Our resident music theory expert Oliver Curry explains how sampling chords can add timbral complexity, distinctive harmonic character and a…
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Main Room Chord Progressions
Dance music theory expert Oliver Curry explains some of the principles behind big room chord progressions.…
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Ostinatos and Acid Riffs
In the latest instalment of our dance music theory column, we take a look at how repeating melodies can be…
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Contrary Motion
In this week’s Passing Notes we look at a simple but powerful technique that can inject emotion and movement…
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Understanding Modes
Dance music theory expert Oliver Curry introduces the concept of modes and explains why they’re relevant to electronic music…
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