Explain your composition style(s)

[Frank]

All good songs have four repeating chords. Just turn on the radio.

No.

The radio...

No.


Take a look at the 6 chord repeating Free Bird, or just about anything from Dream Theater, Opeth or Symphony X. Not a lot of 4 chord repeats in 80's Metallica or any Death Metal songs either... Then we have Yes and ELP. 4 chords? Maybe 20? You'll find Awaken, Close to The Edge, Tarkus, Karn Evil 9, Etc. Are not 4 chord repeats and are far greater than anything I've heard on the radio.

Ultimate song though, is Tubular Bells

Pink Floyd has some great non 4 chordal songs too, if I remember well



Sorry if I seem rude or angry

Oof, that's my old alt account. It got banned a while back, a bit surprising it still has a relevant comment.

[MTNHNG]

Dam y'all so methodical n stuff IDK what I'm doing half the time

[Crimson]

Mix & Match the structures... (suitable for whatever genre I compose in)

Style 1 : A only (A loop)

##485691 ##824043 ##952806 ##1010040

variant: key changes

##572704 ##660972

Style 2 : A-B structure (AB loop)

A x 2 -- A1 (base) + A2 (A1 w/ more harmony)/ A1 x 2

+

B x 2 -- B1 (base) + B2 (B1 w/ more harmony)/ B1 (base) + B2 (slightly altered B1)/ B1 mixed with A1

##474342 ##566705 ##788251 ##799508 ##848371 ##936214 

or

B (no repeat)

##494301 ##654159 ##711618 ##1063553

Style 3: A-B-A-B

A-B structure variant with the second A-B slightly altered.

##438150

Style 4 : A-B-A

Same as above but the last A has a key change.

##702587 ##1116290

or 

Same as above but the last A gradually quiets down. (cutting the last A in the middle..or not.)

##427878 ##889627

Style 5: A-B-(X)-(Y)-A (ending with A no matter what else we stuffed at the middle)

one (or more) extra section before we go back to A.

##544640 (A-B-C-A)

##742309 (A-B-A-C-A)

Style 6: A-B-A-C

##556931

Style 7: A-B-C

##460974 ##591051 ##618882

Style 8: A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H...???? 

The A-B-C but with many other sections added.

##438695 ##533685 ##669135

Style 9 : 

Basically...just stuff in whatever at you did like half an hour ago (if it fits) to the next section of the same piece.

##427969 (A-B-C-B-D)

##630971 (A-B-C-D-A-B-E-F-B)



...and voila! You get a Crimson song.



NOTE: YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO USE CHROMATIC SCALE WITH A MIX OF BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR CHORDS!!!!