Community Challenge 62 | Write something sad (Patreon)

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Hi Everyone,

Every couple weeks I offer a Community Challenge. The goal is to actually use the music theory and guitar theory you've been learning here to make some music!

It's one thing to know how music theory works but it still takes a lot work to put it into practice. These community challenges are a place to practice. You don't need to write the most amazing music every - just write something based on the writing prompt. Not necessarily a whole song, just something - think napkin sketch.

This community challenge is write something sad.

In the video I talk about a few technical ways make something sound sad, put part of the goal here is for you to explore how you might make something sound sad.

Post what you write to the community forum. Feel free to explain HOW you went about writing something sad.

Fun side note - I was originally feeling like my chord progression was in Am, using dorian mode, but I'm starting to think it might be in E minor - what do you think? Which chord feels like home? Em or Am?

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