The Common Tone · Chapter 1.7
Keep one bass note.
Let the bass follow the chords, or keep one note beneath them. Try C, then G—the dominant—and compare.
104 BPM · repeats
Ready. Moving roots · whole ensemble.
Chords
Bass
C2
A1
F1
G1
Four quarter-note attacks per barFour bars · four beats each
Moving roots: C2–A1–F1–G1. Piano and drums stay the same in both versions.
Changing the version or layers during playback starts again at bar 1. Stop restores the whole ensemble.
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Guide and sound credits
A pedal can be a repeated note beneath changing chords. Choose C2, G1, F1 or A1: the chosen note repeats on every quarter-note beat. G is the dominant of C. All versions have identical timing, piano chords and drum events; only the bass pitches change.
The piano uses the existing C–Am–F–G workshop voicings. Moving roots plays C2, A1, F1 and G1, one root per bar. Isolating the bass silences the piano and drums. The phrase repeats until Stop; nothing plays on page load.
Recordings: Fashionbass, Splendid Grand, and Virtuosity drums. Failed loads offer Retry. Leaving or hiding this page cancels playback.