As part of my rhythm stage
setup, I have four pedals which I primarily use for
heel-toe drumming.
When playing mandolin, or holding a baby, however, I can instead use
these pedals to play bass notes or chords. I tell it what key and
mode I’m in, and then can choose one of the four chords I’m most
likely to want. For example, if I’m playing in C Major I have:
Am (vi) G (V)
C (I) F (IV)
In showing this to Ruthie,
however, we realized that more options are possible if you use
multiple simultaneous pedals. I am unreasonably excited to be “chording” to
play chords.
Rough demo, since I only just figured this out:
If you use all the combinations this gives you eleven
more options, but for now I’ve just added two: the left pair and the
right pair. In major I’ve set these as ii and iii, so C Major is:
Am (vi) G (V)
Dm (ii) Em (iii)
C (I) F (IV)
Here are the three other modes I currently have configured, with C as
an example key:
Minor:
G (V) Cm (i)
F (IV) E (III)
A (VI) Bb (VII)
Alternate minor:
Bb (VII) F (IV)
Ab (VI) G (V)
C (i) E (III)
Mixolydian:
Bb (VII) G (V)
Ab (VI) E (III)
C (I) F (IV)
In each of these, I’m using the two “chorded” options to bring in
extra options I would use occasionally.
At some point I may use some of the other combinations, probably
starting with the two toes and the two heels, but for now this is
confusing enough. I will probably also change around what the pedals
do, since I feel like I don’t have a great system right now: it works,
but there isn’t that much logic to it so it’s hard to remember and
extend.
Foot-Chording Chords
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As part of my rhythm stage setup, I have four pedals which I primarily use for heel-toe drumming. When playing mandolin, or holding a baby, however, I can instead use these pedals to play bass notes or chords. I tell it what key and mode I’m in, and then can choose one of the four chords I’m most likely to want. For example, if I’m playing in C Major I have:
In showing this to Ruthie, however, we realized that more options are possible if you use multiple simultaneous pedals. I am unreasonably excited to be “chording” to play chords.
Rough demo, since I only just figured this out:
If you use all the combinations this gives you eleven more options, but for now I’ve just added two: the left pair and the right pair. In major I’ve set these as ii and iii, so C Major is:
Here are the three other modes I currently have configured, with C as an example key:
Minor:
Alternate minor:
Mixolydian:
In each of these, I’m using the two “chorded” options to bring in extra options I would use occasionally.
At some point I may use some of the other combinations, probably starting with the two toes and the two heels, but for now this is confusing enough. I will probably also change around what the pedals do, since I feel like I don’t have a great system right now: it works, but there isn’t that much logic to it so it’s hard to remember and extend.
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