Neo-Soul MIDI Chord Collection

Neo-soul represents a fusion of soul music, R&B, hip-hop, and jazz that is highly musical while remaining laid-back and accessible.
It often features a blend of acoustic and electronic production, mellow timbres, slugging beats, complex harmony, and smooth vocals.
The specific blending of R&B and jazz within neo-soul has yielded a unique style of harmony.
Chord progressions are full of jazz voicings but move in interesting ways that are often outside the traditional jazz logic.
Triads are rare, if not nonexistent, within neo-soul.
Extended harmony is crucial to the deep emotional quality that is synonymous with the genre.
Modal chords are featured extensively throughout the genre.
In major keys, there are sometimes no diatonic chords to be found, besides the I .

Chord progressions commonly defy traditional ideas of functional harmony, leading to a fresh and surprising mixture of colors.
We´ve included them all for you in the Unison Neo-Soul MIDI Chord [weiterlesen…]