The Three Note Rule
Like Daniel Fisher, i kinda new this too, but here is someone actually stating it clearly.
Play any three different notes, ( without dups in the octave ), and no more than three notes, most often they are slightly spread out, and occasionally every measure or two change one of the three, perhaps a couple of notes up or down, and on occasion more than that up or down. That’s it.
This creates a chord progression that is at least partially grounded in, dare we say, music theory.
Any three notes you play doing this, will be part of at least one legit chord. Most often it is more than one. ( A major triad, is also 3-5-7 of a different minor seven chord for instance. ) Since you only change one note at a time, every new chord will always be related to the last chord. ( You may be doing things like changing keys, and such, if you are looking at the super-structure, but that’s OK. )
As Fisher says, if you listen closely enough you can hear which of the three note to move, and how, to fit into your musical sense of creation. This will build your musical ear.
Video queued to where Daniel Fisher explains the “rules”.
This also works for two or three people playing together, as long as there is some queue, as to who changes the one note and when.
This also can work well on a “pad” keyboard like the Hydrasynth Desktop for instance.
Do not flame this.
it’s not instant-gratification. If you think somehow that it is, then here’s the thread for that.
This all is based in music theory,
Extra points if you have enough music theory knowledge and cunning to be able to look at the three notes and be able to recognize and name a chordal progression. Good practice if you are so skilled.