Eternity Chords MIDI Pack

Why most loops feel like a slideshow

When every chord changes all of its notes at once, the ear hears a cut: chord, cut, chord, cut. Reverb turns it into a slow cut, but after a minute the loop still sounds like a loop. What stays when the chord changes matters more than what changes.

The three rules every one of the 50 loops follows

1. One anchor note, on the same key, in every chord, struck again on each change.
2. Everything else moves softly around it, mostly one or two semitones at a time, the bass close to the chord.
3. Only warm, coloured chords from one scale: maj7, m7, 6, 6/9, add9, sus2, so nothing pulls the music toward an ending.

One loop, note by note: loop 23

Chords: D6/9, F#m7, G6, Em7. The anchor is E. Its job changes every two bars: the 9th of D6/9, the 7th of F#m7, the 6th of G6, the root of Em7. From the third chord to the fourth, G6 and Em7 are the same notes and only the bass changes, so the whole chord changes colour. From the fourth back to the first, one note name changes (G to F#) and the bass steps down. The loop has no seam.

What is inside

Each chord lasts 2 bars, so a loop runs from 4 bars (2 chords) to 10 bars (5 chords). All 12 keys are covered. Standard .mid files for Ableton, Logic, FL Studio, Cubase, Reaper, Bitwig, GarageBand and any DAW that reads MIDI.

Pack 1 or Eternity?

Pack 1: 50 progressions of 8 or 16 bars with 41 single chords, extended 7th, 9th and 11th voicings, a broad palette. Eternity: 50 loops that all follow one rule (a held anchor note), 2 bars per chord, built so a loop can run for a long time. Pack 1 gives variety, Eternity gives a loop that floats. Different products with different chords.

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