I found dozens, but these 13 seemed to cover the most ground and provide the most diversity among the music I listened to while researching this article.
And the best way to do that is to create some dissonance somewhere. Something in your chord progressions need to convey that there’s something very wrong in the world. There isn’t clear harmony, or if there is, then the harmony is disrupted by something else in the music. Music feels dark when something sounds off. The one thing that seems to be present in all dark sounding music is dissonance. I’ve listened to everything from Slayer, Pantera, and Metallica to the Dark Souls soundtrack. I listened for hours and hours to pull out 13 dark chord progressions from pop, country, instrumental, metal, electronic and video games.Īnd I’ve also tried to glean some of the most common characteristics of all the dark songs I’ve listened to in the past few weeks.
You can find examples of tragic music across many genres and in many styles. The truth is that there’s no right way to write dark music.
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