How it sounds is what matters! Your decision is based largely on three factors: your personal taste, what scales you like to use, and what keys you like to work in. Remember to be listening the whole time, as it is easy to fall into math instead of relying on your ear. Take a moment to improvise within the scale to get a feel for how it sounds and how it feels on the keyboard.
A Digital Audio Workstation: Logic, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, SONAR, FL Studio, or Cubase.
These tips are pulled directly from my course Composing and Producing Electronic Music 1, where we spend three weeks focusing on the diatonic progressions, melody, and development of house music. And while we can’t enjoy house music in a traditional club or festival setting right now (though many house music DJs are spinning live on online platforms), I’m sharing some of the basic principles to help you make your own house music.
What we can determine is that house music has always been uplifting party music that brings people together to dance. Because of its crossbred origins, it can be hard to define exactly what makes a house tune, but some characteristics include a four-on-the-floor rhythm pattern and plenty of organ sounds.
