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samedi 20 septembre 2014

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By Luke Davis


The latest smash hit single "Black Widow" by Rita Ora and Iggy Azalea is as graphic as pop songs come today. It has nasty lines, a driving melody, and mysterious chords that give the song edge and oomph. It seems like there would never be a way to make the rap song wonderful and beautiful.

You really can't play rap music on piano, so there is the difficulty of playing Iggy Azalea's part. Furthermore, it just seems like it would be too edgy to work as a piano instrumental. Nevertheless, even this song can be transformed into a piano instrumental.

If you play over the synth background riff you can recreate Iggy Azalea's rap part. And the dark chords truly sound good in the lower keys of the piano. Rita Ora's part is simple to turn into a piano instrumental, and because there's so many gaps between her phrases you can even play the background riff in between the melody line.

There are really lots of different things you can try for the accompaniment. You can follow up the harsh deep notes with a lighter mid scale configuration: jump bass can work very well. You could also arpeggiate the harmonies to get a soft, mystifying sound. If you would like a thicker texture you can even play block chords and just follow the bass drum tempo from the arrangement.

Now for the melody line, it would be good to blend various approaches for various intensity levels. For the introduction, solitary notes could be played. Then for the verse you can add a harmony note with the other fingers in the right hand to pick up the intensity a bit. Now when it comes to the chorus, you could bring the intensity if you play in octaves or full chords.

To conclude, while it may seem strange for various rap songs like Black Widow to be played as piano instrumentals, they still sound great.




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