music theory/piano composition and how it translates to working with DISTORTION and guitars

[TranceCrafter]

Hi, I have spent a large number of years learning about counterpoint and music theory, in order to write music in fl studio that fits well with elements like PIANO or STRINGS.

a lot of this involves things like "roman numeral analysis"

and I don't really play guitar but I have been spending a lot of time learning about how to get a good guitar sound through kontakt libraries like shreddage and running it through guitar rig.

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I've noticed that writing for guitar in fl requires knowing to some degree how a guitar works anyway so maybe I should have spent some more time learning to play/manage a real guitar but oh well....this works for me.

does anyone on here know if there is a reason why distorting a perfect fifth works perfectly for ONE instrument but when working with many guitar parts it becomes really difficult to write something complex without the whole composition sounding muddy?

I feel like when I am writing guitar parts and trying to do something more impressive (like emulating ACDC) I don't get very good results. the lower basslines (perfect fifth) often clash with my lead elements (should these ALSO be perfect fifths?)

[donkeytugger]

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[nucleon]

Another thing to take into account is intermodu...

[TranceCrafter]

the more I get into this stuff with guitar, th...

[TranceCrafter]

threw this together today

[donkeytugger]

TranceCrafter wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 3:46 pm ...

[TranceCrafter]

I am good at taking critique, I will not tolera...

[TranceCrafter]

donkeytugger wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 4:18 pm i...

[TranceCrafter]

I made this today as well....testing merging a ...