Progression #3

I'm playing with Progression #3 today:
Bb Gm7 F Eb Bb Gm7 F Bb

Just for something different, and because I gotta be me, I decided to do this one in 5/4 time, rather than the more common 4/4, 3/4 or 6/8 time signatures.

In standard 4/4 time, there are four beats to each bar. The first and third beats are accented - major accent on the first and minor accent on the third.

In 5/4 time, there are several ways of accenting the bar. For this exercise, I chose to put major accent on the first note and minor accent on the third. The timing does sound odd to my ear when I play back my demo, and the melody I came up with is suggesting I use a 6/8 time signature instead.

For most of the demos I've made so far for these progressions, I used a Grand Piano sound to play the progression and a Female Aah voice to play the melody. The result so far has been that, although each progression and melody is unique, they all sound similar in tone and style. At some point down the road, I'll have to start experimenting with different combinations of instruments and rhythms to get more variety.