Slow Honey
by Velvet Rae
- Genre
- rnb
- Tags
- #groove #key-change #late-night #neo-soul #rhodes #rnb #saxophone #slow-jam #smooth #soul
- Duration
- Published
Prompt
Original neo-soul slow jam, 74 BPM, Eb major lifting a half step to E for the final chorus. Singable alto-sax hook (G-Bb-C, answered up to Eb then resolved) that recurs in every chorus and the outro, is foreshadowed by the Rhodes in the intro, fragmented and sequenced in the verses/pre-chorus, and reharmonized in the bridge. Rhodes with voice-led maj9/min11/13 voicings, tritone subs (Fm9-E9, Fm11-E13), backdoor Abm9-Db13, G7b9 and C7#9 secondary dominants, a Bmaj9 bridge color and a B13sus pivot into the key change. Swung 16ths, late snare, ghost notes, humanized timing/velocity, bass locked to kick with chromatic approach notes. Intro-verse-pre-chorus-chorus-verse 2 (+guitar, shaker)-pre-chorus-chorus 2 (+oohs)-bridge-final chorus lift (harmonies, open hats)-outro.