Let’s start by explaining the meaning of “chord”. To fully understand the concept, we need to distinguish between melody and harmony.
On a philosophical level, the Greek word is harmonia is not meant to be a purely musical term. In fact, it means ‘together well’, emphasizing the existence of some universal order.
At the musical level, sounds can be generated sequentially or simultaneously. Melody relates to the first instance, harmony to his second instance. Melody is the horizontal dimension of music and harmony is the vertical dimension.
In fact, harmony means the art and result of combining different sounds simultaneously. All chords, like all notes and words, make sense in relation to what surrounds them.If you suddenly shout “sweet!” I could mean many things. But when you put the term in the context of a sentence, it has a completely different meaning. For example: “I want to eat sweet chocolate cake!” The same thing happens with music. Create chords by playing three or more notes simultaneously. Several chords that follow each other produce harmonies, or more precisely, concatenations of harmonies.
A basic chord consists of three notes linked by precise spacing relationships. triad code.
There are actually chords with only two notes.i am talking Power cord (also pentatone). These are chords formed only by tonics and dominants, i.e. without thirds. For example, a C power chord is a chord that consists of C and G. These chords themselves are neither major nor minor. Widely used to complete works in Renaissance and Baroque classical music, it breathed new life in rock. In musical notation, the C power chord is called the “C5 chord”.Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page’s powerful guitar riff heartfelt love It is based on chords like this.
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What’s the most interesting code?
The most interesting code is definitely maj7An example of grasping that dreamy sound and hearing the difference with ‘Neighbor’ (C7 chord) in 3 bar space is the following track. something By George Harrison. In fact, the first run of chords follows a sequence starting with the basic triad and includes both notes that can be developed in the VII degree: C, Cmaj7, and C7.
The song that vividly stands out maj7’s single sound is Neil Young’s, My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)Fmaj7 can’t miss when he sings “to black”. The song, one of the most famous in rock history, hides a curiosity worth remembering.
Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain was 27 when he wrote his last letter. His beloved wife and daughter, his 27-year-old, sent a letter to Bodda, an imaginary friend who had a lonely childhood as a divorced son. In his farewell message, he revealed that he can no longer feel emotions.
It happens to sensitive spirits whose vibrations of love become so high that they become unbearable. Kurt sought to free himself from all suffering, all fear and all paranoia, immersing himself completely in what he saw as personal nirvana (literally, the term comes from Sanskrit, (meaning “freedom from breath or desire”).
From his farewell letters, they often quote the second-to-last sentence where Cobain picks up a verse from a Neil Young song. “I have never felt the excitement of listening to and making music…” I’m writing a leader for Nirvana. “Sometimes I feel like I need a time clock before I go on stage…so remember, it’s better to burn than disappear.”
The Neil Young song is one of the most famous songs of all time, and virtually every self-respecting rocker has it memorized. The credit is certainly due to the enigmatic, poetic, incredibly philosophical and penetrating lyrics. rust never sleeps, cannot leave you indifferent. Young was literally disheartened by a sentence he stole from an advertisement for anti-corrosion products, which formed the basis of his reasoning. Time passes inexorably, and the risk is not just physical decay, but above all, artistic decay. Underlying rock and intellectual honesty are the only way to salvation.
Chords of this type sound graceful and convey tranquility. To maximize its expressiveness, the melody should be kept in mind and used sparingly. For example, in the case of the Cmaj7 chord, if the melody explicitly touches the note B (major VII of the chord in question), this selection will strengthen the overall harmony, just as it does for the track. Il cielo in una stanza Words by Gino Paoli “Kandosei” Drop right onto B.
Then I have a code named sassabbreviation pauseIndeed, playing this type of chord gives the impression of sonic “suspension”. This sound effect occurs because there is no “modal” note (third) that determines whether the chord is major or minor. Technically, we need to replace her third (long or short) in the chord with the note represented by the number following the abbreviation sus. For example, Csus2 consists of C, D, and G. So Csus4 consists of C, F, and G. Unfortunately, the order that replaces the third is not always specified (e.g. Csus), which generally means sus4 in these cases.Herbie Hancock song maiden voyage It was groundbreaking because it was written entirely using Sus chords: Nick Drake used both sus4 and sus2 chords frequently.just listen pink moonone of his biggest hits, was also thanks to the strange tunings used on his guitar to get lost in the tenuous atmosphere of his sophisticated harmonies.
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Then there are the chords outside the octave.
There’s a little trick to figuring out what note they’re using. Just do a simple subtraction between the highest note and the number 7. This step will return the chord to octave.
For example, for C9, the ninth is simply the second, or D (actually, 9-7=2). Instead of C13, the 13th would be 13-7=6, hence A.
At this point you may be wondering why we have C13 and not C15.
The thirteenth chord exhausts all possibilities of chord formation within the diatonic system. This is because it contains all the notes of the scale. Therefore, the maximum entropy is reached, it is static and therefore C15 does not exist. As if all tensions somehow harmoniously cancel out. Therefore, composers prefer to play the 13th chord imperfectly, estimating only a few notes.
The diminished code is also interesting. It is a dissonant chord that combines the root note (tonic) with the 3rd and 5th notes that are a semitone lower (reduced) than the major chord. In fact, a semi-diminished chord is, at a structural level, just a diminished chord with an added minor seventh. But on an emotional level, the sound changes dramatically.
An example of a passage where the second chord is semi-diminished is: just the way you are by Billy Joel. In the jazz repertoire this chord is widely used and very easy to find, especially after the first chord.In that sense, there are many examples, but the song I recommend is take the A traina jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn and successful by Duke Ellington.
However, despite the general rule, there are tracks that start with half-dead chords.jazz standard Stella by Starlight.
A work that has both semi-diminished and diminished because by the Beatles.
Ok, but when and how can I use it?
Diminished chords can be used in many ways, but one of their best features is to replace chords built on grade V of the scale. For example, if you set the chord progression to I – V – VI – IV, the diminished chord will be the second chord that replaces the V.
On the other hand, if you start panicking when you see it in your score (e.g. a half-half C), here are some tricks to quickly understand the notes that make up your score and which ones you need to consider: is shown below. A semi-diminished chord can be viewed harmonically as a minor triad built over a minor third on the root. To better explain myself, in this particular case, you can play the C minor triad with your left hand on the piano and play a new minor triad with your right hand starting from the minor third of C, i.e. Eb. increase. This case will be Eb minor.
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