Tag: CHORDS AND SCALES
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Altered Chords
General – another Type of Chromatic Chord Substitution is using “Altered Chords” – an Altered Chord is a Chord that has One or more of its Pitches Replaced with a Chromatic Pitch, Not Normally Found in the Key – it is Not the same as Borrowed Chords because it Does Not Belong to the Parallel…
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Added Tone Chords
– Add a Note from a Diatonic Scale to a Basic Major or Minor Triad to Create Colour and Interest – but also to Support a Melody Line that Falls on the 2nd, 4th or 6th Degree – the Added Tone Must be a Note that Does Not Fall into a Pattern of 3rd from…
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Bi-Tonality
General – Refers to the Use of 2 (or more) Keys at the same Time – can also be Characterised by the Mutual Co-Existence of 2 Tonal Centres – makes also use of “Hybrid Scales”, where you Quasi Mix or Alter Scales that Best Sound to your Ears and Serve as a Bi-Tonal Part –…
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Borrowed Chords
General – a very Common Way is to use “Borrowed Chords” which are Chords taken from the Parallel Key (Parallel Key are Keys that Share the same Root i.e. C Major/C Minor Share both Root “C”) – see all the possible Parallel Chords of C which Share the same Root C and/or have 1 or…
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Cadence (Composition)
General – Cadence is a Resolution Occurring at the End of a Section or a Song (Kind a “Final”) – a Cadence is Like “Musical Punctuation” and is Defined as a Progression of 2 Chords that Expresses some Degree of Finality – What Happens Harmonically at the Resting of a Phrase – Usually a 2-Chord…
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Chord Progressions
General – also called “Changes” in Jazz – often a Song starts in the Tonic (Root) and the way that the Chords refer back to it or play against to it – is what the listener takes on a Journey – Chord Progressions move from States of Tension to States of Resolution (Turnaround in…