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Tag: CHORDS AND SCALES

  • Sonic Music Theory and Scales

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    Major Scale  – Major Scales in EDM are avoided because of that “Tritone” deriving from the 4th (F) and 7th Note (B) in the Scale that give the Quality a very Classical “Cheesy” Sound – those 2 Notes are just a Half-Step away from the most important Notes in the Music, the Tonic (Root Note)…

  • Sharps or Flats

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    1) Each Letter Name (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) is Used Once and Only Once 2) Sharps of Flats are used as Required to Produce the Correct Sequence of Half and Whole Steps = W W H W W W H (for Major) or W H W W W H W (for Minor) …

  • Altered Chords

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    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…

  • Added Tone Chords

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    – 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…

  • Bi-Tonality

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    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 –…

  • Borrowed Chords

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    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…

  • Cadence (Composition)

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    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…