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Tag: CHORDS AND SCALES

  • Parallel Scales

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    – Insert another Scale such as Minor, Dorian, Phrygian etc., for certain Parts (instead of default Major Scale or Viceversa) – runs same Tracks, which means starts and ends on the same Notes (C to C for example) – lower the 3rd, 6th and 7th Note get Parallel Minor  (E=Eb, A=Ab,B=Bb)

  • Polychords

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    General – Indicates a “Superimposition” of 2 or More Chords, with Full Voicing and Disallowing the Omission of Any Notes – Basically 2 Tonalities Played at the Same Time, i.e. Stacked on Top of Each Other  – Very Often (90%) the Chords are Triads (2 x 3 Notes Together) – 1 Chord in a Lower…

  • Power Chords

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    – Basic Power Chords just use Root and 5th – often used on Distorted Guitars because Distortion adds enough Harmonic to leave the 3rd Note away – Written as x5 (C5 etc) – Sometimes just the Root is doubled up an Octave

  • Seventh Chord Types

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    General – where as a Classic 3 Note Chord is “Clean”, when we add a fourth Note we Double the Content of Harmonic Information Hitting our Brain in Terms of Relationship and the Chord itself – basically you Add the 7th Note of a Specific Scale Up from the Root Examples Major 7th = Major3rd…

  • Solfege / Solfeggio

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    General – A Technique where you Assign a “Syllable” to Each Note in a Musical Scale  – Solfeggio is Based on Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti and Adds “Functional Sound-Names” to All 12 Keys (Respective Scale Notes) Scale Degree 1 = Do Scale Degree 2 = Re Scale Degree 3 = Mi Scale Degree 4 = Fa Scale Degree…

  • Stacked Chords

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    General – about Playing a rather Standard Chord with a Stacked Dissonant Chord together (or Vice Versa) – a Technique to Create Bigger Chords – Try on different Octaves as well – Chords Stacked at the Interval of Major 3rds have a “Moving” Relation between Consonance and Dissonance  – Changing One Note Changes Degree of…

  • Suspended Chords

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    – Major or Minor Triads with an added 2nd or added 4th which replaces the 3rd – a Sus4 is simply Root + Perfect4th + Perfect5th – a Sus2 is simply Root + Major2nd + Perfect5th – have a “Suspended” & “Ambiguous” Sound – as Dom7th kind of “InBetween” Sound without establishing a concrete Feeling…