Tag: CHORDS AND SCALES
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Non Chord Tone (Harmony)
– a “Non Chord” Tone is Simply a Note that is Happening Inside the Chord that Does Not Fit the Chord
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Parallel Scales
– 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)
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Polychords
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…
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Power Chords
– 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
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Seventh Chord Types
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…
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Solfege / Solfeggio
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…