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Seventh Chord

C-II: Add, Omit, Borrow

Seventh Chords

Session Overview This time you learn new chord names. By adding notes to major/minor chords you get more complex sounds. Keywords: seventh chords, dominant seventh 1. Seventh Chords In the episode , we discussed the stacking of notes. In that discussion, we briefly touched on jazz theory, which often uses chords based on stacking four notes. The fourth note added…
yuta
May 5, 2024
C-I: Basic System

Seventh and Tension Chords

1. Extend the Sonority There are no rules in music. But what was explained so far is limited; only six prime chords in simple "BBQ" style (stack by 3rd). The Bitter Tastes Better Why we started with this "3 notes, by 3rd" is that their sonority is quite consonant(≈pure, clear, stable). By adding extra notes to them, they get dissonant(≈muddy,…
yuta
April 29, 2024