There are 3 types of chord functions ( groups Subdominant Dominant Tonic Subdominant is slightly tense compared to the tonic ( some harmonic...
The first chord to look at is a symmetrical Chord. You see symmetrical objects in music knowledge are where the other things come from. They are...
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Here is an easy way to get down the scale of chords , for each type of chord there is. Begin with the C6 CEGA CEGA DFG#B EGAC FG#BD GACE G#BDF...
Next let's say we are creating a full cadence in Amin ( relative Cmajor) Bmin7b5 E7 Amin6 We seen before that our min6 scale of chords is same...
Let's say we are thinking in the key if C major. We want to create a full Cadence Dmin7 G7. Cmajor How can we create a scale of chords for the...
If we make another modification from the original C6 CEGA to make it into CEF#A we get Amin6 chord ACEF# Amin6 Now again turn it into scale of...
You see we use the C6 chord CEGA To represent the major tonic because if we instead used the Cmajor7 CEGB the B is borrowed from the dominant...
Scale of chords. If we now take our dim7 BDFG# And combine the notes with C6 CEGA We get 8 note scale B C D E F G G# A Where each note of the...
V7 chord substitution #5 The Diminished 7th chord . If we build a dim7 chord off the 7th degree of C major ( Dim7 is all minor 3rds stacked)...
V7 chord substitution #3 The whole tone scale. If we take our V7 chord from our C major cadence G7. GBDF And we build a scale from the root...
V7 Dominant chord substitution #2 The Altered Chord. Take our V7 from Cmajor cadence G7. GBDF.. ........1357.. The easiest way to understand...
Part C Substitutions ( regarding Cadence) First off we will take our dominant Portion of the cadence . As this has the most substitutions and...
When it comes to using this information. Some like to go more " minimalist approach" One way to do that is to break the 7th chords up into 2...
Part B A cadence is the extension of the chord in question. Expanding any chord into a movement. But you can trim down a cadence as well. A...
With a cadence you have 3 functions. Subdominant Dominant Tonic These are categories which group chords together such that you can select any...
Music Bites #2 All about the Cadence. What is it? How does it work? What is the purpose? A cadence is an extension of a chord. It is the next...
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