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Francis Rossi, of Status Quo fame/notoriety, depending on who you ask, quipped when presented with some award or other - "Wow! Twenty-five years. Three chords.

• jancsika 4y ago
  Look, I'm just a caveman. I fell in some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists. My primitive mind can't grasp these concepts. But there is one thing I do know: When composers want to emphasize the chord they're about to play, they will often choose a new chord consisting of notes within a step or half-step of the original. And they will quickly play that new chord as a way to smoothly introduce the chord they wanted to emphasize. Whether it's Mozart in the retransition of the G minor symphony, Wagner in a transitional phrase of the interminable Götterdämmerung, or a folksy award winning singer-songwriter, that new chord counts as a chord. And that new chord must be added to the sum total number of chords used in the song. Thank you. Edit: the Mozart chord is G-G#-B-Eb, as a kind of "neighbor garbage chord" of a dominant seventh in G minor. For Wagner, I can't remember what key it was in, but it's a half-diminished seventh chord with a pedal-tone a minor third below the root. It's function is as a neighbor chord to a dominant seventh built on that same pedal-tone. Not sure about OP's reference but I bet I could find an interesting transient chord in there, too. Edit2: Oh yeah, the Wagner reference is indeed Wagner, so you can be sure it gets sequenced with at least three iterations in case you missed it the first time.
  • morberg 4y ago
    The Mozart chord looks like a G# min major 7 to me, or am I missing something? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_major_seventh_chord https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_major_seventh_chord
  • hluska 4y ago
    Do you blog about music? If so, I’d appreciate a link. If not, you likely should - your comments have been both entertaining and informative.
  • ahazred8ta 4y ago
    Your dry metaphor frightens and confuses me.