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>But never mind. What if we take my picture and rotate it 180 degrees? Then we get a new chord! This trick is called a tritone substitution. I know tritone sub
by coldtea 2y ago
>But never mind. What if we take my picture and rotate it 180 degrees? Then we get a new chord! This trick is called a tritone substitution.
I know tritone subtitution from music theory, and trying to grok this explanation. What does the "roation by 180 degrees" represent in this case?
- ksenzee 2y agoHe means turn the circle of fifths 180 degrees. In other words, move the chord up a tritone (six half-steps).
- dcassett 2y agoThe drawing looks like a circle of half steps, not a circle of fifths. It seems that the article would be clearer if the 180 degree rotation were to put F# at the top of the drawing.
- ksenzee 2y agoYes, good observation. Why would that help, though? No matter what's at the top, you're turning the whole thing halfway around.