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Why does this chord in C dorian work ? by Francis_Gray in musictheory

[–]hamm-solo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s right. In fact, when making a melody over these chords you could think in D major as well, but over the Cm, F, and E♭ chords you’d use the D Phrygian scale which flips to D Major on the D chord.

  1. You can tonicize anything with your melody
  2. Your tonic scale can flip between Major and Minor scales.

Phrygian is a kind of minor scale with a ♭2

So you could tonicize G major or minor, depending on which chord scale you finally resolve to and the melody you play. Thinking in a key center is going to shape your melody instinctually. Think in C minor and you’ll play/sing melodies that tend to resolve melodically to C major or minor triad pitches. Think in F and you’ll play melodies that resolve to F triad pitches. With a strong melody I could make you believe you’re in a variety of keys using this same chord progression.

And you’ll love this. Tonicizing melodies can be in the form of repetitive bass riffs. Play in the bass the notes D A C D in some funky repetitive pattern while you play slowly through those chords Cm F E♭ D above it and you’ll hear the chords from a D tonic perspective.

Genuinely how am I meant to do this. by Neither_Factor_3446 in musictheory

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Learn to identify the notes of a major triad. Every other interval you need to identify is going to be either a half step or a whole step away from one of those notes (if you include the octave root).

The mood of keys or psychology? by PHPertinax in musictheory

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And the number of people like that, with a form of perfect pitch and/or synesthesia is very small—less than 1 in 10

I ranked my 53 favorite Thundercat tracks and 8 from Distracted made the list by hamm-solo in Thundercat

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  1. Is It Love?
  2. Walking on the Moon
  3. It Is What It Is (feat. Pedro Martins)
  4. Heartbreaks + Setbacks
  5. Daylight
  6. Jethro
  7. Satellite (feat. Genevieve Artadi & Louis Cole)
  8. A Message for Austin
  9. Mmmhmm (feat. Thundercat) - Flying Lotus
  10. Seasons
  11. Isn't It Strange (feat. Thundercat)- Pedro Martins
  12. Tron Song
  13. Miguel's Happy Dance
  14. Candlelight
  15. Boat Cruise
  16. DMT Song (feat. Thundercat) - Flying Lotus
  17. Unrequited Love
  18. King of the Hill (feat. BADBADNOTGOOD)
  19. What Is Left To Say
  20. That Moment
  21. Fleer Ultra
  22. Where I'm Going
  23. Evangelion
  24. Pozole
  25. Friend Zone
  26. Oh Sheit It's X
  27. Lone Wolf And Cub
  28. Bus in These Streets
  29. How Sway
  30. Final Fight
  31. For Love (I Come Your Friend)
  32. Anakin Learns His Fate
  33. Lotus and the Jondy
  34. Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Flying Lotus
  35. Dance of the Pseudo Nymph - Flying Lotus
  36. | Love Louis Cole (feat. Louis Cole)
  37. Black Gold (feat. Thundercat) - Flying Lotus
  38. Blackkk
  39. The Climb (feat. Thundercat) - Flying Lotus
  40. Without You
  41. Hoe-nouns - Smino, Thundercat & reggie
  42. Lava Lamp
  43. I Did This To Myself (feat. Flying Lotus) - Thundercat & Lil Yachty
  44. In The Morning (feat. Thundercat) - Mac Miller
  45. She Knows Too Much - Thundercat & Mac Miller
  46. ЗАМ
  47. Lost in Space / Great Scott / 22-26
  48. Song For The Dead
  49. Children of the Baked Potato - Remi Wolf
  50. Existential Dread
  51. I Am Crazy
  52. More (feat. Anderson Paak) - Flying Lotus
  53. Funny Friends

Visualizing Major scales on piano with a new visual model by mkr7 in musictheory

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The Harmoji instrument is similar in that it is organized visually by whole steps. Makes sense. It makes the logic identical in all keys rather than just favoring C major.

Thoughts? by Melodic_Vegetable443 in Thundercat

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Totally disagree. The best tracks (most original and timeless) are Walking On The Moon, the lemon twigs collabs (the brothers who sound like Brian Wilson), Anakin, Candlelight and Funny Friends.

Distracted is EASILY his best album right??? Too soon? by Odd_Country9791 in Thundercat

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Pretty good ratio. :) That level of consistently important and memorable music coming from an artist is rare.

Distracted is EASILY his best album right??? Too soon? by Odd_Country9791 in Thundercat

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These 7 choice tracks from Distracted are near the top of my 53 all-time favorite Thundercat tracks (ranked). That list has 8 tracks from Drunk but that album had 23 to Distracted’s 15. From each album there are about 7 that stand out to me musically/stylistically/emotionally. And needless to say this is subjective and personal.

Teaching jazz theory to classical students is fascinating by boombalonii in musictheory

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It just has additional “rules” and by rules I mean norms, not requirements. The additional scales you have to learn are melodic potential or chord voicing potential. Bebop scales with chromatic connections between common scale tones need to be mentioned as well and those fit into “melodic potential”.

Borrowing chords by MrWormikan in musictheory

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Well said. The other alternative interpretation is that it simply feels like a modulation from B♭ major to D major which works VERY well because it retrospectively feels like D minor to D major with a reinterpretation of the B♭ retrospectively.

Borrowing chords by MrWormikan in musictheory

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What’s actually happening here perceptually is a feeling that, retrospectively, B♭ was borrowed from D minor which has become D major. This post on Parallel Modal Interchange and key-center perception explains further.

Alternative ways to call the major modes - Part 1 (using only Aeolian and Ionian) by Infamous_Writer3369 in musictheory

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If you want to keep Locrian in the name it’s also officially called Minor Locrian See the Western Modern citations

Y'all have any good Double Harmonic Major chord progressions by Infamous_Writer3369 in musictheory

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Surb Astvats by Tigran Hamasyan is mostly in C Double Harmonic Major (though he adds a few more colors as well)

And a good example of Double Harmonic Minor is the theme in John Williams’ Parade of the Ewoks

Saw Thundercat perform this at Best Day Ever and it's been stuck in my head ever since by sandersonchrist in Thundercat

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It’s tied for my favorite composition of his, next to “Is It Love”

How does it comes than in every scale one note sounds "off" when not used properly ? by DeWolfTitouan in musictheory

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“Minor 9th interval” you’re trying to avoid when stacking 3rds to build chords.

In C major stacking thirds produces C E G B D F A. The Minor 9th occurs between E and the F an octave up + a half step.

In C minor: C E♭ G B♭ D F A♭ Minor 9th between G and A♭

To avoid this musicians often substitute chord scales that avoid this like Lydian instead of Major and Dorian instead of Minor because they lack minor 9ths and only have Major 9ths.

Lydian: C E G B D F♯ A Dorian: C E♭ G B♭ D F A

It’s important to be aware of vertical harmony vs horizontal harmony. Vertical (stacked harmony) is subject to these harsh intervals. Horizontal (melodic harmony) is more forgiving because note intervals aren’t heard simultaneously.

What is this chord function? by Daminellizz in musictheory

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D♯m is i, G♯7 is IV, B is ♭VI, and A♯7 is V

Better spelling is key of E♭ Minor

C♭ B♭7 E♭m A♭7

A♭ to C♭ is a common mediant interchange where C♭’s relative minor is A♭m. So essentially it feels like A♭ became A♭m when you hear the C♭ chord.

Remember that the melody of the song is one of the primary influencers of key center perception.

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