Darkening Major Keys - Shapes & Scales

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Dewa / Dewa 19 has been using this chord transition in most of their songs to darkening major keys. I think it is one of the best ingredients to make a song sounds more magical.

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Sounds great! It reminds me of Brian Setzer, which I have always wondered what he was doing. He uses this a lot in Sleepwalk.

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Hi. There are charts and tabs on the related lesson page to accompany the video.

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Great selection of chords.and variants.

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That DmM7 is a great chord. Genesis uses it in EmM7 as the hang chord in the middle of Fly on a Windshield.

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You did open my eyes, thank you. But even though I understand every concept, I would wish for more precise visualization paired with animation. What I need is to see the changing and moving fretboard positions are and from what interval thy change into the new one. Especially when it comes to inversions I want to see what that moving sound means in terms of intervals sliding up or down, or exchange top and bottom positions in the frequency spectrum In other words: On that inversion, I have the 5 as my lowest note, 9 on top This flat 3 becomes the major 6, if you raise it it becomes the 2 of the next chord (Voice leading?) Am I asking too much?

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"Here's an example of darkness in major." *steps out of the major scale*

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Lol exactly, buy the key remains major. Its a temporary divergence that quickly resumes the original major tonality

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@@MrUrech Yes, and some very good examples too. Very useful tricks.

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not exaclty. There are minor chords in major keys. Every key center in this vid was major,.

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it resembles the V-I cadence since b6 is the darkside leading tone.

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[@doublek321]

Not sure I understand the "chromatic movements" that show up in the piece at 6:00 as opposed to the ones from the prior pieces (which all seem to use chromatic notes as well). I think the chords in this piece are C -> Cm7 -> FmM7 -> Fm6 -> C/G -> D/F# -> FmM7 (add6) -> C/G. Can someone explain?

[@fretjamguitar]

Sorry, I meant chromatic movement in the bass. So the bass was C / A / Ab / G / F# / F / C

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Anyone know what the chord at 1:30 is called? I’m assuming it starts with “G#” because that’s what is shown along the top. It’s like a G#m7 with a minor 6 (E note). I think in order for it to be a 13th, though, it would have to have a major 6th (E#)

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I'd name it G#m7(b13)

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I found this searching for information about characteristic notes Characteristic notes for modes: c ionian - 4&7 degree (f,b) d dorian- 3&6 degree(f,b) e phrygian - 2&5 (f,b) f lydian - 4&7 (b,e) g mixo. - 3&7 (b,f) a aeolian - 2&6 (b,f) b locrian - 2&5 (c,f) Position of the tritone does not work in lydian and locrian because in root note there is nothing characteristic . in f lydian ,f is root note in b locrian,b is root all scales have root on the first degree and this is why tonic is not a characteristic note. lydian - 4&7(b,e) locrian - 2&5(c,f) but I still do not know how it looks in the case of harmonic major (and minor) modes, melodic major and minor modes and neapolitan major and minor modes.

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Is it not like injecting the harmonic minor phrasing into the major or ionian, when you go from Major to minor in the Lydian tonic?

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Am I correct to assume the 9 is the 2? If so, do you personally see any advantages in using the terms 9ths 11ths or 13ths instead of 2nds, 4ths and 6ths respectively, for instance?

[@fretjamguitar]

I tend to use 9, 11, 13 when referencing chords or arpeggios and 2, 4, 6 when referencing scales. The difference is that 9, for example, comes after 7 in the chord tone stack, so it makes sense to use the higher number in most cases. But with scales the ordering is in scale degrees, i.e. 1234567.

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I adjust the basics like intonation and truss rod. I took it to a tech last year to file the nut (didn't trust myself doing that!) which helped with tuning down at those first few frets. The 2nd and 3rd strings tend to be the main culprits for tuning issues. Lowering them at the nut can help with that. But also using heavier gauge strings (e.g. 10s or 11s) can help to stabilise the tuning. And of course, how hard or cleanly you fret the strings has an effect. Some shapes or movements can create slight bends in the string, or pull them in either direction, raising or lowering their natural pitch. So that's something to work on and a lower string height will help with this.

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love this section..it is what i like...and lydian..do you have in lydian..

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Lydian covered here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6GbpGqijJqgr5Y

[@hascheidl]

The audio examples are great, but you don't mention anywhere that the chords you're playing have 9ths and others added notes... Was it intentional?

[@fretjamguitar]

Kind of. I like to think of progressions as base triads to which we can add the colours we wish.

[@ericoftheotherworld1525]

Here’s what’s confusing though (awesome vid btw) isn’t the 4th degree chord supposed to be major? I was under the impression that only the 3rd is neither major or minor.

[@fretjamguitar]

In most cases the IV will be major and conform to the harmonised major scale. But that's not a rule as such, rather a choice we make based on the sound we want. Ultimately, any chord can be major or minor. Go with what sounds good first and then you can see what has changed from the "natural" scale of the key, if you're going to accompany it in some way.

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What about the iii chord

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I don't know how long it took me but when I listen to music and feel something I tend to ask "what's going on there?" and examine it/break it down. Years of doing that basically lol

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