Questions tagged [chords]
For general questions about chords like how to play them, construct them, or what symbols represent them. For more in depth analysis of the ideas behind chords themselves, please use the chord-theory tag.
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Vocal harmony: Optimizing for the parameters of an upcoming project
Since my last question got such a comically bad reception, I'll eliminate what are apparently hot button issues to reframe the core concept more clearly and hopefully elicit specific answers.
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Which approach to 3 part harmony would the greatest percentage of people find pleasing?
I'm looking for algorithmic rules that take a melody and accompanying chords as input, then output the version of tight 3 part parallel harmony that the greatest percentage of untrained casual ...
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Why is this image from pianochord.org for A11 labeled as an inversion, when its lowest pitch note is an A?
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Programmer.
Teaching myself piano.
Programatically building sheet music that will comprehensively cover a great number of chords, as comprehensive as it is reasonably useful and can be ...
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Diminished/Half diminished
In jazz notation, the degree sign means a diminished chord, for instance CEbGb. A diminished 7 chord would be CEbGbBb? A half diminished chord, a degree sign with a slash, would be what?
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piano newbie confused about how this strange (maybe) chord works
i recently started trying to learn the piano with some mediocre background knowledge of notes and their usage, however when tryng to copy a sheet of music into a midi maker, i came across a strange ...
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Why both Ddim and Fdim resolve to Am nicely even though they are not in the same key?
I've been playing some chords and accidentally discovered that Ddim (triad, not dim7) transitions/resolves to Am quite nicely. That I did not expect that because I know they are not in the same key. ...
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Naming some inverted chords
I'm trying to break down an orchestral score (in C-minor) and describe the horn part, but I'm having troubles describing these chords (the second image is identical, but I mapped horns 2-4 onto the ...
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How can French A6 and V7b5/b5 be seen as the same?
While I was reading about commonalities between French A6 and tritone substitute, I kept bumping into the similarities between French A6 and V7b5/b5.
French A6 is ^b6 ^1 ^2 ^#4 and V7b5/b5 is ^5 ^7 ^...
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Cannot understand this four-way close voicing example, is there a typo?
While reading up on four-way close voicing (part of Evan Rogers' Big Band Arranging series), I have encountered something I cannot quite understand, so maybe there is a typo in the article?
The ...
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How should I see these beamed notes?
the excerpt in the picture is four-part drop 2.
I do not know what to make of the beamed notes under Cmaj7?
The first stack of notes seems to suggest Cmaj7 alright, but 2nd and 3rd stack of notes seem ...
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How do you differentiate approach note from target note?
I am trying to get a grasp on differentiating approach notes from target notes in five-part solis voicing.
But definition of target notes seems to include tensions.
Then ambiguity is certainly ...
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Isn’t the root progression or chord progression of a song meant to anchor in a foundation for rest of the instruments to experiment over?
What I mean is, isn’t the idea of creating and using a root progression or chord progression for it to be the foundation for a composition. With pop music (rap, r&b, latin, pop rock, country) the ...
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Chopin Nocturne Op. 55 No. 1 chord toward end requiring large left hand
Chopin Op.55 No. 1, m.89~97, the nine measures before the final two measures, left hand chord is A3-C3-F2, how to best do it with small hands unable to cover 10 keys? Should I just hold the C3-F2 and ...
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Inversion naming conventions
Does the name of the inversions (first, second, etc.) refer to a specific interval (3rd, 5th, etc.) or just the next chord tone?
For example, a Cmaj7 chord in first inversion starts with the 3rd, and ...
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How would you label these chords?
The piece is in Ab major.
In mm.7-8 a cadence appears and there are several non-chord tones with accidentals.
I attempted to label chord symbols on my own, but they are very uncharacteristic of ...
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