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Changed By: Fretsource
Change Date: June 25, 2017 01:27AM
Re: Composition
PnPride Wrote:
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> I made a small typo on my first question in
> regards to chords. It is Em, G major, next one is
> Em then D major and C major, that should fit now
> right?
Yes - but the absence of D# notes in your chords might make it sound more modal (Aeolian mode) than minor. It depends on your melody.
is it common to mix major and minor chords
> in a song?
Extremely common if they belong to the key. In fact, I can't think of any song in a minor key that doesn't also include major chords.
>
> the scale of E melodic minor (ascending form) has
> C#
> E F# G A B C# D# E
>
> the passage is C#, D, E it contains D instead of
> D# that's why it doesn't fit
E natural minor contains D and so does E melodic minor (descending form).
E D C B A G F# E D
So you have both D and D# and C and C# at your disposal, to use whenever the context calls for one or the other. If you want an E scale that has C# and D (but no C or D#) then E Dorian mode is the one:
E F# G A B C# D E
> 2)
> Sorry about confusion, by dominant I meant
> something like a leading tone, a note what you use
> at start and the end of the song
You mean the TONIC - not leading note or dominant. Leading note is the 7th scale degree when it's one semitone (half step) lower than the tonic - and usually leads up to the tonic in music.Sing or play a major scale and you'll hear the leading note leading up strongly to the tonic.It's the leading quality of that note in music that makes the tonic sound like the tonal centre or 'home' note or chord of the key.
Original Message
Author: Fretsource
Date: June 25, 2017 01:24AM
Re: Composition
PnPride Wrote:
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> I made a small typo on my first question in
> regards to chords. It is Em, G major, next one is
> Em then D major and C major, that should fit now
> right?
Yes - but the absence of D# might make it sound more modal (Aeolian mode) than minor. It depends on your melody.
is it common to mix major and minor chords
> in a song?
Extremely common if they belong to the key. In fact, I can't think of any song in a minor key that doesn't also include major chords.
>
> the scale of E melodic minor (ascending form) has
> C#
> E F# G A B C# D# E
>
> the passage is C#, D, E it contains D instead of
> D# that's why it doesn't fit
E natural minor contains D and so does E melodic minor (descending form).
E D C B A G F# E D
So you have both D and D# and C and C# at your disposal, to use whenever the context calls for one or the other. If you want an E scale that has C# and D (but no C or D#) then E Dorian mode is the one:
E F# G A B C# D E
> 2)
> Sorry about confusion, by dominant I meant
> something like a leading tone, a note what you use
> at start and the end of the song
You mean the TONIC - not leading note or dominant. Leading note is the 7th scale degree when it's one semitone (half step) lower than the tonic - and usually leads up to the tonic in music.Sing or play a major scale and you'll hear the leading note leading up strongly to the tonic.It's the leading quality of that note in music that makes the tonic sound like the tonal centre or 'home' note or chord of the key.