Ricardo -> RE: what is the name of this chord? (Jan. 15 2010 21:37:52)
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Well I was going for helping start out on simple triads, and you guys bring up some heavy **** there. The Bb chord is not really a minor7, it is a Bbminor add9/F. Todd, the normal voicing is like Bb-F-C-Db-F, So you hear the dissonance of C and Db in the middle of the chord. What this chord is kind of a muddy version cuz the dissonance is heard as a maj7 instead of minor 2nd, plus you got 5th in the bass. Transpose to Am and see what I mean: 0 0 2 2 3 0 Am add9, but E bass makes in muddy. Anyway, in context, the idea is to evoke a melodic minor vibe. That is why the minor7 idea (It is cool Romerito) is not always the point. You need A natural (like in Kris's examples) at least melodically to get the "vibe". Bb melodic minor. Very impressionistic. You can think of it as A superlocrian as the modal setting related to 'por medio". The reason it works is cuz the A super locrian and the A spanish phrygian share some colorful notes, A,Bb,C, C#(or Db is the trick), F, G. The only weird note is Eb of A super loc and E natural of A phrygian don't mesh, but that makes the "change" of modal settings seem exotic and jazzy.
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