"Know Your Chords/Scales"

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S1Ncere

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Can someone explain what this really means?

Ok, i understand how Major, Minor, Augmented and Diminshed and so forth works theoretically. I somewhat understand how scale works... but im confused about this one... are they talking about the specific sound of chords?
 
S1Ncere said:
Can someone explain what this really means?

Ok, i understand how Major, Minor, Augmented and Diminished and so forth works theoretically. I somewhat understand how scale works... but im confused about this one... are they talking about the specific sound of chords?
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I'm not getting the question buddy to be honest. But I'll give it a go:

Yes, there is a certain *sound* to chords obviously. A very basic approach would be to see Major and minor chords as concordant, in that they don't need to be resolved by a further chord. They sound sonically satisfying as they are. Play a diminished chord ( root note plus 3 semitones plus 3 semitones ) and you hear it's quite dissonant or tense, the same with an augmented chord ( root/4,4 )

Maybe a better way to explain their use would be to say a 'passing chord' or a phrase in you music to add tension, then resolve it by a Maj or min chord.

Does that help any?
 
when you say
"are they talking about the specific sound of chords? "

what excatly do you mean?
 
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