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| Author | Topic: chord analysis trouble |
 Taciturn
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8/3/2003 | posted: 1/16/2004 at 5:14:52 PM ET
Triads consist of 3 tones, each a third apart. Each interval (from the root to the third, and the third to the fifth) is either minor or major. For instance, a major interval and a minor interval (starting from the bottom, going up) means it's a major chord. A minor to a major is a minor chord. 2 major intervals is augmented, and 2 minor intervals makes it diminished. Well, my question is, what if one or both of the intervals is diminished or augmented? My specific chord is E, Gb, B. The first interval is diminished, and the 2nd is augmented (I'm pretty sure). I don't understand how to classify the chord. It can't be major, minor, diminished or augmented because it doesn't follow the rules for those. But, it MUST be one of those, because that is all there is. Is it just not a valid triad? It sounds like it is, when you hear it. I think I'm missing something, I'm wondering if anyone could help me out with this one.
| DiBo
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1/14/2004 | posted: 1/16/2004 at 7:31:40 PM ET
There are only 12 notes. Everything becomes related to each other eventually. Just because you have a visual image of a Root, d3rd and P5th doesn't mean that it's a mystery chord. E Gb and B can also be analyzed as E F# and B, making it an Esus2 chord. There are no keys that include E and Gb together, only E and F#. So in this case, the enharmonic equivalents start to make sense.
The situation's such a son of a bitch, it's a hand I could not lend...the problem here is that we need to move on - it's the music or the end...
| Taciturn
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8/3/2003 | posted: 1/16/2004 at 8:18:51 PM ET
I was thinking of changing the Gb to the enharmonic, F#, but then the triad would not be in 3rds. I only know that triads should be in 3rds, but I assume that it's possible that they don't, and I just have not learned that yet. I will have to ask my teacher about it.
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