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Secondary

3 days ago by @arkka

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You know how some people really like to use minor iv in a major key (like Fm resolving to C in C major)? This can also be done as a secondary function, meaning you can insert a minor chord before other major chords this way (use a minor chord a perfect 4th above the target major chord). In theory jargon, one way to describe it would be as a secondary subdominant with b6 modal mixture, if I'm not mistaken.

Here, the idea was to use them to resolve into major chords in a minor key, so I'm doing stuff like Em D Gm D (I'm tuned a half step down). I'm not sure if they always actually function as secondary subdominants or if they sound non-functional, though, but I do like the sound.

The demo came out pretty weird, but I did learn from it.

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@cblack 1d

This is lovely. Really liking the interplay between guitar parts.

@markg 2d

Reminds me of a Steve Vai sound.

@intangible 2d

I don't know how you define 'non-functional', but I love the name. 😄 That sounds great. The feeling of uncertainty you're getting there, oscillating between resolved and unresolved, is actually quite cinematic. I tried to imagine what this would sound like played by an orchestra or sung by a choir; that would be terrific, haha.

@abudabard12514 2d

Man that's great. I was hearing a lot of VI VII6 i in there, very cool, very negative harmony stuff. The melodic material is very strong too, well did.

@coolparadisoMod 3d

Ill take your word for all that, but i know a nice piece of music when i hear it - and i just did

@smileymn 3d

Very nice, digging the harmony! I’m a big believer in the diminished harmony idea, coming from jazz. So E minor, G Minor, Db minor, and Bb minor all work, based off the diminished arpeggios root moment, and the synthetic nature of the diminished scale. It works the same if you do dominant chords like that too, or even dominant #9 chords, to keep the minor third in the chord voicing.

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