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Josh Redstone
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Josh Redstone
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09/26/2003 3:07 pm
Okay, I have two things I need help clarifying.
Firstly, when your talking modes, and the chord type for each degree of the scale, (maj, min, dom7, etc..) you could figure them out the same way you do for a major scale, as in, counting up three notes, skipping a note every time to get your major or minor triad, right?
Second, if that is how it works, then how is it that those Jazz guys make their songs so catchy? I tried doing the thing I said above, and I realized all the cadences get switched around, so your 5-1 cadence isnt a perfect candence anymore, so then, how are you supposed to get a good chord progression going if your trying to emphasise the key note of the mode instead of the keynote of the major scale its comming from, and all those cadences are so weak?
Anywhoo, I'd really like some help with this one. Thanx a million.
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