If I write a lyric and I have a tune in my head that goes with it, sort of like "Scrambled eggs" and "Yesterday"; usually the first thing I hear is the chord changes. Am I dealing with a 2 chord "Tom Dooley" song or a three chord trick and where do I sort of hear minor chords?
Okay: Let's say I start in I the C. And let's say the song is even more complicated than a four chord C a F G7 song. To get the next chords, knowing that G G7 and F are likely to be prominent I sit down and do a substitute option list.
Instead of C it could be C6,Cmaj7,(extensions)or parallel minor or something or it could be Am or Em Relative minor and whatever e is. and the d could easily be D D7 D23 (kidding) or I could sub F
And the e could almost as easily be E7 or C or even G right?
And F could be d a
G could be G7
So now I will have the 7 notes and substitutes, but now I have to add the Bb. Is that secondary dom or something? Are there other 5 of 4 5 of 5 whatever that I have to add so I end up with: 5 of 4? whatever.
C d e F G a Bb? I could add f#, c#m,g# Db ab,eb. I think these are modal subs or something. But where would they lie on my chart? The f# probably lines up with those chords in the a neighborhood and the c# is in the a e neighborhood.
I'm trying to end up with a chord map that has more options than you see on chordmaps.com/mapC.htm (whatever)Horizontal would look something like:
Cae....Ge....FF7d...eG...dFD7
In other words you intuitively know you can sub a for a C and F for d. But this (tries) to lay it out. The problem is where would those 5 of and 4 of chords go?
Feb 10, 2008 Rating
no idea? by: phil mc grane
hey guys i have no idea what all of that meant, i'm sorry but drum music is so much easier!!
