Rhymes with Music
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When I play these chords on the piano (*)
they strike me as "singing" -- These chords sing. (They soar.)
A vocalist (like Lani Hall, for example) could sing the top line, or any number of lines, that weave through these rich harmonies:
This is taken (adapted) from the title track of an album by Soft Machine, c. 1974 or 1975.
Alan Holdsworth played guitar on this album. In fact, this was the only Softs album on which Alan played.
The Soft Machine (the way Karl Jenkins composed this) started on the 3rd chord (measure #3) -- 'g' minor ; and with the 'E'_natural pitch (not "E-flat", which would be diatonic to --
whether the harmonic structure here is interpreted/analysed as being --
dorian mode or natural minor (aeolian mode) in 'C' (with 'C' as tonal centre / harmonic root) ).
The third line (measure #12, onwards) uses a slight variation on the chords (and voicings). That's just a sketch of how that would begin, using that approach.
In fact, there isn't much difference between 'g' min.7 (especially with "/F" in bass -- 3rd inversion) and "E-flat" Major 7 chords.
* with the harmonic contexts -- modes like 'c' aolian (minor key -- unless it's Dorian mode?), "A-flat" Lydian, and 'E' Lydian modes, as well as "E-flat" Ionian (Major) mode.
they strike me as "singing" -- These chords sing. (They soar.)
A vocalist (like Lani Hall, for example) could sing the top line, or any number of lines, that weave through these rich harmonies:
This is taken (adapted) from the title track of an album by Soft Machine, c. 1974 or 1975.
Alan Holdsworth played guitar on this album. In fact, this was the only Softs album on which Alan played.
The Soft Machine (the way Karl Jenkins composed this) started on the 3rd chord (measure #3) -- 'g' minor ; and with the 'E'_natural pitch (not "E-flat", which would be diatonic to --
whether the harmonic structure here is interpreted/analysed as being --
dorian mode or natural minor (aeolian mode) in 'C' (with 'C' as tonal centre / harmonic root) ).
The third line (measure #12, onwards) uses a slight variation on the chords (and voicings). That's just a sketch of how that would begin, using that approach.
In fact, there isn't much difference between 'g' min.7 (especially with "/F" in bass -- 3rd inversion) and "E-flat" Major 7 chords.
* with the harmonic contexts -- modes like 'c' aolian (minor key -- unless it's Dorian mode?), "A-flat" Lydian, and 'E' Lydian modes, as well as "E-flat" Ionian (Major) mode.