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04-04-2006, 12:54 PM | #1 (permalink) | |
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Scales are for fish and reptiles...
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1. What's your favourite key? Do you prefer major, or minor, or those funny dorian modes or something else entirely? 2. What's your favourite tempo? 3. What's your favourite time-signature? Compound or simple (that means swing or straight) 4. Which of these terms: a) Plagal cadence b) Neapolitan sixths c) Transposition Do you understand musically? Ok, you certainly don't have to answer 4, even if you know the answer. I'll give my input a bit later on, got to run at the moment... |
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04-06-2006, 03:34 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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A neapolitan sixth is a major chord whose root note is one semitone above the root note of the tonic chord.
In simpler terms, if you're playing in E major, the neapolitan sixth is the F major chord. If you're playing in E minor the neapolitan sixth is also the F major chord. If you're in B major, the NS is C major. In B minor its C major and so on. Its called a 'sixth' because the neapolitan chord (the F major chord is the first example) is played in its first inversion. That means that instead of the bass note being an F, you use A as the bass note... the 6th semitone in the chord. Overall, its meant to give a 'spooky/ghostly' feel to the piece, this is what is was mostly used for in classical music. Its used regularly in jazz, funk and latin music though, so the only consistent effect it really has is to make the music sound like it 'drifted' upwards and then will sound like it has been 'lowered' back down when it returns to the tonic (which it usually does). |
04-06-2006, 11:07 AM | #5 (permalink) |
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Compound time doesn't necessarily mean it's swing.
And I dunno about my favourite key and tempo, it changes every day :P. I guess I love minor chords, but susses get me hard. And I wouldn't mind a little augmented action as well. 5/8 played after/before 4/4 is probably my fav time sig change. The best example of a neapolitan chord is in Beethoven's "Fur Elise." |
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04-06-2006, 12:41 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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oh yeah well im so profound when it comes to the learning of guitar wankage then i have to practically lube up the strings with my own manly essence before i play my dream theater solos, so im not so fast that it rips the skin from my hands.
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