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Old May 30th, 2008
johnnydoxx johnnydoxx is offline
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I agree that chords have a feeling along with them, lots of times depending on their location in a progression.

I think of minor chords as sad sometimes, but at other times 'suggestive' ('salacious' as X4 calls it).
Major 7ths are 'pretty', like what a harp can evoke.
Dominant 7ths are 'leading', suggesting a 'way out' or a 'different place to go'.
Augmenteds can be 'luring' or 'daring', like a temptress.

And for a progression the circle of fifths is 'fun', like 'sassy fun'.

And the 12-bar blues progression based on dominant sevenths is 'bawdy'.

And then some of the off-chords I grab are 'poopy' .....

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