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Chord moods
Posted: 31 Jul 2023 9:19 pm
by Fred Treece
Maj6 — laid back, carefree, reckless
Maj7 — wistful, poignant
Dom7 — playful, open, adventurous
Minor — sad, mournful, dark, tragic
Dim7 — creepy, suspenseful
Aug — tense, nervous, trapped
Posted: 1 Aug 2023 6:21 am
by Mike Neer
They are probably trying to avoid sounding like Spaghetti Western themes. Big mistake. Country music can use more Morricone.
Posted: 1 Aug 2023 6:39 am
by Chris Templeton
Posted: 1 Aug 2023 6:59 am
by Fred Treece
Posted: 2 Aug 2023 7:00 am
by Mike Neer
The thing I love most about Buddy is how serious he took his art. He may have been a cool and casual guy, but when it came down to his art, serious as a heart attack.
Posted: 2 Aug 2023 8:15 am
by Chris Templeton
Yes, very serious about his art, Mike.
Your comment reminded me of what some people call "the look", a serious look which often turned into a smile, then a big, big laugh!
Here's a pic with him and "the look":
Posted: 13 Aug 2023 8:26 am
by scott murray
great photo Chris!
this meme reminded me of the discussion here
Posted: 13 Aug 2023 10:33 am
by Chris Templeton
Mmm, Scott,
I had just come back from Hawaii, and we had just done some recording at Buddy's and I was stoked to the max. We recorded on his Teac 8 track. We bounced some tracks from my Tascam two speed cassette recorder, that I had recorded my band in Hawaii, and we did more recording in Hermitage.
At this time, Buddy was using the IVL MIDI interface and played both his steel with a synth sound underneath and and a B3 organ sound.
Buddy played an organ sound like the best organ players I've ever heard!!.
With my IVL playing, I sounded like a crappy keyboard player.
One of the songs is called "Train" and is 20 minutes with a great guitar solo at the end by Kauai's Kirby Keough.
I was at Buddy's with Mike Cass, when Peewee Charles had come down from Canada to show Buddy the IVL rig .
Before Peewee arrived at Buddy's, Mike Case laid his blueprints for a pedal dobro on the floor.
If I remember correctly, Mike was told he could not manufacture it because of a similar product on the market.
One of those cease and desist deals.
Posted: 14 Aug 2023 5:42 am
by scott murray
well I'd love to hear that!
Posted: 14 Aug 2023 5:48 am
by Chris Templeton
I used to post songs on the forum with Picosong, but they are no longer. I'm looking into other options.
"A Corpus Analysis of Harmony in Country Music"
Posted: 27 Oct 2023 3:09 pm
by Phillip Hermans
I will say that I have played some sets of "classic country" where I never used a minor chord. Although you could blame the set list for that...
If you would like a more systematic analysis of this issue, I'd direct you to the research of Trevor de Clerq (
www.midside.com)
Here are the notes for his presentation on
A Corpus Analysis of Harmony in Country Music
Slides:
https://www.midside.com/presentations/d ... slides.pdf
Lecture:
https://www.midside.com/presentations/d ... g_text.pdf
He compares the harmonic function of country music to rock and classical music.
Here is the final slide's conclusion:
Other Notable Features of Country:
• Is almost always set in a major key
• Does not have significantly more three-chord songs than rock
• Relies only slightly more heavily on I, IV, and V than other styles
• Rarely has a harmonic palette of more than 7 different chords
Granted, this was a broader analysis of "country music" and not "classic country"...
Re: My simple-minded take on the subject…
Posted: 4 Nov 2023 9:03 pm
by Duane Reese
Donny Hinson wrote:Minor seventh chords are said to be the saddest chord form
What? Who says that?
I think those are less sad than a plain old minor triad — more like an "oh well" kind of feel.