Guest bassman7755 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 [quote name='jakenewmanbass' timestamp='1360575943' post='1972394'] I may have read what you were trying to say wrong but I was trying to outline the importance of seeing a chord in relation to it's function: When a chord has a major third and a minor seventh it's function is dominant. [/quote] Indeed, I guess my original post was a deliberate over simplification in order not to overload theOPs brain with too many "it depends" / "except for" etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB26354 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 [quote name='yepmop' timestamp='1360159122' post='1965799'] Hi All I'm currently doing a music theory course which is going well but I think I'm missing some very fundemental knowledge that is preventing me from peicing eveything together. it's a question a that I feel really embaressed about asking is i think I should really know this. I did ask my online tutour but his responce may as well have been written in swahiliy. Okay, say the song is in the key of C Major can I only use notes from that major scale or can i use different scales to match the appropiate chords within the song? Answers as simple as possible Any help much appreciated. Many thanks Tony [/quote] He did say simple - talking about theory ends up getting complicated very quickly. So the answer is yes, what you've said above is one possibility, but there are others. Think of it as a starting point. The answer lies in harmony, so to know more you'll need to get a better understanding of chords and chord progressions. Get a keyboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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