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Topic: Why does classic country rarely use minor chords ? |
Fred Treece
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Posted 31 Jul 2023 9:19 pm |
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Maj6 — laid back, carefree, reckless
Maj7 — wistful, poignant
Dom7 — playful, open, adventurous
Minor — sad, mournful, dark, tragic
Dim7 — creepy, suspenseful
Aug — tense, nervous, trapped |
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Fred Treece
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California, USA
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 2 Aug 2023 7:00 am
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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.
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 2 Aug 2023 8:15 am
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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":
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scott murray
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Asheville, NC
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Posted 13 Aug 2023 8:26 am
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great photo Chris!
this meme reminded me of the discussion here
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 13 Aug 2023 10:33 am
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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.
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scott murray
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Asheville, NC
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Posted 14 Aug 2023 5:42 am
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well I'd love to hear that!
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Phillip Hermans
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Berkeley, California, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2023 3:09 pm "A Corpus Analysis of Harmony in Country Music"
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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/declercq_2018_scsmt_slides.pdf
Lecture: https://www.midside.com/presentations/declercq_2021_smt_miig_text.pdf
He compares the harmonic function of country music to rock and classical music.
Here is the final slide's conclusion:
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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
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Granted, this was a broader analysis of "country music" and not "classic country"... |
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Duane Reese
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Posted 4 Nov 2023 9:03 pm Re: My simple-minded take on the subject…
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| 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. |
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