Anyway, the point is, that to make a sad song properly sad, you need a properly sad chord progression, so we’ve sought out one or two of the saddest chords known to mankind. These – when combined with ...

Taking a theoretically identical chord and juggling its notes can give a subtle or not so subtle change in timbre.

How to create a heartbreaking, sad chord progression To make a sad song properly sad, you need a properly sad chord progression, so we’ve sought out one or two of the saddest chords known to mankind.

And all of the chords have a dominant 7 quality or implied tonality. So the basic underlying progression is F7 - D7 - G7 - C7.

In blues ‘dominant’ 7 chords (A7 or D7 for example) are more common than basic major, minor and sus chords. The A7, D7 and E9 shapes shown here are all you need for a 12-bar blues improv in the key of ...

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Can hyper-romanticism still strike a chord in a post-modernist world? Sure, especially if that chord is from Jules Massenet’s opera Werther. In 1892, the French composer transformed a literar… ...