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Music, Wednesday
“Today, we’re going to talk about chords.” Today’s Atton band shirt was Dream Theater, if anyone was keeping track. “Chords are combinations of two or more notes that, together, make a full sound. So full that punk bands only need about three of ‘em to string a whole song together.”
And that, class, was why the pianos and the guitars had gotten dragged out to the front today. “Chords are the foundation of most popular music on Earth today,” he said. “Every chord has a starting note, or root, and you build more of the sound on top of that note. In a basic major chord, you add what’s called a major third interval and a perfect fifth on top of that.”
He tapped a key on the piano in front of him. “So let’s say our root is C, then the third interval is four half-a-notes up, which gets us to E.” Another tap. “And the perfect fifth is three more semitones further down, which is… G.” Tap. “Major chords tend to sound pretty boisterous, maybe even a little cheerful. Their sadder, more emo little brother is the minor chord. That’s when instead of going four half-notes up, you go three.” He tapped the sequence again, but hit the E minor instead of the E. “See? I’m practically weeping already.”
"If you say so," Lana agreed. "Of course, this only applies to instruments that create notes, which doesn't include some percussion. Drums are rather major by default." Which wasn't even an intentional pun! "The piano is fairly easy to see how the notes relate and where there are half-notes, but for other instruments, you may have to figure it out." She could do her best to help, but her best was going to be mostly Google.
"There are different sorts of chords, of course," she continued, "some of them more pleasing than others, and each invoking a different sort of mood. So we've got some music here, short pieces in different keys with different sorts of chords. There are recordings of each that you can listen to and see how they make you feel, and then play them yourself."
She played the major key progression first, then the minor, and finally the modal.
Atton nodded along. "Finally, we've grabbed some easy punk songs for you guys to practice on," he said. "No percussion, though I'm not going to stop anyone who wants to get behind the drums. Let's make this a band for a day, huh?"
And that, class, was why the pianos and the guitars had gotten dragged out to the front today. “Chords are the foundation of most popular music on Earth today,” he said. “Every chord has a starting note, or root, and you build more of the sound on top of that note. In a basic major chord, you add what’s called a major third interval and a perfect fifth on top of that.”
He tapped a key on the piano in front of him. “So let’s say our root is C, then the third interval is four half-a-notes up, which gets us to E.” Another tap. “And the perfect fifth is three more semitones further down, which is… G.” Tap. “Major chords tend to sound pretty boisterous, maybe even a little cheerful. Their sadder, more emo little brother is the minor chord. That’s when instead of going four half-notes up, you go three.” He tapped the sequence again, but hit the E minor instead of the E. “See? I’m practically weeping already.”
"If you say so," Lana agreed. "Of course, this only applies to instruments that create notes, which doesn't include some percussion. Drums are rather major by default." Which wasn't even an intentional pun! "The piano is fairly easy to see how the notes relate and where there are half-notes, but for other instruments, you may have to figure it out." She could do her best to help, but her best was going to be mostly Google.
"There are different sorts of chords, of course," she continued, "some of them more pleasing than others, and each invoking a different sort of mood. So we've got some music here, short pieces in different keys with different sorts of chords. There are recordings of each that you can listen to and see how they make you feel, and then play them yourself."
She played the major key progression first, then the minor, and finally the modal.
Atton nodded along. "Finally, we've grabbed some easy punk songs for you guys to practice on," he said. "No percussion, though I'm not going to stop anyone who wants to get behind the drums. Let's make this a band for a day, huh?"
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