Re: theory question

2009-07-05 Thread Tim McNamara
On Jul 5, 2009, at 6:49 AM, Grammostola Rosea wrote: Mark Polesky wrote: Harmonic minor has a raised 7 which changes all odd degrees: i: min/maj7 ii: -7 III: maj7+5 iv: min7 V: dom7 VI: maj7 vii: dim7 As a subtle point, I would always use lower case for minor chords. Hope this helps. - Mark

Re: theory question

2009-07-05 Thread Grammostola Rosea
Orm Finnendahl wrote: On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:49:06 +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote What is an -7 chord? Is that an major chord with the 7 a half step lower? Or a minor chord? It's a diminuished chord plus minor 7, called "half diminuished 7th chord". -- Orm thanks ___

Re: theory question

2009-07-05 Thread David Fedoruk
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Mark Polesky wrote: > > Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > > I can't remember what it's called, but there's a third minor > > scale where the 7th can be raised or not. If it's going up to the > > tonic it's sharpened, and if it's going down, it's not. So in the > > scale

Re: theory question

2009-07-05 Thread Grammostola Rosea
Mark Polesky wrote: Grammostola Rosea wrote: I've learned when major scale: step: I: maj7 II: min7 III: min7 IV: maj7 V: dominant 7 VI: min7 VII: -7 But what when it is a minor scale? For example E minor? Which type of chords belongs to the 7 steps? If it's "natural" minor than it's

Re: theory question

2009-07-04 Thread Hans Aberg
On 3 Jul 2009, at 23:57, Grammostola Rosea wrote: A question about minor scales and the chords which belongs to a certain 'step' in the scale. I've learned when major scale: step: I: maj7 II: min7 III: min7 IV: maj7 V: dominant 7 VI: min7 VII: -7 But what when it is a minor scale? For exam

Re: theory question

2009-07-04 Thread Grammostola Rosea
Mark Polesky wrote: Anthony W. Youngman wrote: I can't remember what it's called, but there's a third minor scale where the 7th can be raised or not. If it's going up to the tonic it's sharpened, and if it's going down, it's not. So in the scale of A (your classic minor) it goes: a b c d e f

re: theory question

2009-07-04 Thread Gerard McConnell
Hello Grammostola, I have a website which answers your questions about scales and chords. The site also includes several Java applets which allow you to test your knowledge of intervals, chords, and species counterpoint in 2 parts. The URL is http://homepage.eircom.net/~gerfmcc/mainSite.html I

Re: theory question

2009-07-04 Thread Mark Polesky
Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > I can't remember what it's called, but there's a third minor > scale where the 7th can be raised or not. If it's going up to the > tonic it's sharpened, and if it's going down, it's not. So in the > scale of A (your classic minor) it goes: > > a b c d e f g# a g f e d

Re: theory question

2009-07-04 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <894826.55836...@web83408.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>, Mark Polesky writes Grammostola Rosea wrote: I've learned when major scale: step: I: maj7 II: min7 III: min7 IV: maj7 V: dominant 7 VI: min7 VII: -7 But what when it is a minor scale? For example E minor? Which type of chords belongs

Re: theory question

2009-07-03 Thread Mark Polesky
Grammostola Rosea wrote: > I've learned when major scale: > > step: > I: maj7 > II: min7 > III: min7 > IV: maj7 > V: dominant 7 > VI: min7 > VII: -7 > > But what when it is a minor scale? For example E minor? Which type of chords > belongs to the 7 steps? If it's "natural" minor than it's the sa

theory question

2009-07-03 Thread Grammostola Rosea
Hi, A question about minor scales and the chords which belongs to a certain 'step' in the scale. I've learned when major scale: step: I: maj7 II: min7 III: min7 IV: maj7 V: dominant 7 VI: min7 VII: -7 But what when it is a minor scale? For example E minor? Which type of chords belongs to t