Q. I have been trying to make a song on the piano, but when ever i play random chords i sounds like other songs. and I really hate that.
A. There are only so many chord progressions to choose from. Besides, some of the greatest songwriters start with common chord progressions but put something special, either lyrically or in their performance that makes the song new.
Check out Etta James version of "At Last". This is the same chord progression as many songs before and after, but there is something magical in this particular usage.
Start with common chord progressions, and then figure out how to make them your own!
On piano, can a scale's root note(tonic) be a black key?
Q. For example: can a C# be the root note(tonic)? I would then follow the 2/1/3/1 pattern of whole note/seminote scale making.
A. Yes, but be careful in your usage of the words root and tonic. They usually mean two different things.
The tonic is the first note of the scale. It could be any one of 12 notes. That is why there are 12 different major and minor keys, one for each scale built on a different tonic.
The word "root" is usually used for the primary note of a chord. For example a D-major chord has a "D" for a root, even though the piece in which it is used may be in the key of A major (where the tonic is A).
Keeping these two separated will avoid a lot of trouble down the road in your musical studies. Good luck! :)
Why are iii and vi chords so emotional?
Q. Why is it that when you use the iii and vi chords in a song, it creates a sense of emotion? In a song in the key of C major, whenever I use the iii chord (Em) or the vi chord (Am), there is a fulfillment of some emotion. From what some musicians say, they say that certain intervals are "emotionally charged." It seems to be true. The iii chord, Em, uses notes 3, 5, and 7 of the C major scale, and the vi chord, Am, uses notes 6, 1, and 3. Both of these are minor chords, but their usage in many songs, especially when these chords are used and played among strings and electric piano, sound very calm and emotional. The iii chord sounds very lonely and the vi chord has a sad sound. Why are these 2 chords like this? Is it because the iii chord puts the dominant (G) in the middle and the vi chord puts the tonic (C) in the middle?
A. Why does the color red make one feel different than the color yellow or green? It's a mystery. What's really weird is that if you take an Em chord and add the note C underneath it, it becomes a C Major 7th chord, and it loses it's sad feeling, even though the same sad notes are still present.
There is something to do with the overtone series, where the root note and the note a minor third above it just create a melancholy feel. It's just like soft dark colors verses bright pastels. It's something due to nature, where certain wavelengths strike a certain emotion. There is no logical reason for it.
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