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I think the "spacey" quality you interpret from maj7 chords comes by virtue of intervalic relationships contained within it. Using Cmaj7 as an example, a maj7 chord contains two perfect 5ths (C-G, E-B); two major 3rds (C-E, G-B); one minor third (E-G) and one major seventh (C-B). Typically a major seventh interval is quite inherently dissonant ...
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This chord progression is taken from the opening credits of my favorite television show, “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” A lot of music from television and movies are played by full orchestras. In this case the melody of the song is played by trumpets, which I think helps create a feeling of exploration. You also get a healthy dose of the timpani...
When I can I like to grab chord progressions from some of my favorite music to write these articles. This spacey chord progression comes from “Pretelethal” by Coheed and Cambria. Related List: 9 Incredibly Ominous Chord Progressions You could reasonably call this song part of a soundtrack. The singer from Coheed and Cambria also created a science f...
This chord progression is from “Cornfield Chase” by Hans Zimmer and is from the movie Interstellar. Pretty much the entire song is just a bunch of arpeggios of the chords below. From what I can hear the arpeggios are played primarily by a string section and either an organ or a synthesizer that sounds a lot like an organ. You can feel no rhythm dur...
This one is from “Breathe (In the Air)” by Pink Floyd. You could argue that Pink Floyd was the originator of what I sometimes hear called Space Rock. A lot of their songs give you the impression of floating weightless through the air (or through space). This song is achieved with a typical rock band set up. As far as I can hear, the spacey sounds a...
This spacey chord progression comes from another favorite game of mine, Mass Effect 2. The song is called “The Illusive Man” and in the game the song creates the feeling of intrigue/mystery that we often associate with space. In this song there’s an blurry tempo which comes from the absence of a rhythm section, this seems to be a common theme in a ...
This chord progression comes from “Mars” by Harry Gregson-Williams and it is the feature track from the movie The Martian. When I was playing along with the song I recognized the chord progression as being one of the most well known Spanish chord progressions. If you play along with this song using the Spanish Gypsy scale, you’ve got yourself a fla...
This spacey chord progression comes from “Space Oddity” by David Bowie. I’ll be honest, listening to this song, I don’t get major space vibes. But regardless, this song has had a cultural impact and it was partially inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey. A lot of the feel from this song comes from the keyboard that is more like an organ than anything e...
This seemingly simple chord progression comes from perhaps the most well-known space song ever written, “2001: A Space Odyssey.” This is from the intro, which is what everyone knows. Listening to it, I’d have to say that this song seriously influenced the title track from Star Trek: The Next Generation that we looked at earlier. The trumpets creati...
This chord progression comes from one of the spaciest songs by one of my favorite bands, Muse. The song is call “Starlight.” This is another very simple chord progression that gets its sound from a rhythmic bass line and a sustained piano part playing individual notes in octaves. Related List: 11 Dreamy Chord Progressions There are also some arpegg...
Of course, a chord progression isn’t enough to create a certain style of music. Many of these chord progressions make appearance in other styles of music. So what is it exactly that makes music sound spacey? Well, I can’t say for sure, but I did write down some common themes that I noticed while listening to music during the research for this artic...
And I don't necessarily think it means the key as much as you just start on whatever chord and jump that interval to the next chord. e.g., in the "sadness/loss" progression, it says {M4m}. I saw it moreso as starting on a major chord, then using the original note's scale, moving to a minor chord on the fourth note.
Later in the song Radiohead start borrowing borrowing chords from Dm (typical modal interchange) then more uniquely from Eb major near the end of the song, but ending back on D. In terms of this performance, a big part of the sound is how the horn section is arranged. It's very well done and definitely shows a lot of work and experimentation ...
Apr 15, 2006 · If you have two guitars, have one play the major chord, and the other play the 2nd and 4th. learn why it sounds spacey. threadstarter's chord could be described as an Aadd9#11 (no 3rd). Basically ...
Jun 22, 2007 · Major7th#11 is pretty good so is a minor (b6) yepppp. major augmented chords. major b5's too, use lydian over them, very spacey. Quote by beadhangingOne. There is no music but metal and muhammad ...
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If a g minor chord was used in C this would indicate C mixolydian mode. If a g minor was used in c, key signature 3 flats, this would indicate that the piece was modal i.e. c aeolian. A g minor chord is within the key signature, but the 'key' of c minor uses a G7 or G major chord for the dominant chord.
