Harmonic Scales, not to be confused with melodic scales

[Mel]

sx poet – That sure looks like a nice book you got on Music Theory. I am poking around some in the free portions.

I haven;t posted in the Forums for some time. After I returned from Florida to Wisconsin last spring, in May I was diagnosed with Large B Cell Lymphoma. I had two lesions on my liver. So In June I started 6 rounds of 4 different kinds of chemo. I had to get a port put in my chest under the skin to get the infusions. So I stopped practicing the sax. In September I was cancer free. Thank God! I tried to blow a few times with a next strap but it was too hard. I sure love my shoulder harness from the Boston Sax Shop. They are a little pricey but they sure distribute the weight away from the neck nicely. Then in December I had a hernia operation by my belly button. I have been in Florida again for January and February of this year healing up. Will be back home this Sunday and looking forward to blowing the sax again. I get another cancer scan again next week.

Johnny has done some great things with website.

Mel

[Anonymous]

A G chord and a G7 chord both resolve to a C chord when
playing in the C Major Scale.

But i’ve never understood why a G7 chord resolving to a C chord
sounds better than a G chord resolving to a C chord in terms of
music theory, without actually listening to the differences.

Heres why
When you play a G chord followed by a C chord it looks like this
G B(c) D(e) (g) – this is how your mind hears the two chords G and C.

When you play a G7 chord followed by C chord it looks like this
G B(c) D(e) F(g) – this is how your mind hears the two chords G7 and C.

Its the difference in the order of the last few notes,
F to (g) resolves nicer than (e) to (g),
trying playing both notes on a keyboard and listening to the difference.

Another interesting thing in the theory of a major scale,
When you play 1 2 3 4 5 (do re me fa so), when you go from 1 to 5,
it sounds like you are going further away from 1,
Then when you play 6 7 8 (la ti do), it sounds like you are returning
back to 1. Theres a feeling of starting on 1 and rising to 5 and then falling
back to 1.

Converting a dominant chord to a dominant 7th chord, creates a
chord that sounds unrestful as you’ve just introduced a dissonant interval
into the chord, and an unrestful chord sounds nicer when its followed by
a chord at rest (ie G7 followed by C chord)

have a look at Chord Scales…

[Anonymous]

Good for you Mel,
i recently had some marks on my face checked out
for cancer, and lucky for me turns out they were non cancerous.

[Pete]

Mel glad to hear you are on the mend, good luck with the the scans and you will soon be back blowing the sax.

[john]

Right on Mel, so glad to hear all that!

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