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Post by Dave Dexter on Sept 29, 2017 19:49:27 GMT
NO
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Post by fuguestate on Sept 29, 2017 22:42:45 GMT
More questions: - Are we to choose a major/minor variant for each of these roots, i.e., there can be no more than 4 different chords, or are we allowed to use both major and minor variants, thus effectively expand the set to 8 chords?
- How much can the melody / non-harmonic part diverge from the given chords? Are we to stick to only the chord tones in all voices / instrument parts, or are we allowed to have dissonant notes (i.e., not a chord tone) in the main melody? What about countermelodies? Are passing notes allowed?
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Post by Bob Porter on Sept 30, 2017 2:30:05 GMT
The rules as I understand them:
4 chords, major and minor, as harmonic basis. Use each at least twice. Minimal passing chords. 3 minutes max. Any style and instrumentation.
I see no restrictions on melody, but if your going to stay tonal, the melody notes will tend to stay within your chosen harmonic structure. I'm not sure we need to make this more complicated than needed.
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Post by fuguestate on Sept 30, 2017 4:57:36 GMT
Hold on, it's still not clear. Am I allowed to use, for instance, C# major and C# minor? Or do I have to pick only one of them and stick with that?
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Post by Dave Dexter on Sept 30, 2017 5:17:03 GMT
Both maj and min. If you want to compose chromatic scales over them for three minutes you can, but those chords are the basis.
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