JAM TRACKS
SUBSTITUTE
Murder, Mystery & Suspense
WITH RICHARD BARRETT
JUST AS WE MIGHT VIEW MAJOR CHORDS as having a ‘happy’ sound and Minor chords as bringing a ‘sad’ feeling to a song, there are many other atmospheres or moods that we can create by manipulating or altering the voices in a chord. This can include adding or taking away, with a great example being sus chords, where the suspended note (either a 2nd or 4th) replaces the 3rd, rather than adding it (you guessed right: this would make add2 or add4). The examples here are geared more towards the dramatic. I'm talking about the kind of chords that might feature in a film soundtrack to underline the gravitas or the terror of the events happening on screen. Having said that, these chords are also a lot of fun!