These almost always will be used as passing note/chords. We just don’t like to hear measures full of them. But as a setup for a payoff chord they are great.

I think David Bowie banged away on augmented and diminished chords quite a bit and it’s one reason, besides the vibrato theatrics, that I could rarely listen all the way through one of his songs. I think he also used dominant 7 chords quite a bit and that added to the musical theatre sound of his songs. I can’t stand most musicals.

Both of these dislikes, I understand, are not shared by many.


Last edited by rockstar_not; 08/03/18 06:56 PM.