Dan's midi sounds like C7alt and Cm7#5 are jazz chords, but a different timbre might put them into some pretty dissonant rock territory. I've used them in experimenting. The "feeling" is hard to describe. I have a high tolerance for dissonance.

C2 and C4 are just other ways to spell Csus2 and Csus4, I THINK. They are in every kind of music. The feeling is kind of an emotional reach or longing. The C4 evokes that more strongly, the C2 less strongly. When they resolve to the normal triad, it feels like a sigh. Breathe in, breathe out.

C5 is a power chord. It leaves out the 3rd, so there is no obvious MAJOR or MINOR tonality. So it's ambiguous by design. I think "power" is probably the right word for the feeling evoked, but it's like the power of a cloud or a tree, rather than a hammer..

C69 is sort of a less "Bluesy", more "jazzy" version of a dominant 7th--C7. On the other hand, it's also the more grown up version of a CMaj7--still some spice, but smoother. If it were a candy, it would be dark chocolate and sea salt. It's the 9 that adds the touch of spice/salt, and the 6 the not-too-sweet sweetness. I've used them, because I have to use everything I learn about. And, of course, because I'm naughty. But I think they are fairly uncommon and situational.

All of the above is purely subjective.

Load 'em up into BIAB. Precede them all with the C triad to reset your ears a bit. What do get out of them?




Last edited by Tangmo; 08/02/21 12:02 PM.
BIAB 2021 Audiophile. Windows 10 64bit. Songwriter, lyricist, composer(?) loving all styles. Some pre-BIAB music from Farfetched Tangmo Band's first CD. https://alonetone.com/tangmo/playlists/close-to-the-ground