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What RC does is neat. Instead of using a zillion chords, they refer to the underlying chord scale. That limits the possibilities and you‘re left with diminished, wholetone, 7 church modes, 3 modes of harmonic minor and all the melodic minor modes. Less than 20 different possibilities. I strongly believe all music is limited to these 20 chords. Even Stevie Wonders’ most intricate substitutions are relatable to melodic minor, wholetone and diminished.

Jjazzlab uses the same idea and it makes for great harmony.

That would cover all music, save for Debussy and some obscure modern jazz.

Btw: in your examples you took chords from harmonic major. That’s really advanced. Most of us mostly use the major scale (melodic major, sometimes called), Harmonic Major is “out there”, like Neapolitan Major/minor. Weird stuff is about to happen if you use these scales. smile

I dig your suggestions, your posts make lots of sense, even the Melodyne idea. Like you say, I also think it will be possible in a few years time to take a rhythm section you love (say, the Miles Davis quintet in the 60’s) put in your own lead sheet and “they will play it”.

Another route is the one taken by Toontracks and others and go back to midi with all these great sounds you have nowadays. Have great players program patterns and there you go. The possibilities are endless, I think.

Biab, Kontakt, Sampletank and lots of nice libraries, from Fluffy audio to Abbey Road drums.
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