Related question...why does Bb sound so good in the key of C? (Or maybe it is the same question already answered and I just don't know my keys or transpositions very well!)
Hi,
I just played that Bb idea on the piano in a simple three chord progression in a more or less rock style . C, Bb, F. It does sound good and very normal.
It has at least one thing in common with my question. There is only one note that does not occur in the C major scale which is Bb. So perhaps that is one of the things to experiment with.
As passing tones/chords anything is possible I assume. F# is a common "walk up chord from F to G in the key of C.
The selection of chords is also genera based. The eleventh chords Eddie was talking about sound great in jazz but would be out of place in traditional blues for example.
As I frequently say "there are no wrong notes/chords" just ones that sound better.
The girl Eddie posted the photo of, Annie Clark plays minor seconds which is a pretty irritating sound to me. Go play C and C# at the same time. It does not get much more discordant that that. Having said that she has won a Grammy so a lot of people like her.
I frequently listen to people from Berkley or North Texas University in Denton Texas, both world famous music school. They` can play anything but often play stuff that just does not sound good to me. But...that is just me.
I never took the time and money to get a degree from a well known music school. I am sure I would think and play differently if I did.
Billy
EDIT: Also one other thing occurred to me as I have been think about this. The Bb forms the dominate seventh in the key of C. I don't clearly understand the relationship with leading tones and resolution back to the root chord. Just think out loud.