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- From: dhw@plex-1.ann-arbor.mi.us (David West)
- Subject: Re: Technicalities of "newage" music
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.185832.8698@plex-1.ann-arbor.mi.us>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:58:32 GMT
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- In article <Bzw8q2.6KA@dcs.ed.ac.uk> tk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly) writes:
- >"Harry's Game", it contains a lot of the harmonies I am referring to.
- >One important characteristic is a Dm chord with a Bb in the bass.
- >(What's that? - a Dm sus 6??)
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- These classifications are to some extent a matter of which set of conventions
- one is working with, but the configuration you mention can often usefully be
- regarded as a Bb major 7th chord. Remember, thought, music theory is mostly
- after-the-fact rationalization of what people can get away with.
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- -David West dhw@plex-1.ann-arbor.mi.us
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