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Date: 11-Mar-03 @ 11:42 AM -
Augmented and diminished...
Ok, I know that if you want to breath old life into a worn melody/harmony/motive you can use 7th and 9ths to give your track something new. Meaning, if I have a chord progression of
IV, I, V, I (a cliched progression), I could use the 7th or 9th of one of these chords in the progression to give a little something different or make it "pull" in a different direction.
My question is- can I do this with diminished and augmented chords or is this not really easy to do? Can I make one chord in my progression a dim/aug and then go back to the regular progression? I do realize that it sometimes takes a lot to get into and out of diminished/augmented progressions. Any info is appreciated.
JJ