Right now I am supposed to write a song in pop/rock style, but after going through different keys I noticed that standard keys aren't the best choice for that kind of songs. Do you know some good chord types (e.g. Major7 etc.), that fit into this type of music? I'm not sure whether I've asked this before.
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QUOTE (Nazgul @ Apr 1 2009, 05:19 PM)
Hi there!
Right now I am supposed to write a song in pop/rock style, but after going through different keys I noticed that standard keys aren't the best choice for that kind of songs. Do you know some good chord types (e.g. Major7 etc.), that fit into this type of music? I'm not sure whether I've asked this before.
Thanks for your help!
Mate, there are not right keys or right chords. The maj7 chord could be in any composition (since is the I chord). I recommend that you listen to some pop songs, but really really commercial pop songs and you'll be amazed that they use more complex harmonies than you thought. An example is one that Paul Gilbert always plays at his gigs: "When 2 become 1" by the Spice Girls.
For example look at the chords of the first part:
Ebm7-9; Db/F; Gbmaj7; Abm7-11
Those harmonies are really complex for a pop song because some of the extensions are part of the melody, for example the 9th of the Ebm7 is the first note of the melody, so the chord is like inevitable a add9. That gives a complex harmony or maybe a richier harmony, not a complex one, but it's a richier.
Nazgul Composing A Pop/rock-song Apr 1 2009, 05:19 PM
