You just can’t trust online information

[Ed DeGenaro]

So now we can say any crazy shit and go, "autocorrect did it" ?

I’ve done that for years

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

I would actually disagree as the bII root is taking one of the important notes away from the IIm7b5, namely it's root.
For me, a bIImaj7 is a more open sounding variation of a bII7 (tritone sub).

And you’re welcome to. In my world the bIImaj7 is a minor subdominant as much as the IV-7 or iim7b5 and can do double duty for the V all day long.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Probably about 3 posts in for me and we actually covered this song for a hot minute

Jazz.

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

D♭⁷ in C is ♭2⁷. Anyone would recognize that as a tritone substitution.

A Db7 is a subV

 

[FuzzyAce]

Can y'all break down "Love Roller Coaster" next?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Can y'all break down "Love Roller Coaster" next?

We still play this one

 

[FuzzyAce]

We still play this one

 

[PLX]

I’ve done that for years

I am the hotdog in your mom's hallway.

damned autocorrect

 

[HomespunEffects]

Can y'all break down "Love Roller Coaster" next?

The good version or the silly version?

 

[FuzzyAce]

The good version or the silly version?

Yes

 

[TSJMajesty]

Can y'all break down "Love Roller Coaster" next?

I wanna know what they call the 6th chord played in Smoke on the Water. What's that all about, in 'theory-speak?'

 

[FuzzyAce]

I wanna know what they call the 6th chord played in Smoke on the Water. What's that all about, in 'theory-speak?'

The bass is playing G, so G/C#?

 

[FuzzyAce]

The bass is playing G, so G/C#?

I suppose the proper way would be G/C#5.
This is why I play by ear. I don't like to be proper.

 

[Chocol8]

Is it C# or Db? I have no clue, but from a scale perspective, I think of it as a flat 5 not a sharp 4.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Is it C# or Db? I have no clue, but from a scale perspective, I think of it as a flat 5 not a sharp 4.

My brain thinks of it in sharp terms.. so therefore I'm right. (in my own mind)

 

[Chocol8]

My brain thinks of it in sharp terms.. so therefore I'm right. (in my own mind)

According to Google AI, if it leads down to the C it is a D flat which means you are wrong...except Google AI is wrong more often than it is right, so maybe you are right? This thread makes my brain hurt.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Probably about 3 posts in for me and we actually covered this song for a hot minute

So, there...

 

[TSJMajesty]

The bass is playing G, so G/C#?

That's not what I meant. I know how to name chords.

I mean, like how they're discussing chords in terms of a 'home key', and calling them a iib, or backdoor dominant (whatever the heck that is), or a tritone, etc.

 

[Chocol8]

That's not what I meant. I know how to name chords.

I mean, like how they're discussing chords in terms of a 'home key', and calling them a iib, or backdoor dominant (whatever the heck that is), or a tritone, etc.

Flat 5th power chord or flat 5th5? I would write it out with some cool symbols but I barely know how to type regular letters and numbers.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I mean, like how they're discussing chords in terms of a 'home key', and calling them a iib, or backdoor dominant (whatever the heck that is), or a tritone, etc.

It's actually not that tough. Maybe we could start a little basic theory thread one day.