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What are some chords for sad songs?

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patleh  
10 May 2009 20:50 | Quote
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i'm not really sure of any does anybody know some, besides like diminished.
keithmark13  
10 May 2009 21:31 | Quote
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Its not really just "A" chord that makes a song sad, its the progression and the feel you portray. Fill a progression with lots of minor chords, and slow tempo and you'll have something sad.
Diminished i don't think is really sad sounding persay.
RelaxedDude  
10 May 2009 21:41 | Quote
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Thats accually a really good question, one that I would like to know the answer too as well

I guess Ill start working on minor chord progressions
Crunch  
11 May 2009 19:24 | Quote
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I feel that D Minor is the saddest of keys, it instantly makes people weep.
Afro_Raven  
12 May 2009 05:00 | Quote
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Crunch says:
I feel that D Minor is the saddest of keys, it instantly makes people weep.


Haha! Good old Nigel Tufnel!

And patleh, see if you can work it out yourself - I promise it's not that hard and the feeling you get from working something out yourself rather than somebody else telling you is far better!

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JustJeff  
12 May 2009 09:59 | Quote
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I was thinking about this, and let some of my music theory help my guitar playing

Try this chord:

325422, or any bar of it, so if you wanted it open, it would be

103200


It has no inversion, so you might be able to play with that a bit, but it's (the one on top with root = G) Gmaj7b5

Sounds really great :)
guitarmastergod  
13 May 2009 16:08 | Quote
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bodom  
13 May 2009 17:53 | Quote
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All chords can sound sad. Minor chords sound sad on their own. Major just need some help.
league  
14 May 2009 02:54 | Quote
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bodom says:
All chords can sound sad. Minor chords sound sad on their own. Major just need some help.


Yeah I think what you're looking for is a chord progression.

As for chords, minor seventh chords(m7) sound melancholy.
blackholesun  
14 May 2009 03:05 | Quote
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It's definately more about the progression than just one chord. The intro and verse of Nutshell by Alice in Chains uses Em7, D and Cadd9 chords. Only one minor chord in there, but the decent of the root notes from E to D to C coupled with the sparse instrumentation and slow tempo make it a really sad song.

JustJeff  
14 May 2009 14:24 | Quote
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It doesn't matter that there is only one minor chord in the progression, the minor chord is the HOME position. Of course with a minor tonic you will always have a sad sounding song. Any progression of 654, or 645 (using a major scale, meaning 6 = relative minor) will always sound sad. That's just how music theory works.


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