WiFiSunset Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Honest music theory question. I Love the way the voices are layered when she says 'shiiiine', and I'm not sure what's going on there? What chord is that at 01:39??? When she says 'the way you shiiiine'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad.mixx Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 It honestly sounds like a mistake lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palas Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I guess she's singing a half step above the chord root (which I guess is Bb, or at least it is in the original My Favorite Things - so she sang a dissonant B there?). I like it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnStacy Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Sounds to me like it's a minor major 7 chord, but voiced in a way where the major 7 and the tonic are right next to each other. Assuming it's in Bb minor, I don't have a pitch reference handy, that would be Bb, Db, (F may be omitted, hard to tell on my sound system), A, Bb. I might listen again later through headphones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohaiguy Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Yeah, it's probably a half step distance. A lot of the effect might come from vocal doubling, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabeel Ansari Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 It's two half steps next to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanging Waters Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Full answer: The chord (as part of the entire song struture) is a VI maj, so in the key of the song (C# minor) that would be A major. As other have said, there is some half step dissonance, although the dissonance isn't a half step above or below the root of the chord, but rather it's below the third of the chord. The actual pitches she sings are A, B# (C), and C#. The A is the root of the A major, whereas the C# is the third. The B# (C) is just an added dissonance; if you wanna put a name to it, technically the voicing she's singing creates an Amaj (#9) or Amaj (+b3) chord, but those are super ugly words. Contrary to what someone suspected above, it's not actually a minor major chord, but it does sound like minor major because of the B#, which is the major 7th relative to C#. Palas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiFiSunset Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/20/2019 at 5:59 PM, Hanging Waters said: Full answer: The chord (as part of the entire song struture) is a VI maj, so in the key of the song (C# minor) that would be A major. As other have said, there is some half step dissonance, although the dissonance isn't a half step above or below the root of the chord, but rather it's below the third of the chord. The actual pitches she sings are A, B# (C), and C#. The A is the root of the A major, whereas the C# is the third. The B# (C) is just an added dissonance; if you wanna put a name to it, technically the voicing she's singing creates an Amaj (#9) or Amaj (+b3) chord, but those are super ugly words. Contrary to what someone suspected above, it's not actually a minor major chord, but it does sound like minor major because of the B#, which is the major 7th relative to C#. Dang. I appreciate it! I was trying to figure this out for a while with no luck (still learning), but I can totally see what you mean. Any chance there was a Quarter-Tone thrown in there? Hanging Waters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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