Sonic_C suggested I post some examples to help people understand harmony in a more formal way. SHort of reading a book and using a piano to internalize each example, you won`t really learn theory but since trance isn`t that difficult, I thought perhaps a more helpfull way would be to just post some examples with audio.

THis will be a multi part thread because I only had an hour to put some examples together. This isn`t a structured tutorial , just some chord progressions with notation chord names and function with audio examples first with piano and then in more trance styled way. I just used simple arpegiatting pluck synth so don`t take this as a way to sound fresh. In fact these progressions would sound very dated if you did something like this but at least it will give the people that want to know more about harmony some ideas for comparison.

the piano should make it easier to hear the chords. The trance synth often omits some notes because of the aesthetic inherent to trance.And if anyone knows some better ways to host audio, let me know. Funny how I mentioned there might be typos, the chord in the notation for the first example is Dhalfed diminished and not diminished.


EX1
Piano : http://www.supload.com/listen?s=HckJcJ
Synth : http://www.supload.com/listen?s=d7ft1h



EX2
Piano : http://www.supload.com/listen?s=6OrIGR
Synth : http://www.supload.com/listen?s=lZSq4r

You can use http://www.tindeck.com to host audio.

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Originally posted by RichieV Funny how I mentioned there might be typos, the chord in the notation for the first example is Dhalfed diminished and not diminished.

That's not a typo. The circle with the line through it indicates that it's a half-diminished chord. Fully diminished chords are represented by a circle without a line through it, as in the Bdim7 chord in the second example.

edit - Oh, nevermind - you were probably referring to the chord name above the staff, in which case, yeah they totally botched it because they also forgot to mention that it has an added seventh and that it is a first inversion. Conventional chord naming for a first inversion D half-diminished seventh chord is usually Dmin7(b5)/F, not Ddim.

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Last edited by cryophonik on Jun-05-2009 at 04:35

the inversions are noted in the roman numeral analysis. The chord names on top were just to give people the actual chord without the inversion. I just forgot to name the chord a half diminished instead of dim which i stated earlier.