Chords over chords?

[AtTheDriveIn198d]

hey,
Ques: if some ones playing a chord progression e.g. C progression I-IV-V what other chords can be played over the top of them? should it be the same ones within the scale and if so which ones?
if that makes sense

cheers

[moaner]

its not easy, i can tell you that much.

[TheDancingHorse]

With standard classical harmony - you don't really layer chords in the way I think you're talking about. With triads - any note that's not a part of the triad is considered a non-chord tone. But - this might possibly be closer to what you're referring to -

If you use implied extended harmony, you can add all kinds of neat juicy stuff. Say you have a C or C7 (some sort of implied dominant harmony). C E G Bb - extend the harmony all the way up to the 13 - C E G Bb D F A. The simplest other chord to layer on top of that is a BbMaj7 (Bb D F A) - you're just adding all the top notes. That's just a simple way to play chords on top of chords - not sure if that's what you were wanting or not. If you're wanting to find a way to find a chord that will fit over an entire I-IV-V progression - well - that's a little weird.

Tritone substitutions are another way to play a chord on top of a chord - C7 for example - the third and the seventh (E and Bb) are the third and seventh for F#7 also (with Bb enharmonically = A#). So the "important" notes in the seventh chord are the same - but you substitute the tritone for the root. Also when they resolve "correctly" - the root of the substitution leads nicely into the root of the next chord (which would be F of some variation in this case).

Hope this helps some.

The Dancing Horse

[Nicko_Shmicko]

if you play some chords up high over the top, like a really high d major over a low b minor

[gaslight]

I'm not sure what your question means, but maybe this helps.

The triad chords of a major scale follow this pattern:


1 (I) - Major
2 (II) - Minor
3 (III) - Minor
4 (IV) - Major
5 (V) - Major
6 (VI) - Minor
7 (VII) - Diminished


For seventh chords you just add the note on top of that, and so on.

For sus chords it can get a bit trickier though.

[Nicko_Shmicko]

that wasnt really what he was asking

[allthegoodnamesweregone]

its difficult on gutair Realy difficult i have done a few songs trying ot find whichchords work... my advice is this time screw the theory and just get to gether to see which chords match...

[airborne50caliber]

its difficult on gutair Realy difficult i have done a few songs trying ot find whichchords work... my advice is this time screw the theory and just get to gether to see which chords match...

no.

[moaner]

no!


fix'd.

[airborne50caliber]

fix'd.

:thumb:

****ing commies.

[moaner]

:lol:

High 5

[AtTheDriveIn198d]

to make it basic
what other chord/s would you play with a basic C triad chord?