jazzpiano88 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 From a Ben Folds interview being asked the question on favorite interval (I added favorite chord). Mine: - Interval: Major 2nd - Chord: C#min first inversion below Middle C (Beethoven). Quote J a z z P i a n o 8 8 -- Yamaha C7D Montage M8x | CP300 | CP4 | SK1-73 | OB6 | Seven K8.2 | 3300 | CPSv.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Havu Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 This is a tough one... Interval: I'd probably go with minor 3rd Chord: I/bVII (First chord of the chorus in Toy Matinee's "Last Plane Out.") 3 Quote Hardware Yamaha DX7, PSR-530, MX61/Korg Karma/Ensoniq ESQ-1/Roland VR-760/Hydrasynth Deluxe/ Behringer DeepMind12, Model D, Odyssey, 2600/Arturia Keylab MKII 61 Software Studio One/V Collection 9/Korg Collection 5/Cherry Audio/UVI SonicPass/EW Composer Cloud/Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, Trilian/IK Total Studio 3.5 MAX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 2nds - Maybe because after decades of playing guitar and it's strange matrix of note they are hard to play and just don't sound the same as on piano. Chord MinMa7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill5 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Chord: tough to choose between maj7 and 7. Very diff chords and so basic but just classic standbys. 1 hour ago, justin_havu said: (First chord of the chorus in Toy Matinee's "Last Plane Out.") Wow someone else remembers this great group huge props 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 In jazz - tritone of course! In classical, pop, rock - m6 chord - too many to choose from. but two next to each other, I have a soft spot for when the IV goes to iv before heading home. Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 The obsession about chords in themselves is a typical jazz pathology and is the reason why I distanced myself from jazz, I felt too much is spent on coming up with weird chords and chord voicing, consequently scales/modes/outlines for the sake of the momentary sound of it, but the whole just sounds like stitching some quasi-random chords next to each other (besides the obvious ii-V-I cadences) for the sake of creating ambiguity and "complication", kind of "look how unpredictable and complicated it sounds and how well I can apply all these pre-cooked scales and licks on top of it". All that being said, I used to love all that 😀 Not anymore though. My favorite chord (with the corresponding voicing) still is the Am7/9/11 in the following low-to-high voicing: A - E - B - C - G - D I believe some books attribute that voicing to Herbie Hancock as his first popularizer, not sure about that but I wouldn't be surprised. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamPro Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Favorite Interval: minor 3rd Favorite chord: any minor 11th is pretty cool. But my favorite is when I put a major triad built on the 5th scale note above a minor triad - i.e Gmaj/Cm; Emaj/Am; etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4jazz Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Don’t think I have favorites, but two I like that spring to mind are… Interval: left-hand tenths (which I typically can’t reach 🙂) Chord (really a specific voicing): Vince Guaraldi’s opening C7b9 chord on O Tannenbaum. C3, Db3, Bb3, C4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzpiano88 Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 4 hours ago, CyberGene said: The obsession about chords in themselves is a typical jazz pathology and is the reason why I distanced myself from jazz, I felt too much is spent on coming up with weird chords and chord voicing, consequently scales/modes/outlines for the sake of the momentary sound of it, but the whole just sounds like stitching some quasi-random chords next to each other (besides the obvious ii-V-I cadences) for the sake of creating ambiguity and "complication", kind of "look how unpredictable and complicated it sounds and how well I can apply all these pre-cooked scales and licks on top of it". All that being said, I used to love all that 😀 Not anymore though. My favorite chord (with the corresponding voicing) still is the Am7/9/11 in the following low-to-high voicing: A - E - B - C - G - D I believe some books attribute that voicing to Herbie Hancock as his first popularizer, not sure about that but I wouldn't be surprised. I'm perfectly happy with major and minor triads with an occasional dominant 7 thrown in and proper voice leading. Sonata Pathetique 2nd movement. According to the interview, Herbie's favorite interval is min9. That is the Herbie chord you like. I like this version a tiny bit better: A - E - C - D - G - B 1 Quote J a z z P i a n o 8 8 -- Yamaha C7D Montage M8x | CP300 | CP4 | SK1-73 | OB6 | Seven K8.2 | 3300 | CPSv.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 7 hours ago, CyberGene said: The obsession about chords in themselves is a typical jazz pathology and is the reason why I distanced myself from jazz, I felt too much is spent on coming up with weird chords and chord voicing, consequently scales/modes/outlines for the sake of the momentary sound of it, but the whole just sounds like stitching some quasi-random chords next to each other (besides the obvious ii-V-I cadences) for the sake of creating ambiguity and "complication", kind of "look how unpredictable and complicated it sounds and how well I can apply all these pre-cooked scales and licks on top of it". I LOVE CHORDs and it started on guitar I was the guy who prefered play the rhythm and didn't care if I got a solo. That love of chords is even more intense since moving to piano and I have more options that I didn't on guitar. I don't think there's anything quasi-random about it, it comes from a lot of seat time experimenting and working on tunes and changes. True Jazz is about exploring in the moment so the is experimentation in live performance but it part of exploring an idea, it's not just grabbing clusters of notes to be weird. That why I like chords and Jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboKeys Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Favorite interval - p5th (power chords baby!!!) Favorite chord - minor add 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 K blunt demented? Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Today it's dominant 13 sus 4, because of how it leads so nicely to a Maj9. Tomorrow it might be a different chord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16251 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 For this exercise I would say a m2. Where would Mack the Knife or Sunny be without the m2? And fav chord would be the m2 movements in song Little Sunflower. The Dm to EbMaj7 then the EbMaj7 to DMaj7 Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Nathan Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Gee....My favorite chord has (from bottom to top) G F A C# E, but I don't know "What Chord is This"? 😉🤣 Quote Don't rush me. I'm playing as slowly as I can! http://www.stevenathanmusic.com/stevenathanmusic.com/HOME.html https://apple.co/2EGpYXK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Docbop said: I don't think there's anything quasi-random about it, it comes from a lot of seat time experimenting and working on tunes and changes. Exactly. It’s not random, because there is often some logic in connecting these chords to make it sound “jazz” but it’s often based mostly on the individual chord color or a desired sudden change of tone content, so that it doesn’t sound diatonic or too logical (in the ii-V-I sense), so it’s almost like striving to be random while it’s not. Hence, quasi-random. See, I’m not criticizing it from a general point of view, only from my own personal point of view: it bores me. And I used to love it. So, I perfectly understand why people love chords and jazz, etc. I just moved on. To me these types of jazz that are too “chordy” are like cooking with spices only. Add to that the improvisational element which necessitates certain routines and templatization and it becomes all too same for me. I’m not opposing genres but I went back to classical music where they sparingly use these complex chords and ambiguous changes only when needed, to spice up at the right moment and spend much more time on form, development, careful architecture and planning on huge scale between multiple instruments (which simply can’t happen with improvisation). Again, I’m not opposing genres, not rejecting jazz. I just had been eating too much of it for quite a long time and reached a point where I can’t stand it anymore… Rather my own issue, nothing wrong with jazz 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canoehead Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Major or minor 2nd, especially on Hammond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawback Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 E non-committal, followed shortly by A non-committal. Quote ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Hell I don't know. Bb major over Ab major and other like type polychords are cool. So What chords and quartal harmonies are cool. ... I like all the cool chords. Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_Gould Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Interval: 6th Chord: Diminished Why? Hell, I dunno...except generic pop seems to avoid them like the plague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Davis Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Major 2nds always feel good. For a chord? 1-2-5 with the 3rd in the bass. I could play that ‘til the cows come home. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 34 minutes ago, Mike Davis said: 1-2-5 with the 3rd in the bass. I could play that ‘til the cows come home. I also love that but even more when you add the maj7 on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re Pete Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Strictly speaking, one note has intervals in overtones. Chordwise I like altered dominants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 5th Cm7 Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Verelst Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Originally I was taken by pure, well laid out major chords, let's say like Bach, power chords, Hymns and grand pop songs. Of course, the way a chord or an interval sounds, or in fact even how a single note sounds influences the pleasure of playing chords lot. Modern digital instruments appear often tuned and harmonized and envelope mangled towards "music" interpretations which don't appeal to me and which make even basic gospel sounds sh*tty. On a good sounding and well tuned instrument, lots of chord sequences are wonderful, and the jazzier it can sound, the better to the point where I don't acknowledge individual chords any more and an overall tonality and sound appears. this is only possible on good instruments. It's like you take your nice guitar chords and take every tone over to a sampler and play them like on a guitar, will it even sound ok ? Quite a while I liked the major triad with added b10 chord for spicing up funky pieces, but pretty soon that becomes a difficult game with technical knowledge need to understand produced Sample (Joe) to improvised Chorea (Chick) in terms of exact notes played. I like that but there I meet technical barriers that I cannot just skip. That's about changes more than knowing a few attractive chords, like playing Yellowjackets without self control: a hopeless enterprise and harmonic hell. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 22 hours ago, Steve Nathan said: Gee....My favorite chord has (from bottom to top) G F A C# E, but I don't know "What Chord is This"? 😉🤣 That's the Layla chord (if the outro was in A I think?). Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Nathan Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 2 hours ago, stoken6 said: That's the Layla chord (if the outro was in A I think?). Cheers, Mike. My post was just a nod to the legendary thread of several years ago.😝 Quote Don't rush me. I'm playing as slowly as I can! http://www.stevenathanmusic.com/stevenathanmusic.com/HOME.html https://apple.co/2EGpYXK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 11 hours ago, Steve Nathan said: My post was just a nod to the legendary thread of several years ago.😝 Went straight over my head Steve - I genuinely missed the reference completely. Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Williams Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Favorite Interval: 48 hours. Favorite Chord: 25 foot (8 meter) XLR. Actually, I'll go for minor third (I use that for trills at the top end of a lead) and a perfect fourth power chord. Quote -Tom Williams {First Name} {at} AirNetworking {dot} com PC4-7, PX-5S, AX-Edge, PC361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillearning Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 On 1/12/2023 at 10:44 PM, justin_havu said: …Toy Matinee's "Last Plane Out.") Thanks for the reminder… I had long forgotten about this great song/band! 1 Quote I would like to apologize to anyone I have not yet offended. Please be patient and I will get to you shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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