- What is the most dissonant chord?
- What are some dissonant chords?
- What's the saddest guitar chord?
- What is the most dissonant scale?
What is the most dissonant chord?
The term dissonant here is used to describe the unpleasantness of the 7-chord and describing the 7-chord as the most dissonant chord in the major key means that the 7-chord is the most unpleasant chord in the major key.
What are some dissonant chords?
Unpleasing sounds
Consonant chords are, roughly speaking, made up of notes that 'sound good' together, like middle C and the G above it (an interval called a fifth). Dissonant chords are combinations that sound jarring, like middle C and the C sharp above (a minor second).
What's the saddest guitar chord?
The minor 7 chords are not only sad by having the minor, but also have that pesky 7 stepping on the root as well. It might be the saddest chord ever.
What is the most dissonant scale?
The exotic Locrian scale is the darkest, most dissonant mode of the major scale. It works well over a half-diminished chord (also known as a min7(b5) chord). When approaching a half-diminished chord, some players like to sharpen the b2 from the Locrian mode to a natural 2.