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xtp · Post by **xtp** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:17 pm

any chord in particular.

I was looking thru my chord book the other day and came across a chord I just wont use. The Maj7.

I never use it, and I really dislike the sound of it and always have ever since I first heard it.

griels · Post by **griels** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:27 pm

A major aversion to plain old 5th chords. They're sooo boring and unsuspenseful. I have to remind myself that sometimes they're just the right chord for the job.

ckatrun411 · Post by **ckatrun411** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:32 pm

the whole tone scale... very unusable to me...

jonnyG · Post by **jonnyG** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:47 pm

Major keys. I guess I'm a melancholy kind of guy.

mhemnarch · Post by **mhemnarch** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:57 pm

I don't think there's any chord I don't like.

I love major 7ths, incidentally.

Melkor · Post by **Melkor** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:02 pm

Maj7 can sound very very sweet to my ear ..... more so than a stock Maj triad.

But i totally agree that Whole Tone/Augmented scales and chords leave me quite cold unless the composer has taken extra care with their application.

and even then, ill prefer to sub the Aug chord with a something more tonally palatable (to me).

Melkor · Post by **Melkor** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:09 pm

jonnyG wrote:Major keys. I guess I'm a melancholy kind of guy.

I loathe major keys and much prefer minor keys myself but i just LOVE the sound of diatonic major chords WITHIN a minor key song (bIII,V7,bVI and sometimes bVII or bVII7)

It seems to make them sound "minor" to my ear.

Optomadic · Post by **Optomadic** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:17 pm

I like my abstractions so majors are out the door for me.

Maj7Add11s are quite boring also..

Optomadic · Post by **Optomadic** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:19 pm

C 1/2 dim are borderline for me..

DJ Flexstyle · Post by **DJ Flexstyle** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:25 pm

I use anything, heh.

MaxSynths · Post by **MaxSynths** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:28 pm

I hate A major, but I can't explain why.

jdtrbn · Post by **jdtrbn** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:47 pm

Any major chord with #9.

It's disgusting. May have to do with my lack of knowledge of practical (jazz) chord voicings, though.
Maj7 may be my favourite chord. Wistful and dreamy. :harp:

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:08 pm

I only dislike certain chords in case they don't suit whatever context.

tattiemannie · Post by **tattiemannie** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:10 pm

YEAH! I agree ...fkn 9ths!!!! ... Its not the chord I have a prob with, its just eso many bloody tracks which claim to be 'chill', 'new age', 'ambient', 'relaxation' etc seem to kick off with a soft pad, playing a 9th .... and almost invariably move onto a chord 2 and a half tones higher, leaving the '9th' note hanging in there .... so becoming a 6th.

Errr hello? There's a difference between 'chill' and monotony!

Dewdman42 · Post by **Dewdman42** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:13 pm

D minor is the saddest of all keys, really.

Do any of you have a major, or minor aversion to