This Could Work...

[mosespa]

And ab7add9 isn't predictible?

[The Gunner's Dream]

I just changed it.

Ab minor MAJOR seven Add 9 isn't that common.

[mosespa]

Its not that common, but it's also not too dissimilar from a G major sus4 with a diminished 2/9. *shrug*

[The Gunner's Dream]

The main difference is that the chord I mentioned has an Eb and the chord you mentioned has a D. Also, the order of the notes is completely different.

Generally speaking, having a root and flat 2 right next to each other sounds extremely dissonant.

[mosespa]

But dissonance is less predictable than consonance, right?

[The Gunner's Dream]

Obviously. A mix of dissonance and consonance is what makes for interesting music.

[mosespa]

Well...that's a matter of opinion. But I take your point.

[The Gunner's Dream]

Most of the "musicians" heard on the radio these days just play power chords anyway. If you asked them anything about a diminished 7 chord they would ask where the frets positions were instead of asking what the notes were. Ridiculous.

[mosespa]

Indeed.

Most major/minor 7ths, augmented 5ths, et. al. in today's more popular musics tend to be provided after the fact by producers and not the songwriters themselves, I feel.

[Stephen]

I think I'll go and read Hawkings 'Brief History Of Time' again as it seems quite straightforward compared to all of this.

[Terentek]

I watching the documentary last night for DSM...
Roger made one remark I agree with:

"It was all fired by EMOTION.there's nothing plastic on there (DSM).it's all real"

That has always driven me.
Not the technical aspect,although that helps,adds colours to what you can paint,but just learning what makes what emotion happen.

I don't think too much of main stream music is exactly interested in that quality.

Nigel

[mosespa]

I, personally, am not of the opinion that "good music" REQUIRES such complexities as maj/min 7ths, augmented/diminished chords, flatted 9ths, etc. etc. etc. etc.

I can be moved by three power chords just as effectively as I can by 18 more "complex" chords. *shrug*

[The Gunner's Dream]

The way I see it, the more notes there are, the more you have to work with and should have more possibilities to create something even more emotional.

That's just my opinion. I am a Rick Wakeman fan after all.

[mosespa]

"What you don't play is every bit as important as what you do play."--Miles Davis

'nuff said.

[The Gunner's Dream]

That's one train of thought, sure.

I was never much of a Miles Davis fan.

(Don't worry, I got the point).