disharmony

[deftones]

i was talking to someone i know about music and whatnot and they mentioned disharmony. i can imagine what it is, but i want to know for sure. what is it and how can it be used?

[SixStringMadman]

Uhm...


It's also called dissonance. It is just two, or more, notes that sound "off key", but still sound good together. It's kind of hard to explain without going into theory.

SSM

[deftones]

heh, wow, i forgot about this topic.

i dont mind if you go into theory, i like that kind of stuff. if your too lazy to type it out i understand, but any reasources i can read up on it?

[kai_subfusc]

i'm not too sure about it too... but disharmoney and dissonance is to create a sort of 'tension' and an anticiapation of the next chord. By itself, a dissonant chord will sounds weird, but played in a progression its totally different

Eg:

E7b9

|x7676x|

when played by itself it sounds funny,
but try playing an Am after that and it makes more sense