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What is the progression from A minor to F minor called?
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I'm a beginner piano player and theorist and played around on the piano and came across this progression from Am to Fm which has a very grim and black metalesque/dungeon synthy sound. I couldn't find any songs with this progression using hooktheory.
I can't fit it into a chord progression I know of and don't know how to continue this nice grim sound. Can anyone point in a direction where to look further for the underlying theory?
Continuing with Dm E sound ok, but not as convincing as Am to Fm.
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I'm a beginner piano player and theorist and played around on the piano and came across this progression from Am to Fm which has a very grim and black metalesque/dungeon synthy sound. I couldn't find any songs with this progression using hooktheory.
I can't fit it into a chord progression I know of and don't know how to continue this nice grim sound. Can anyone point in a direction where to look further for the underlying theory?
Continuing with Dm E sound ok, but not as convincing as Am to Fm.
theory chord-progressions
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You could finish the circle by moving to C#/Db minor.
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Ah, the Lord of the Rings progression
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I'm a beginner piano player and theorist and played around on the piano and came across this progression from Am to Fm which has a very grim and black metalesque/dungeon synthy sound. I couldn't find any songs with this progression using hooktheory.
I can't fit it into a chord progression I know of and don't know how to continue this nice grim sound. Can anyone point in a direction where to look further for the underlying theory?
Continuing with Dm E sound ok, but not as convincing as Am to Fm.
theory chord-progressions
edited 8 mins ago
Richard
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asked 8 hours ago
Viktor Mellgren
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I'm a beginner piano player and theorist and played around on the piano and came across this progression from Am to Fm which has a very grim and black metalesque/dungeon synthy sound. I couldn't find any songs with this progression using hooktheory.
I can't fit it into a chord progression I know of and don't know how to continue this nice grim sound. Can anyone point in a direction where to look further for the underlying theory?
Continuing with Dm E sound ok, but not as convincing as Am to Fm.
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theory chord-progressions
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Richard
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Viktor Mellgren
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Richard
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Richard
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Richard
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Richard
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Viktor Mellgren
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Viktor Mellgren
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You could finish the circle by moving to C#/Db minor.
– Matt L.
7 hours ago
Ah, the Lord of the Rings progression
– MCMastery
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You could finish the circle by moving to C#/Db minor.
– Matt L.
7 hours ago
Ah, the Lord of the Rings progression
– MCMastery
23 mins ago
You could finish the circle by moving to C#/Db minor.
– Matt L.
7 hours ago
You could finish the circle by moving to C#/Db minor.
– Matt L.
7 hours ago
Ah, the Lord of the Rings progression
– MCMastery
23 mins ago
Ah, the Lord of the Rings progression
– MCMastery
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Chromatic mediant is the technical name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_mediant
This is where the chord roots are a third apart and there is one common tone.
So with Fm and Am you have:
F, A flat, C
A, C, E
So the "C" is the common tone, and F and A chord roots are a third apart.
I think part of what makes the great sound is that the two moving voices move by half steps. Half steps are important with many chord resolutions/tendency tones.
Also, notice in that wiki article the example from Mozart K. 475 where the chromatic mediant relationship and the common tone are used to make a common-tone modulation to a distant key. So on a very large scale you could think of the Fm and Am relationship in terms of a key change.
A little add on for Dm and E.
I assume you mean E (major.)
Let's look at those pitches:
Dm = D, F, A
E = E, G#, B
If we put those in order: D, E, F, G#, A, B
One thing that should jump out is the F to G#. That happens to be an augmented second. To fast forward a bit... an augmented second comes up in the harmonic minor scale. In this case the G# is the leading tone of the A harmonic minor scale. The full scale being A, B, C, D, E, F, G#, A. Dm and E function as the iv and V in A minor.
If you are just going back an forth from Dm to E you are sort of hovering around the dominant V chord. Typically you would move from the domimant to the tonic i chord Am. You could try going to Am as part of that progression.
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We call this a chromatic mediant relationship.
To put it simply, two chords are chromatic mediants of each other if their roots are a third apart and they share one common tone. In the case of A minor and F minor, the common tone is C. Furthermore, note that the two remaining voices move by half step into the second chord: the A in A minor moves to A♠in the F-minor chord, and the E of A minor moves to the F in the F-minor chord. The smooth voice leading is what helps to keep this progression together.
But note that F minor is not the only chord that fits this definition. There are three other chromatic mediants to this A-minor chord: C♯ minor, C minor, and F♯ minor.
As it turns out, chromatic mediants are the same quality as the original chord. So if you want to quickly find the four chromatic mediants of a harmony, find the roots located up and down a major and minor third from the root, and remember that those triads will be the same quality (major or minor) as the original chord.
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A different way of looking at what you did - and more importantly, where else you can go, is the fact that you've used two chords from parallel keys. C major and C minor. The Am is from C maj. and the Fm from Cm.
'Borrowing' chords in this way works well, and now gives you quite a few choices as to what else may suit your needs. Any of the 7 from C major, and any of the 7 from C minor!
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That could be called a chromatic mediant of A minor. Notice how the note C, the 3rd of A minor, is carried over to the F minor chord.
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Chromatic mediant is the technical name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_mediant
This is where the chord roots are a third apart and there is one common tone.
So with Fm and Am you have:
F, A flat, C
A, C, E
So the "C" is the common tone, and F and A chord roots are a third apart.
I think part of what makes the great sound is that the two moving voices move by half steps. Half steps are important with many chord resolutions/tendency tones.
Also, notice in that wiki article the example from Mozart K. 475 where the chromatic mediant relationship and the common tone are used to make a common-tone modulation to a distant key. So on a very large scale you could think of the Fm and Am relationship in terms of a key change.
A little add on for Dm and E.
I assume you mean E (major.)
Let's look at those pitches:
Dm = D, F, A
E = E, G#, B
If we put those in order: D, E, F, G#, A, B
One thing that should jump out is the F to G#. That happens to be an augmented second. To fast forward a bit... an augmented second comes up in the harmonic minor scale. In this case the G# is the leading tone of the A harmonic minor scale. The full scale being A, B, C, D, E, F, G#, A. Dm and E function as the iv and V in A minor.
If you are just going back an forth from Dm to E you are sort of hovering around the dominant V chord. Typically you would move from the domimant to the tonic i chord Am. You could try going to Am as part of that progression.
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Dom♦
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answered 7 hours ago
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up vote
7
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Chromatic mediant is the technical name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_mediant
This is where the chord roots are a third apart and there is one common tone.
So with Fm and Am you have:
F, A flat, C
A, C, E
So the "C" is the common tone, and F and A chord roots are a third apart.
I think part of what makes the great sound is that the two moving voices move by half steps. Half steps are important with many chord resolutions/tendency tones.
Also, notice in that wiki article the example from Mozart K. 475 where the chromatic mediant relationship and the common tone are used to make a common-tone modulation to a distant key. So on a very large scale you could think of the Fm and Am relationship in terms of a key change.
A little add on for Dm and E.
I assume you mean E (major.)
Let's look at those pitches:
Dm = D, F, A
E = E, G#, B
If we put those in order: D, E, F, G#, A, B
One thing that should jump out is the F to G#. That happens to be an augmented second. To fast forward a bit... an augmented second comes up in the harmonic minor scale. In this case the G# is the leading tone of the A harmonic minor scale. The full scale being A, B, C, D, E, F, G#, A. Dm and E function as the iv and V in A minor.
If you are just going back an forth from Dm to E you are sort of hovering around the dominant V chord. Typically you would move from the domimant to the tonic i chord Am. You could try going to Am as part of that progression.
edited 6 hours ago
Dom♦
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answered 7 hours ago
Michael Curtis
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up vote
7
down vote
up vote
7
down vote
Chromatic mediant is the technical name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_mediant
This is where the chord roots are a third apart and there is one common tone.
So with Fm and Am you have:
F, A flat, C
A, C, E
So the "C" is the common tone, and F and A chord roots are a third apart.
I think part of what makes the great sound is that the two moving voices move by half steps. Half steps are important with many chord resolutions/tendency tones.
Also, notice in that wiki article the example from Mozart K. 475 where the chromatic mediant relationship and the common tone are used to make a common-tone modulation to a distant key. So on a very large scale you could think of the Fm and Am relationship in terms of a key change.
A little add on for Dm and E.
I assume you mean E (major.)
Let's look at those pitches:
Dm = D, F, A
E = E, G#, B
If we put those in order: D, E, F, G#, A, B
One thing that should jump out is the F to G#. That happens to be an augmented second. To fast forward a bit... an augmented second comes up in the harmonic minor scale. In this case the G# is the leading tone of the A harmonic minor scale. The full scale being A, B, C, D, E, F, G#, A. Dm and E function as the iv and V in A minor.
If you are just going back an forth from Dm to E you are sort of hovering around the dominant V chord. Typically you would move from the domimant to the tonic i chord Am. You could try going to Am as part of that progression.
edited 6 hours ago
Dom♦
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answered 7 hours ago
Michael Curtis
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Chromatic mediant is the technical name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_mediant
This is where the chord roots are a third apart and there is one common tone.
So with Fm and Am you have:
F, A flat, C
A, C, E
So the "C" is the common tone, and F and A chord roots are a third apart.
I think part of what makes the great sound is that the two moving voices move by half steps. Half steps are important with many chord resolutions/tendency tones.
Also, notice in that wiki article the example from Mozart K. 475 where the chromatic mediant relationship and the common tone are used to make a common-tone modulation to a distant key. So on a very large scale you could think of the Fm and Am relationship in terms of a key change.
A little add on for Dm and E.
I assume you mean E (major.)
Let's look at those pitches:
Dm = D, F, A
E = E, G#, B
If we put those in order: D, E, F, G#, A, B
One thing that should jump out is the F to G#. That happens to be an augmented second. To fast forward a bit... an augmented second comes up in the harmonic minor scale. In this case the G# is the leading tone of the A harmonic minor scale. The full scale being A, B, C, D, E, F, G#, A. Dm and E function as the iv and V in A minor.
If you are just going back an forth from Dm to E you are sort of hovering around the dominant V chord. Typically you would move from the domimant to the tonic i chord Am. You could try going to Am as part of that progression.
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Dom♦
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We call this a chromatic mediant relationship.
To put it simply, two chords are chromatic mediants of each other if their roots are a third apart and they share one common tone. In the case of A minor and F minor, the common tone is C. Furthermore, note that the two remaining voices move by half step into the second chord: the A in A minor moves to A♠in the F-minor chord, and the E of A minor moves to the F in the F-minor chord. The smooth voice leading is what helps to keep this progression together.
But note that F minor is not the only chord that fits this definition. There are three other chromatic mediants to this A-minor chord: C♯ minor, C minor, and F♯ minor.
As it turns out, chromatic mediants are the same quality as the original chord. So if you want to quickly find the four chromatic mediants of a harmony, find the roots located up and down a major and minor third from the root, and remember that those triads will be the same quality (major or minor) as the original chord.
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Richard
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darn, you beat me to it
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@MichaelCurtis And user45266 beat me by about 45 seconds! :-)
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up vote
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We call this a chromatic mediant relationship.
To put it simply, two chords are chromatic mediants of each other if their roots are a third apart and they share one common tone. In the case of A minor and F minor, the common tone is C. Furthermore, note that the two remaining voices move by half step into the second chord: the A in A minor moves to A♠in the F-minor chord, and the E of A minor moves to the F in the F-minor chord. The smooth voice leading is what helps to keep this progression together.
But note that F minor is not the only chord that fits this definition. There are three other chromatic mediants to this A-minor chord: C♯ minor, C minor, and F♯ minor.
As it turns out, chromatic mediants are the same quality as the original chord. So if you want to quickly find the four chromatic mediants of a harmony, find the roots located up and down a major and minor third from the root, and remember that those triads will be the same quality (major or minor) as the original chord.
answered 7 hours ago
Richard
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darn, you beat me to it
– Michael Curtis
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@MichaelCurtis And user45266 beat me by about 45 seconds! :-)
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We call this a chromatic mediant relationship.
To put it simply, two chords are chromatic mediants of each other if their roots are a third apart and they share one common tone. In the case of A minor and F minor, the common tone is C. Furthermore, note that the two remaining voices move by half step into the second chord: the A in A minor moves to A♠in the F-minor chord, and the E of A minor moves to the F in the F-minor chord. The smooth voice leading is what helps to keep this progression together.
But note that F minor is not the only chord that fits this definition. There are three other chromatic mediants to this A-minor chord: C♯ minor, C minor, and F♯ minor.
As it turns out, chromatic mediants are the same quality as the original chord. So if you want to quickly find the four chromatic mediants of a harmony, find the roots located up and down a major and minor third from the root, and remember that those triads will be the same quality (major or minor) as the original chord.
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Richard
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We call this a chromatic mediant relationship.
To put it simply, two chords are chromatic mediants of each other if their roots are a third apart and they share one common tone. In the case of A minor and F minor, the common tone is C. Furthermore, note that the two remaining voices move by half step into the second chord: the A in A minor moves to A♠in the F-minor chord, and the E of A minor moves to the F in the F-minor chord. The smooth voice leading is what helps to keep this progression together.
But note that F minor is not the only chord that fits this definition. There are three other chromatic mediants to this A-minor chord: C♯ minor, C minor, and F♯ minor.
As it turns out, chromatic mediants are the same quality as the original chord. So if you want to quickly find the four chromatic mediants of a harmony, find the roots located up and down a major and minor third from the root, and remember that those triads will be the same quality (major or minor) as the original chord.
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darn, you beat me to it
– Michael Curtis
7 hours ago
@MichaelCurtis And user45266 beat me by about 45 seconds! :-)
– Richard
7 hours ago
darn, you beat me to it
– Michael Curtis
7 hours ago
darn, you beat me to it
– Michael Curtis
7 hours ago
@MichaelCurtis And user45266 beat me by about 45 seconds! :-)
– Richard
7 hours ago
@MichaelCurtis And user45266 beat me by about 45 seconds! :-)
– Richard
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A different way of looking at what you did - and more importantly, where else you can go, is the fact that you've used two chords from parallel keys. C major and C minor. The Am is from C maj. and the Fm from Cm.
'Borrowing' chords in this way works well, and now gives you quite a few choices as to what else may suit your needs. Any of the 7 from C major, and any of the 7 from C minor!
answered 5 hours ago
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A different way of looking at what you did - and more importantly, where else you can go, is the fact that you've used two chords from parallel keys. C major and C minor. The Am is from C maj. and the Fm from Cm.
'Borrowing' chords in this way works well, and now gives you quite a few choices as to what else may suit your needs. Any of the 7 from C major, and any of the 7 from C minor!
answered 5 hours ago
Tim
92.7k1094235
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
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up vote
2
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A different way of looking at what you did - and more importantly, where else you can go, is the fact that you've used two chords from parallel keys. C major and C minor. The Am is from C maj. and the Fm from Cm.
'Borrowing' chords in this way works well, and now gives you quite a few choices as to what else may suit your needs. Any of the 7 from C major, and any of the 7 from C minor!
answered 5 hours ago
Tim
92.7k1094235
A different way of looking at what you did - and more importantly, where else you can go, is the fact that you've used two chords from parallel keys. C major and C minor. The Am is from C maj. and the Fm from Cm.
'Borrowing' chords in this way works well, and now gives you quite a few choices as to what else may suit your needs. Any of the 7 from C major, and any of the 7 from C minor!
answered 5 hours ago
Tim
92.7k1094235
answered 5 hours ago
Tim
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answered 5 hours ago
Tim
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answered 5 hours ago
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That could be called a chromatic mediant of A minor. Notice how the note C, the 3rd of A minor, is carried over to the F minor chord.
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That could be called a chromatic mediant of A minor. Notice how the note C, the 3rd of A minor, is carried over to the F minor chord.
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That could be called a chromatic mediant of A minor. Notice how the note C, the 3rd of A minor, is carried over to the F minor chord.
answered 7 hours ago
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That could be called a chromatic mediant of A minor. Notice how the note C, the 3rd of A minor, is carried over to the F minor chord.
answered 7 hours ago
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You could finish the circle by moving to C#/Db minor.
– Matt L.
7 hours ago
Ah, the Lord of the Rings progression
– MCMastery
23 mins ago