Karen Carpenter Part 1 with Carolyn Kendrick
You're Wrong About
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What's the Metaphor of a 7th Chord?
There are a few kind of standardized pop chord progressions that people use. One is major feels happy, six is minor feels sad. So it takes you to a different emotional place than the first chord for feels a little melancholy. And so she used more major seventh melody notes than dominant seventh, which is what the Beatles used because in the blues, the chords and blues are generally almost all dominant chords.
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