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  2. D minor - Wikipedia

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    The Art of Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach is in D minor. Michael Haydn's only minor-key symphony, No. 29, is in D minor. According to Alfred Einstein, the history of tuning has led D minor to be associated with counterpoint and chromaticism (for example, the chromatic fourth), and cites Bach's Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903, in D minor. [1]

  3. Slash chord - Wikipedia

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    D/F ♯ (alternately notated D major/F ♯ bass) notated in regular notation (on top) and tabulature (below) for a six-string guitar. Play ⓘ.. In music, especially modern popular music, a slash chord or slashed chord, also compound chord, is a chord whose bass note or inversion is indicated by the addition of a slash and the letter of the bass note after the root note letter.

  4. Minor chord - Wikipedia

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    More tunings of the minor chord are also available in various equal temperaments other than 12-TET. Rather than directly from the harmonic series, Sorge derived the minor chord from joining two major triads; for example the A minor triad being the confluence of the F and C major triads. [13] A–C–E = F–A–C–E–G. Given justly tuned ...

  5. Chord notation - Wikipedia

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    This chord progression instructs the performer to play, in sequence, a C major triad, an A minor chord, a D minor chord, and a G dominant seventh chord. In a jazz context, players have the freedom to add sevenths, ninths, and higher extensions to the chord. In some pop, rock and folk genres, triads are generally performed unless specified in ...

  6. List of chord progressions - Wikipedia

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    IV-V-I-vi chord progression in C major: 4: Major I–V–vi–IV: I–V–vi–IV chord progression in C: 4: Major I–IV– ♭ VII–IV: I–IV– ♭ VII–IV. 3: Mix. ii–V–I progression: ii–V–I: 3: Major ii–V–I with tritone substitution (♭ II7 instead of V7) ii– ♭ II –I: 3: Major ii-V-I with ♭ III + as dominant ...

  7. Major and minor - Wikipedia

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    Major and minor third in a major chord: major third 'M' on bottom, minor third 'm' on top. Major and minor may also refer to scales and chords that contain a major third or a minor third, respectively. A major scale is a scale in which the third scale degree (the mediant) is a major third above the tonic note.

  8. List of guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    Four and one half steps down from Drop D, or one and a half steps up from Drop D1. Used by Conan (band) for their entire discography. [55] Used by Attack Attack! on "The Wretched" off This Means War and "Press F". [citation needed] Used by Van Halen on "Little Guitars" off Diver Down [citation needed]. Drop E – E-B-e-A-C ♯-F ♯ / E-B-e-A-D ...

  9. Chord substitution - Wikipedia

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    One simple chord substitute for IV is the "ii" chord, a minor chord built on the second scale degree. In the key of C major, the "ii" chord is "D minor", which is the notes "D, F, and A". As there are two shared notes between the IV and "ii" chords, a melody that works well over IV is likely to be supported by the "ii" chord.