General Tips for Achieving Abstract Harmonic Progression

Okay i will go first …

by not referencing the tonic nor the third note nor the seventh note, it is possible to create mini-scales with one discordant note and still sound referentially appropriate

say over a deep house synth chord sound in C Minor.

play G-A-D-F#-G-A

implies another tonality or two over the initial tonality, in a fairly enharmonically enjoyable fashion.

the human ear hears and remembers notes from the previous 30 seconds and they form a chord of sorts, in audio memory, during the listening experience, so by limiting chordal melody note range, that is simply working with this concept, to help achieve nuanced results with slightly less than usual, but slightly more than minimal.

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