Reddit thread · r/musictheory
Dear Adam Neely, the minor 9th is a beautiful interval.
Present a video defending the minor ninth interval beyond dominant chords, with timecoded classical, jazz, and pop examples illustrating its expressive harmonic use.
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Adam Neely recently made a video about the minor 9th and why he 'kind of agrees' with the advice that it shouldn't be used outside of a dominant 7th chord (as a harmonic interval). This prompted me to make a video arguing that it shouldn't be avoided so much and I give examples of some of my favourite tunes that is use it to great effect. https://youtu.be/jXPtIDF7t1E Here are the timecodes to each example Bach - Air on the G string 1:23 Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby 2:20 Bill Evans - Star Eyes 3:33 Bill Evans - Nardis 5:27 Bud Powell - Autumn in New York 6:47 Chopin - Ballade no.1 7:47 Also listen to the opening of Starman - David Bowie
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