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Oh, but I do sincerely apologise for using the C word. That was genuinely out of order. I wrote a mini thesis on the harmony in the radiohead song 'sail to the moon', I'd hate to see what you all made of that.

2 reasons to disagree with the poster: 1) He now claims there is an F involved. 2) He also claims that it is 'flatted'. Nice terminology there. I can understand why an untrained ear would think it sounds off, but to someone who apprently knows music theory, it should be easily understood that chromatic colouration is important to changing the chord beyond the standard triad framework, and even notes a semitone apart won't really clash. They add dynamic tension to the chord. If it was a D natural we were talking about then that would be a different matter. At the end of the day it comes down to opinion, what people think sounds right and wrong, but the placement of the 9th is grammatically correct in musical terms. yeah it clashes, but why is that wrong? it isn't. shall we go through miles davis' back catalogue and tick off all the 13ths and flattened fifths just because some baby can't handle advanced harmony? no.

me so angry right now

Oh and don't worry, no one is going to label you a musical snob, as you evidently know nothing about it. Unless you are merely masquerading a primary school music education as your reference point? Thinking that any note not in the chord is automatically incorrect. I can't think of one form of music where that is the case. Not even in something as strict as a Bach counterpoint, where dissonances exist, even if they are just passing notes or part of a suspension. I'm very happy to keep going on about this as I have the knowledge to defend my arguments.

Mate, you are a fucking moron. You obviously know nothing about music theory or production. I really don't know where to start. First of all claiming that the vocals are off key...where'd you get that from?! The song is in C#m, or a mode of Emajor. So the notes of the scale will be C# D# E F# G# A B. So him singing a D# is not out of key, it's not even chromatic colouration. It's completely diatonic. The vocal melody is thereby adding a 9th on top of the minor triad. What the hell is wrong with that? unless you are just hideously ill informed about wobbly vocals i think you should shut up and stop pretending you know what you're talking about. everyone feel free to call this guy a cunt. and the reverb drowning him out? firstly it's not even reverb. it's a short delay. the vocals are so high in the mix, and the dry signal is so clear i don't see how you could claim they're being drowned out. And the production mistake in the priests verse? how is that a mistake? He starts the begining of the sentence a bit early, probably for dramatic effect, and seeing as the rest of the phrase is perfectly in sync i don't know where you got this idea from.

sorry, i didn't mean my spelling correction to be so agressive!

WHICH

dead guy looks like jonny. gun man looks like guy. pistol kid looks like chris. the boob looks like will. :laugh3:

you spelt rong wrong.

Well, I've worked with Audrey Riley, who does Coldplay's string arrangements, aswell as Muse, Feeder and basically anyone else in your CD collection. I resisted the temptation to ask her if she was doing the new album. Nice lady though.