I'm trying to figure out some evil or dark chords to write stuff with but I just don't know a lot besides tritones and a couple of others. Anyone have some suggestions?
Evil/Dark chords
- Thread starter Lateralus14
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I don't think there's such a thing as an "evil" chord. Sure you can just strum random notes than sound awkward together, but ultimately, I think it comes down to the phrasing.
I.e. the first part in Heir apparent, that lick that Mike plays before the piano interlude comes in is pretty evil sounding.
Well...that wasn't very helpful lol.
I.e. the first part in Heir apparent, that lick that Mike plays before the piano interlude comes in is pretty evil sounding.
Well...that wasn't very helpful lol.
cuntface
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is this for guitar? forget about learning a few more 'evil' chords, it's better to understand music in a broader sense, have you tried any of wankerness' tabs? just give a search on the member list. learning entire songs will help a lot more than learning a few more chords to work with
cuntface
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well obv chords can't be evil, but there has been times where dissonant chords/intervals has been banned due to being the sound of the devil lmao
Alteredmindeath
Wasteland Survivor
any minor chords, Eminor Dminor etc. Augmented chords, Major & minor six open chords and movable shapes. Minor major 7 are cool too, i don't want to get too carried away.
Already use wankerness tabs, already learned about 15 or so Opeth songs all the way through, already use minor chords, and also things like
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Just looking for some more diverse shapes to mess with as everyone and their mother has done dark stuff with A minor and D minor chords...
Yea I guess I just expected there to be some more chords out there I was missing but in general I should just stop sucking at writing music probably.
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Just looking for some more diverse shapes to mess with as everyone and their mother has done dark stuff with A minor and D minor chords...
Yea I guess I just expected there to be some more chords out there I was missing but in general I should just stop sucking at writing music probably.
Alteredmindeath
Wasteland Survivor
Nasty-Fire
Discursion
Damn fucking electricity. I wrote down like 20 interesting chords from my collection of riffs and right at the moment I was done, the electricity shut down for a fraction of second and the computer restarted. Fuck it. 
Sexy_Grandpa
Sexy_Grandpa
Heh apparantly centuries ago sequences of Perfect 5ths were forbidden as they were considered to be an evil sound. Kinda funny to think about it these days as the perfect 5th (or powerchord) is a staple of rock music these days. Also in my opinion rather generic and (in general terms) without character.
Semi off topic but I thought about it when reading this thread. Funny how things change.
Semi off topic but I thought about it when reading this thread. Funny how things change.
Some music still considers it 'empty' and 'less important'. It's pretty easy to guess which one
You don't even need chords, just stack some of the more dissonant intervals, minor 2nd/Major 7th, diminished 5th, and to a lesser extent major 2nd/minor 7th. In general things sound 'evil' and dissonant when the tones are closer together in pitch. They usually aren't really chords, just tone clusters but still sound good.
For dissonant chords you can try all sorts of regular minors like diads, triads, 7ths and up, half-diminished sevenths, fully diminished triads and 7ths. also you can try using dominant 7ths because there is a diminished 5th interval between the 3rd and the b7 tones, and its fun for tritone subbing.
it also depends on the octave of the chords you are using, maybe try playing some notes of the chord up high on the fretboard and then adding in some open string notes for the root and fifth? i don't know just mix it up and try new things
You don't even need chords, just stack some of the more dissonant intervals, minor 2nd/Major 7th, diminished 5th, and to a lesser extent major 2nd/minor 7th. In general things sound 'evil' and dissonant when the tones are closer together in pitch. They usually aren't really chords, just tone clusters but still sound good.
For dissonant chords you can try all sorts of regular minors like diads, triads, 7ths and up, half-diminished sevenths, fully diminished triads and 7ths. also you can try using dominant 7ths because there is a diminished 5th interval between the 3rd and the b7 tones, and its fun for tritone subbing.
it also depends on the octave of the chords you are using, maybe try playing some notes of the chord up high on the fretboard and then adding in some open string notes for the root and fifth? i don't know just mix it up and try new things
Sexy_Grandpa
Sexy_Grandpa
Lol. Did you just skip to the second to last sentence when reading my post? It seems you didn't notice that before that I also said the perfect 5th was a staple of rock music. And I feel that is fair to say that it is 'without character' as when it comes to substituting chord tones the 5th is often the first tone that is omitted, due to the fact that it technically doesn't really add anything to the quality of a chord. For example, a dominant 7th chord is still a dominant 7th if you omit the perfect 5th.
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