Saddest of all chords

JohnPerry

We all know D Minor is the saddest of all keys.

Nashville genius Tom Bukovac now brings us the saddest of all chords.

DB1

Not sure about that one - it sounds like it's just waiting for a resolution to me. I can't help thinking that the minor 6th chord is the saddest one. Sad but sweet at the same time, very much like myself.

Moltisanti

very "Mach" esque......Machy-Mach....

HAL9000

Disappointed - I was hoping it would at least be a Dm of some sort.

springhead

..simple lines intertwining...

MikeS

Only thing sad and morose in that video was Tom. The chord, not so.

Cheer up, Tom.

TeleMaster

Sounds more whimsical to me. 

CMW335

For me it’s an Em with the pinkie holding down high e on 3rd fret. Follow with an Am and weep

Modellista

I don't find that sad particularly, it has a wistful hopefulness.

I would have thought the correct chord for these times would feature at least a flat fifth and perhaps a flat sixth and flat third to add to the general feeling of portent

InactiveX

LICK MY LOVE PUMP

oaf

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/XYb37DBJ68Tzyd0NJkcvCZ/five-chords-that-changed-classical-music-for-ever

Some nice (if probably already known to most of you) examples above.

cj73

DB1 said:

Not sure about that one - it sounds like it's just waiting for a resolution to me. I can't help thinking that the minor 6th chord is the saddest one. Sad but sweet at the same time, very much like myself.

So sadness isn't looking for resolution?

carlos

DB1 said:

Not sure about that one - it sounds like it's just waiting for a resolution to me. I can't help thinking that the minor 6th chord is the saddest one. Sad but sweet at the same time, very much like myself.

3x1333 for example

lasermonkey

Wistful, but very pretty. I'm drawn to such things.

mudslide73

Is there a horn part?

DB1

carlos said:

DB1 said:

Not sure about that one - it sounds like it's just waiting for a resolution to me. I can't help thinking that the minor 6th chord is the saddest one. Sad but sweet at the same time, very much like myself.

3x1333 for example

That's lovely. Is that Gminor sharp 5th?

danowens

DB1 said:

carlos said:

DB1 said:

Not sure about that one - it sounds like it's just waiting for a resolution to me. I can't help thinking that the minor 6th chord is the saddest one. Sad but sweet at the same time, very much like myself.

3x1333 for example

That's lovely. Is that Gminor sharp 5th?

It has a D in it (3rd fret B string) so it'd be considered a Gm b13 (or flat 6 depending on how you think about it) 

carlos

@danowens @DB1 ;
The D is the 5th and it's not doing much work except establish G as the root. The sadness comes from the flattened 6th which anchors this firmly in the Aeolian mode which is the saddest of them all. As for notation I'd call it a Gmb6 since the intention is for it to sound "modal" and Aeolian has a b6 not a #5 (yeah, I know).

rossi

The saddest chord you can ever play is your last ......

danowens

carlos said:

@danowens @DB1 ;
The D is the 5th and it's not doing much work except establish G as the root. The sadness comes from the flattened 6th which anchors this firmly in the Aeolian mode which is the saddest of them all. As for notation I'd call it a Gmb6 since the intention is for it to sound "modal" and Aeolian has a b6 not a #5 (yeah, I know).

Just for fun: I actually usually use a voicing like 3x13 as a 1st inversion of a Drop 2 voicing like Freddie Green used to do. 3x1333 is a really nice Ebmj7/G voicing as the major 7th isn't stuck out at the top, but also isn't voiced too low!

guitars4you

DB1 said:

carlos said:

DB1 said:

Not sure about that one - it sounds like it's just waiting for a resolution to me. I can't help thinking that the minor 6th chord is the saddest one. Sad but sweet at the same time, very much like myself.

3x1333 for example

That's lovely. Is that Gminor sharp 5th?

I make it 3999