i'm taking a class in music theory and composition 2. Our assignment was to take a simple melody (i chose twinkle twinkle) and add chords to it. Except instead of the basic triad major chords, we have to add very bad sounding but theoretically correct chords.

I was wondering if anyone could take a look at my chords and my chord analysis and see if i did it right. any thank would be helpful.

also: someone clarify something for me. Say i have an Eb +7 (major 7) chord. That is an Eb major triad + a major 7? but say i want something like B major with a minor 7 (-7). How would i write that? B-7 (min7)? And if that's right. what if i have a b minor triad with a major/minor seven? Clarification would be helpful

here are my 8 measures of twinkle twinkle with chords (top 2 lines are piano chords; middle is melody; bottom is root note of each chord). Note: for chords like 9/11/13th I chose to remove certain notes (i'm allowed to do that).





Chord analysis (without my idea of how to differentiate 7th chords / minor 7th ect)

G Eb+7 Dmin(9) Bb(b13) C#+7 G B7 Gmaj9 G
D Cmin Amin(9) Bb+7 D Cmin F#11 A

note: any number in parenthesis aka Dmin(9) means i took the chord and then added the note. So instead of Dmin9 which is DFACE it's just DFAE (added 9th don't have 7th)

yeah thanks for the help

This post was edited by silvermace on Jun 2 2010 04:09pm

got help don't need

that is an awful assignment

you suck bro, make it epic and impress your teacher!

meh, but your idea of bad-sounding chords and mine may not be the same. And yours and his might differ... >.<

lol @ the theory inept. Eb+7 means an Eb augmented triad with a b7 on top. Eb G B Db. If it's written Ebmaj7#5, Ebmaj7+, Eb+maj7, it just means Ebmaj7 with a raised 5th, Eb G B D. There are also no "theoretically right" chords. All sonorities are valid and can be applicable in certain instances. The fact you think they sound bad just shows that you're voicing them terribly.