User talk:Datameister

Re: "Grim Grinning Ghosts:" INCREDIBLE article on what amounts to little more than twelve bars in A-minor! Do you happen to know what chord is used when it modulates back to A-minor from B-minor? - Lucky 6.9 06:19, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! I've wondered many times about that bizarre chord. Part of the reason it sounds so strange is the instrumentation—you've got a number of sound effects, along with the chimes, bass guitar, and a few other instruments. Bottom line: I'm going to venture a guess that it's based on G7/Bb. (That is, a G7 chord with Bb in the bass.) Datameister 17:22, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Might be. I thought it was a diminished with a 13th thrown in to make it work (and make it even weirder). I'm going to try that out when I get home. Thanks! - Lucky 6.9 23:42, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Scratch what I said before—it seems to be a combination of both our guesses. My updated guess, which seems closer: Ab dim7/Bb. It just keeps getting more and more bizarre! Datameister 00:59, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Meh, scratch that too. I've decided I'm going to blame the perceived sonic chaos on the inherent sound qualities of tubular bells—namely that the tone you think you hear isn't actually present. I'm going to say that it's just Bb in the rhythm section, with the tubular bells on F and E. That semitone is even more dissonant than usual because of the peculiarities of the instrument. I'll have access to a set of tubular bells tomorrow; I'll check out my theory then. Datameister 01:43, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Looking forward to hearing from you. One of life's little mysteries hopefully solved! I'll bet you're right about that chord anyway. Just thinking of the dissonance of a monstrosity like that is enough to make my teeth stand on edge. Probably the only chord in existence you can play on a piano while wearing boxing gloves! - Lucky 6.9 07:20, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]