Several people claim to see colors when listening to music. It's a widespread phenomenon. Also, many believe that certain notes are linked to certain colors. I see no reason to disbelieve them. Here is a link to several music/color treatises: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~colmusic/

Back to jazz chords. So far we've discussed the building of seventh chords...a root, third, fifth and seventh note of the scale, starting on any note. Now, skip another note and you'll add the ninth note. From "Do" that would be, do mi sol ti re. In C, that would be C E G B D. With piano keys, you'd play only white keys, start on C, and skip every other key. In numbers, it would be 1 3 5 7 9. The chord you produce would be a major ninth. (a major seven chord with a ninth). As you move up the scale building roots on successive notes, you would get, in the key of C: Cmaj9 Dmin9 Emin9 Fmaj9 G9 Amin9 B half diminished nine (rare but interesting chord).

Anyone following so far? Want to comment? Want to continue? It will begin to get hairy after this smile


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