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Hi, i was looking t some midi files and ive been seeing loads of chords i'm not familiar with like:

deadmau5 uses this alot, he will have triad, but scrap the second note and raise the third note up and octave, and maybe double the root note down an octave so it would be (if it was a C major chord)

C3,C4,E4

does anyone know the name for chords like these because i want to research them but i cant find anything online because i dont know what this is called, here are a few more examples of chords like this.

in a wolfgang gartner song i saw this: a triad, but the middle note raised up and octave so (if it was in cmajor) it looks like this:

C3,G3,E4

does anyone know what these are called and what the procceess is for using them?

i believe the first example you give is not a chord as such, because it only has two notes it would be an interval. i would call that first example a major third interval.

your second example is just a c major. the fact that the major third is an octave higher doesn't make any difference to that.

as for the process for using them - i will leave that question to others that have a process. I wouldn't approach them any differently from any other aspect of music.

jellycaster wrote:i believe the first example you give is not a chord as such, because it only has two notes it would be an interval. i would call that first example a major third interval.

your second example is just a c major. the fact that the major third is an octave higher doesn't make any difference to that.

as for the process for using them - i will leave that question to others that have a process. I wouldn't approach them any differently from any other aspect of music.

Thanks!, what about chords where they double some notes like

C2,C3,E3,G3,E4

is there a proccess to that or do you just add notes in the chord until you find something that sounds better?

i'm sorry, i'm not sure i understand by process. you can change the components of the chord depending on what kind of character you want. if you were playing a piano, and wanted a deep bass, and a delicate twinkling high end but empty middle range, you could play

left hand - C0, C1

right hand - C6,E6,G6

or something like that. it's still a C major.

Experiment until you find what works for you. its no different to any other aspect of music.