5 weird chord shapes that will add mystery, suspense and drama to your songwriting

Just as we might view major chords as having a ā€˜happyā€™ sound and minor chords as bringing a ā€˜sadā€™ feeling to a song, there are many other atmospheres or moods that we can create by manipulating or altering the voices in a chord.

This can include adding or taking away, with a great example being sus chords, where the suspended note (either a 2nd orĀ 4th) replaces the 3rd, rather than adding it (you guessed right: this would make add2 or add4).Ā 

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