This chord progression came to mind right before recording today. It's basically D Major to C minor six.
This is (to me) such a rich two chord progression. It's hard not to think Spanish when playing it. If we "first invert" the second chord we do get a pretty common phrygian/Spanish sound. It changes the flavor only slightly to go to C instead of Eb. I feel like I could write a chapters worth on this sound as it conjures up a distinct feeling (but hard to define). I do feel the drama, and sense an old world long history here.
It doesn't seem to be in one key so I'm fascinated with the sound of the two chords moving back and forth. I try to make D Major the home key, but, alas - I resolve to a G Major chord once and it seems to have been brought home then. Now this makes for a new way of looking at this - a very common 5 - 4 - 1 progression but with a major five and a minor four. You have your pick as to resolve to the one major or minor. I chose the major (my favorite here). I will commonly take all of this and distill it down to a hormonic major scale from the root. It can be a helpful way to play the two or three chords here from that breakdown to start, then take it from there.
This is (to me) such a rich two chord progression. It's hard not to think Spanish when playing it. If we "first invert" the second chord we do get a pretty common phrygian/Spanish sound. It changes the flavor only slightly to go to C instead of Eb. I feel like I could write a chapters worth on this sound as it conjures up a distinct feeling (but hard to define). I do feel the drama, and sense an old world long history here.
It doesn't seem to be in one key so I'm fascinated with the sound of the two chords moving back and forth. I try to make D Major the home key, but, alas - I resolve to a G Major chord once and it seems to have been brought home then. Now this makes for a new way of looking at this - a very common 5 - 4 - 1 progression but with a major five and a minor four. You have your pick as to resolve to the one major or minor. I chose the major (my favorite here). I will commonly take all of this and distill it down to a hormonic major scale from the root. It can be a helpful way to play the two or three chords here from that breakdown to start, then take it from there.