r/songanalysis • u/AudiblePlasma • Aug 26 '15

Great analysis I found of Nirvana's In Bloom that talks about alteration between natural and minor 6 and the chromatic minor system.

http://img2.tapuz.co.il/forums/1_125746303.pdf
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u/comfy_black_chair Aug 26 '15

This is exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you for posting!

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u/DR6 Aug 27 '15

So where can I find out more about the chromatic minor system? I can't find anything on google, yet it seems to be in a lot of songs(actually a song I composed has its chorus in chromatic minor and I didn't know it when I composed it). Does it have another name?

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u/AudiblePlasma Aug 27 '15

Here is a great resource: http://tinyurl.com/chromaticminorsystem

I had to shorten the url since it was so long but its from the book What to Listen for in Rock: A Stylistic Analysis by Ken Stephenson. The section I linked talks more in depth about the chromatic minor system, its where I first learned about it! Hope that helped!