04-03-2026, 04:55 AM
Hi Hugh
Something of interest now! I was having my morning cuppa and thought I would have a quick listen to your 2nd demo so I wasn't fully concentrating on the sounds and as a "casual listener" I found both the 2nd and third section to be identical. Yes you used fingered chords and it took me a couple of plays to actually notice the diminished chord so unless one is really listening for a correct version I very much doubt whether Mr Average would be able to notice any difference. Technically yes. if you listen really hard with no exterior distractions you can hear the difference but I feel that for most people it was simply a well played melody!
I always remember when I was playing bass in a trio a long while back the pianist started the song in a different key and (for once) I was in the correct key yet the people on the dance floor just continued to enjoy themselves and never once did anyone query our out of key error. The reason was mainly if one is playing live you never stop playing but correct the error en route and nobody will notice or care! The Beatles used pretty complex chords in a few of their songs and I wonder if a dominant series of chords (diminished, augmented etc etc) would be more noticeable??? Indeed an interesting subject and yes technically I SHOULD be using fingered chords to be correct.
Chris
Something of interest now! I was having my morning cuppa and thought I would have a quick listen to your 2nd demo so I wasn't fully concentrating on the sounds and as a "casual listener" I found both the 2nd and third section to be identical. Yes you used fingered chords and it took me a couple of plays to actually notice the diminished chord so unless one is really listening for a correct version I very much doubt whether Mr Average would be able to notice any difference. Technically yes. if you listen really hard with no exterior distractions you can hear the difference but I feel that for most people it was simply a well played melody!
I always remember when I was playing bass in a trio a long while back the pianist started the song in a different key and (for once) I was in the correct key yet the people on the dance floor just continued to enjoy themselves and never once did anyone query our out of key error. The reason was mainly if one is playing live you never stop playing but correct the error en route and nobody will notice or care! The Beatles used pretty complex chords in a few of their songs and I wonder if a dominant series of chords (diminished, augmented etc etc) would be more noticeable??? Indeed an interesting subject and yes technically I SHOULD be using fingered chords to be correct.
Chris
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