So I realize that I may be behind more than some people, but I had one of the realization moments, that was really huge. I don’t think that it will change my life or anything as dramatic as that, but this is one of those, “I can’t believe I didn’t think or see this before”
So what is this realization?
Every note is prime. (in a way)
Basically, let’s start with the scale…
1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 -6 – 7- 8
Right, off the bat; 1,2,3,5 & 7 are already prime. We are left with 4, 6, and 8. Most times we don’t say 8 though. We repeat 1 for it instead. Back to a prime number again. Still, left with 4 & 6. When we are talking about chords, and these notes are involved we could refer to them a sus, or suspended. Or a note being suspended in the chord, and therefor use 4 or 6 with the chord. We certainly have 100s of different 6th chords to choose from already.
What I was getting at, is that we many times use these “chord tones” in terms of their upper extension. Basically 4 becomes 11, or prime. The 6th becomes the 13th or prime.
so.
1 – 2 – 3 – 11 – 5 -13 – 7 – 1