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The Teardrop Chord: Analyzing the Enigmatic Minor IV Chord in Pop and Film Music - John Baxter

17 min • 27 januari 2022

John Baxter presents a poignant discussion on the "teardrop chord" in this third episode of the season.

This episode was produced by Jennifer Beavers.

SMT-Pod Theme music by Zhangcheng Lu; Closing music "hnna" by David Voss. For supplementary materials on this episode and more information on our authors and composers, check out our website: https://smt-pod.org/episodes/season01/.

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