Bacharach to tour Melbourne, Australia?

Major7thChordsLover · Post by **Major7thChordsLover** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:44 am

Hello BB fans!
I have been hoping for an update on the tour dates, but there are still no tour dates for Melbourne! Only Sidney and Adelaide have been confirmed. Has anyone read anything in relation to Burt coming to Melbourne?

William

steveo_1965 · Post by **steveo_1965** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:07 am

heheh i love your nick...major 7th chord! Yupp, that's Burt alright, also he's mister suspension and release(but i love it!
Did you know they used to call the major seventh chord the heartbreak chord, because of it's nostalgic sound?

Steveo

Post by **mark** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:42 pm

Hi Major7thChordsLover,

Unfortunately, the latest email I received from Burt's publicist indicates dates only in Adelaide and Sydney.

Sorry,

Mark

Major7thChordsLover · Post by **Major7thChordsLover** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:19 am

Hi Steve.
I never heard that term before, but I'm not surprise at all.
Major7ths are so lovely. Richard Carpenter also loves them to the max!
On Richard Carpenters classic version of McCartney's "Ticket to ride", he changed the whole melody in a major7th. I just adore the end of the song chorus.. " I think I'm gonna be sad" to fade....

And Well, Burt has them all over his songs too...

Willy

steveo_1965 wrote:heheh i love your nick...major 7th chord! Yupp, that's Burt alright, also he's mister suspension and release(but i love it!
Did you know they used to call the major seventh chord the heartbreak chord, because of it's nostalgic sound?

Steveo

Major7thChordsLover · Post by **Major7thChordsLover** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:22 am

Mark, yes Burt's publicists also sent me an Email confirming that he was not doing any Melbourne shows.

Thanks for letting me know Mark.

Regards,
Willy

Mark wrote:Hi Major7thChordsLover,

Unfortunately, the latest email I received from Burt's publicist indicates dates only in Adelaide and Sydney.

Sorry,

Mark

steveo_1965 · Post by **steveo_1965** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:25 am

Hi Willy,
Yes, I too love the major 7th chord....when spelling it out close voiced from root form, it has a tingling effect, an effect that says "something's not quite right"(as opposed to a major chord), but as you probably know, that chord can be "voiced" in a variety of ways.....with inversions, or mixed over an octaves
legnth, with the 7th buried in the middle as in jazz,etc ....
Wonder what the origns of this chord are? Must be French, ala Ravel (Pavanne for a Dead Princess) or Erik Satie (Gymnopedies)
I feel that Burt is very unique in modern day in that he makes this chord so very much part of his writing style....

Steveo

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Bacharach to tour Melbourne, Australia?

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SteveO: Re. Burt and Major7ths Chords

Hi Mark.