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IMO fully-diminished 7ths are the most beautiful chord. Try it - C, Eb, Gb, A then go to Db minor for example.

But can you imagine if every song/piece was made of only major, or minor? Of course there is music like this but that's besides the point.

They compliment each other and so I'm going to go with both.

If I HAD to choose however then I'd say minor.

EDIT: Yes, look into seventh, diminished, augmented and sustained chords.

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Read up on the circle of fifths, diatonic chords and circle chord progressions (if you have the time and/or patience).

But at LEAST look up the circle of fifths. Music theory is very interesting.

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Diatonic chords - let's take C Major because it's easy.

So take each note of the scale (CDEFGAB) and then stack generic thirds on top of each, you now have 7 triads - C Major, D minor, E minor, F major, G major, A minor, B diminished.

These are the diatonic triads of the C Major scale. It's interesting to note that every Major scale will result in: Major, minor, minor, Major, Major, minor, diminished. A similar thing happens with minor scales.

Of these diatonic triads, take note of especially the 5th (the dominant) and the 4th (the subdominant) they are special in every scale.

Circle chord progressions will help you a lot w/ writing music, let's do C Major with perfect 4ths (try it):

C Major, F Major, B diminished (BDF), E minor, A minor, D minor, G Major, C Major.

Links:

https://www.piano-play-it.com/piano-chords.html
https://www.musictheory.net/lessons

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You know more than one would think based on your original post, I apologise.

Theory can be a little argh at times but it's all worth it in the end. Maybe you just didn't like it because the teacher/methods of teaching were wrong?

At first I hated theory but I'm beginning to love it.

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Well I just used C Major for the sake of example because it has no sharps or flats so it's just easier. These things apply to every scale.

If you understand the theory properly then progressions shouldn't be a problem... I've only been learning it for a little while and I'm beginning to just know which chords should/could come next when improvising or composing.

If you're more of a visual learner like me, definitely try some videos. Scroll down all the way to the Chord Theory section and try out some of those... I found it refreshing watching videos after so much reading (once you stop cursing at the terrible terrible video intro).

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Well I just used C Major for the sake of example because it has no sharps or flats so it's just easier. These things apply to every scale.

If you understand the theory properly then progressions shouldn't be a problem... I've only been learning it for a little while and I'm beginning to just know which chords should/could come next when improvising or composing.

If you're more of a visual learner like me, definitely try some videos. Scroll down all the way to the Chord Theory section and try out some of those... I found it refreshing watching videos after so much reading (once you stop cursing at the terrible terrible video intro).

You guys discussing this stuff has reminded me that I know this too. It's been locked away in memory banks for so many years it needs unlocking, I'll have to watch some of these videos as well !

Thanks for the reminder!

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