



Then, he immediately changes it to an E-flat & C to harmonize with the A-flat chord, "Wa-ter!". There is a brief moment of G dorian in the song, however! It's in the vocal harmony that Gillian sings when he does the chorus & sings, "Smoke!" he sings an E natural to make the chord a C major. In the case of the main riff, the Db5 is a flat 5th that delays the arrival of the C5, the 4th. It adds drama or flair because you are temporarily delaying the arrival of the target note, the note after the flat 5th. The idea here is that you can play any chromatic passing tone note (a note "between" the normal scale notes) to add drama to a melody or lick. The flat 5th or "blue note" is an ornamental note that you can use anytime you desire the sound of it. Originally Posted by: brenoazziHow about the note Db and chord Db5 ? It´s a b5 (diminished fifth).
