Note that the harmony is mostly fleshed out by the guitar part, which takes advantage of the chromatically rising E-F-F line. As mentioned earlier, you just need to know that a Minor Key with a Major 6th sounds brighter than with a Minor 6th. Beside You in Time is in D minor, however it switches between these dorian and natural minor tonalities to create a harmonic twist. We start with a D minor chord, and move from there to a Bb major chord, giving us the natural minor tonality with a Bb note.
The following chord is the twist, a G major chord, which comes from the D dorian tonality and has a B natural note. This sequence creates a chromatic rise of A the 5th in D minor to Bb, to B natural. Although the piano motif in bars 1 and 2 starts of with a D major chord with an F melody note, bars 3 and 4 switch to D minor chords and melody, using an F natural note instead. This constant shifting between D major and D minor, which can be interpreted as happy and sad, gives the music a constantly shifting feeling, which helps give the album closer its emotional vibe.
The song is in C minor, a tone lowering than Beside You In Time , but the chords follow the same progression. The chord progression ends with an Ab chord, which implies C natural minor , followed by an F Major chord, from C dorian.
The 09 Ghosts I melody uses an A natural note in bar 4, but Reznor is careful to not use it over the Ab chord, to avoid a clashing note. Reznor is aware of music theory, so is likely conscious of this harmonic trick. The notes in the melody alternates between an A in bar 1 and an Ab at the end of bar 3.
The A natural is a 4 interval away from the Eb bass and so has a restless sound whereas the Ab in bar 3 has a more stable sound. Alternating between the tonalities gives a nice contrasting shift in moods. The progression is unusual because the first two chords, Dm and Ab, are a tritone away from each other, giving it that quasi-evil tone that bands like Black Sabbath love.
One of the coolest melodic parts in Closer is an ascending line that plays after the first chorus, at the mark. The first note E is from C major, and with the Bb in the bass gives a C mixolydian sound.
The final Ab melodic note in bar 4 is not from C major or mixolydian, and has been borrowed from the C minor scale. The lower harmony is quieter in the mix, and is a subtle touch. This is very different approach to the usual western technique of harmonising in diatonic thirds.
The F in bar 4 implies a D major chord over an F root. Then, in bar 5 the bass note is F, which implies an F major chord that would come from a D minor key.
Shit Mirror , from this years Nine Inch Nails release Bad Witch , throws all the harmonic rules out the window, opting for a largely chromatic chord progression.
The songs progression starts in A major , implying that the song will be in the key of A major , but the next chord is F major. This could be from the A minor key , implying a switch from major to minor, just as in Right Where It Belongs. The next chord is Eb, which has nothing to do with either A major or A minor. Here the harmonic tricks have been ignored, thrown out the window, instead Reznor has used a completely unrelated chord. It may not adhere to any music theory rules, but it simply sounds good, so it works.
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This is really cool! Could you take another look at the March of the Pigs sentence "The part because the second chord is a tritone away from the first chord, giving it that quasi-evil tone that bands like Black Sabbath love. This is amazing. Been a NIN fan forever.. More importantly, you made it very understandable! Love it! Very interesting, very clear! Great quality! Thank your for this.
His ability to create such a wealth across of distinct, deeply and lastingly interesting music from such simple elements across multiple genres is damn near unparalleled. The lack of attention his songwriting receives is unfortunate because it could be very informative to anyone wanting to gain a greater explicit understanding of the applied mechanics of theory as well as a subconscious influence on their own songwriting.
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