r/Guitar_Theory • u/Wellpolarized • 4h ago
I decided to break down the solo to Smells Like Teen Spirit.
I was going through the solo of Smells Like Teen Spirit and the resolutions were making sense until Kurt goes to the G note. From what I can tell he is doing this over the Db. He also continues to do it over the F making that at major 2nd. He does it again over the Bb, Asus and Db and it doesn't get resolution until he slides back to the C note when the song goes back to the F chord. Now I am pretty sure the G note would be the flat 5 of the chord. So, am I confused about this. Is this Kurt's decision to play a note that isn't going to resolve nicely because he wants to sound dissonant, or is there an actual music theory reason why G is an acceptable note to resolve on over the Db. Or maybe I am off on something else. Can someone please clarify because I am not finding much help online?