On Feb 22, 2009, at 8:02 AM, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
Hi,
How do I make chords with the 5th an half tone lower or higher
(e.g. b5 or #5)?
for example
Am7(b5)
or
D7(#5)
I just asked this same question a couple of weeks ago. The
standard way would be:
Am7(b5) for two beats = a2:m7.5- which will render as Aø
D7(#5) for four beats = d1:7.5+ which will render as D7/#5
You can do #9 or b9, etc. this way. All the altered notes will be
preceded by a slash except the major 7th, m7b5 and diminished
chords which are denoted by a delta, diminished sign or half-
diminished sign respectively.
There are other options for rendering the chords which involve
setting up a file of chord markups. For more information, look in
the mailing list archives for the thread "Hello! and question
about jazz chords" for more details. The thread started 10 Feb 2009.