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Re: Chord names broken since 2.16
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Kieren MacMillan |
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Re: Chord names broken since 2.16 |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:51:22 -0400 |
Hi all,
>> you might be true in this special case, but I (in my personal view)
>> consider this to be inconsistent. And that is why:
>> Csus2 = <c d g>
>> Cadd9 = <c e g d>
>> Csus4 = <c f g>
>> Cadd11 = <c e g f>
> I think you misread Kieren's comment.
> He was suggesting add2 as a clearer alternative to add9.
> Not sus2, but add2.
Yes.
> For starters, the 2nd and 9th are synonymous, so there is no lack of clarity
> about which notes are in the chord in either case.
> And with a 2, you don't introduce the concept of "but what about the 7th?"
> that naturally pops into one's head when you see a chord with a 9th.
Correct. The 9 is always reserved for a chord with a 7 in it; the 2 is reserved
for chords without the 7th. This makes for quick differentiation at sight.
By the way: while I agree 100% with the notation
<c d g> = Csus2 / Cadd2
in the musical theatre world, that has now (thankfully!) been short-handed to
just C2, because it is oh-so-very-common (far more than in the jazz world, in
my experience). Another common short-hand is C5, which would otherwise be
written as C(no3); again, the compactness and sight-readability is appreciated
by those of us “in the trenches”.
Cheers,
Kieren.
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