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Howdy, We don't plat Cmin. Just Cmaj & a min.. Except when we play in the key of black ones. Not a clinker in the whole bunc. Your input is GEATL appreciated, but we just don't do Cmin. THANX Rig --- Miles Ward <miles932@gmail.com> wrote: > I am simultaneously intensely impressed with the > music theory mastery of the > folks on this list, and my own heinous lack of it. > This is what I get for > probably being the only Tuba player on the Loopers > list. Come on, I get > confused on which of my three buttons to push... > Cheers :) > -Miles > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Nilsson [mailto:sam@servingpeace.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 9:06 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: name that chord > > Teddy wrote: > > G-A-B-D-E can be > > G6/9 > > A7sus4/9 > > Bm11/b6 > > Dsus4 6/9 > > Em11 > > > > if you put that over a C melodic minor > (C-D-Eb-F-G-A-B) bass line I > > think you'd have quite the upper extension party > with the minor > > 3rd, major 3rd and major 2nd all rubbing against > each other. > > > > Basically it would be a Cminor/maj 7/6 with an > added major 3rd for extra > > oomph. > > this one doesn't fit into any conventional chord > symbol since you have 3 > > half steps in row there with the D, D# and E all > rubbing against each > > other. > > Exactly. That would be a cluster, not a "chord". > "chords" are built in > thirds (in traditional western theory). The only way > your chord tones > above qualify as a "chord" as built from the root in > thirds (assuming no > other notes are used) would be a G13 chord like > this: > > G B D A E > 1 3 5 9 13 > > The 7 (F) and the 11 (C) are the missing steps that > aren't being > shown/played. > > In the case of a Cminor bass line the Eb could be > used as a passing tone > between D and E, but would otherwise cause a > conflicting sound or > "dissonance" with its neighbors D and E. The E > natural in the chord > really puts you in CMajor instead of Cminor. > > - Sam > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html