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RE: name that chord
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
>
>
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