RE: name that chord

[bill bigrig <billbigrig@yahoo.com>]

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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