Re: triangle chord notation

[joelinux]

As it relates to jazz and pop music performance, usually it is the performer 
who must figure out the correct tonal center at the moment, and as often as 
not, that performer may be relying on only a lead sheet with chord symbol 
notation.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Andre Schnoor <address@hidden>
>Sent: Aug 10, 2006 5:42 PM
>To: address@hidden
>Subject: Re: triangle chord notation
>
>Well, D# may not occur as the tonal center of a key, but it occurs as a 
>horizontal scale step in some keys (E Minor, F# Minor).  Anyway, it's a 
>rather difficult to decide what momentary tonal center exactly rules at 
>each particular position in a piece. It also depends on the vertical 
>scales being used. This decision should be left to the composer/transcriber.
>
>I believe it is a good thing if chord root tones are able to express the 
>full pitch vocabulary, even with double sharps/flats. This way a 
>composer can decide what the actual meaning of the chord should be.
>
>Andre
>
>
>address@hidden wrote:
>> I haven't heard of the key of D#, but if it did exist it would contain two 
>> double sharps.  All chord symbols are named by convention.  As for the root 
>> relating to the key signature; I doubt it, because musical compositions 
>> contain many tonal center shifts - hence accidentals.  The root of a chord 
>> symbol and is related more to the the momentary tonal (key) center, not 
>> necessarily the written key signature.  
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>   
>>> From: Andre Schnoor <address@hidden>
>>> Sent: Aug 9, 2006 5:02 AM
>>> To: address@hidden
>>> Subject: Re: triangle chord notation
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael J Millett wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Key signatures don't count when using chord symbols.
>>>>       
>>> Only for the naming of the root. There's a big difference between Ebmaj7 
>>> and D#maj7, so the root pitch should reflect its meaning within the 
>>> current key. This information is valuable when looking at chord 
>>> progressions as a whole. The interval construction on top of the root, 
>>> as you suggested, is handled by convention (static).
>>>
>>> Andre
>>>
>>>
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