Re: new chord symbol (for me, at least)

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Monday 09 February 2009, Tao Cumplido wrote:
> Yes, that's true.
> 
> Actually I prefer myself to write D#°7 for full diminished chords.
> For some people it seems illogical though that D#ø should 
automatically represent a seventh-chord and D#° shouldn't.
> 
> I just wanted to point out that this is a common usage of the 
diminished sign. I don't think there are too many people who write D# 
and mean D#7.

In sheet music convention there is no difference whatever between Cdim 
and Cdim7. Many people like you and I like to include the 7 to be 
unambiguous, but nothing can be done about Cdim except to write
it as Cm(b5) if the triad is desired.  A minor 7th interval added to a 
dim triad is Cm7(b5), the leading tone seventh, which may be cumbersome 
but people are used to it.

C/e is much better than C/E, for obvious reasons, and Xx or Xbb or
bs or cb chords and if necessary any slash basses with them must be 
respelled, because they will not and should not be found in chord 
books.  Quick recognition is the whole purpose of chord names of this 
type.  The difference between jazz chords and sheet music chords is 
only in the accretion of cryptic symbols, of which the triangle is the 
worst.  Regards, daveA

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