Re: OT: chord naming question

[Michael Hendry]

> On 27 May 2016, at 11:36, Marc Hohl <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> as there are already (partly very emotional) dicussions concerning
> F# vs. Gb in another (hijacked) thread,
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-05/msg00418.html
> I hope to get some information *without* starting a flame war ;-)
> 
> I have the following chord played on a guitar, see the attached image.
> 
> < c-sharp g-sharp b-sharp e' b'>
> 
> It starts as a c minor chord with a major 7, so I'd call it cmmaj7, but
> the added b' is the minor seventh.
> 
> cm7maj7 does not look quite right, so should the b' be written as an
> a'-doublesharp, to call it cmmaj7#13?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marc
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There’s no trace of C minor here, as far as I can see (no C natural, no E flat, 
no G natural) so I think I’d regarded it as a C sharp minor seventh with an 
added major seventh.

It could be seen as part of a modified "Stairway to Heaven” cliché, with the 
descending C sharp, C natural, B natural, A sharp sequence on the D string.

Michael