I've got to concede that this is indeed a recognizable and oft-used chord. I just hadn't run across it in my jazz playing; Darcy says Randy Newman uses it quite a bit. When playing it on the keyboard, I recognize it as a sound Chicago has used also.

At 09:48 AM 6/11/03, you wrote:
> >Or how about Major 7 sus4?
>
> I once wrote a choral piece (well, started to write
> anyway...) that began
> with a tight C-D-F# that remained harmonically ambiguous for
> a few bars
> until the bass G joined and the suspension came down.

How were you able to keep the C-D-F# ambiguous?  The moment I hear that I
automatically think "D7," as all the elements for a functional dominant
seventh are there.

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