Hi John,
The *notation* for compound chords isn't confusing, and your suggestion:
C chord ------------- Bb7 chord
is both redundant *and* confusing.
It's only the fact that Roger's particular compound chord is functionally equivalent to a standard chord (and is better written as a standard chord) that's the problem here. Compound chord notation itself is absolutely standard, widespread, and universally understood by halfway competent players. There is absolutely no need to write things like:
A/Bb bass
Or:
A chord ----------- Bb chord
Everybody who has the slightest clue about chord symbols knows the difference between:
A/Bb
and
A --- Bb
Anything else is just redundant clutter. No major jazz publisher uses anything except the nomenclature I just described.
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
On 05 Mar 2005, at 5:26 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 5:45 PM +0100 3/5/05, Roger =?UNKNOWN?Q?Juli=E0?= Satorra wrote:
No, what I want is a Bb7 (9, +11, 13), it's easier to write C/Bb7, but not by
finale!
You've had some great advice, and what you want to write is, in fact, non-standard and confusing, as the confusion of our different responses makes quite clear. Back in my pen-and-ink days, I would have notated it as:
C chord Bb7 chord
and there would have been no question.
John
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