I would say, Cm11/G
Because of the lower structure, G as bass note and f it has a certain
dominant function (kind of similar to g sus), but I could not see it
as Gm7 11 b13, because the b13 is too strong and would make it a C
minor or Eb Major chord anyway. Without the G bass it could be a Fsus
(Cm7/F), but Fsus/G doesn't make much sense.
And dominant, interestingly, not in direction of Cminor, but rather G
minor or Bb Maj7.
In any case it is not a common chord, so you will have trouble
describing it using normal chord symbols
Kurt
At 01:16 29.04.2006, you wrote:
I knew I'd have another question as soon as I sent the last note!
It's been 23 years since I took music theory in college, and though I
remember a lot, this song interpretation is really challenging my old
brain here!! What I did is have the piano player play the song into
a midi file so I could interpret the chords he's playing and notate
the song for the composer (the piano player plays by ear only)...
What is the "rule of thumb" on when you call a chord a 9th, 11th, or
13th? I remember something about the 7th needing to be present or
otherwise you'd call it a 6th instead of 13th or an "add2" instead of
a 9th...?? This particular chord definitely has the "dominant"
feel/ sound to it and is used in that way as it leads to the tonic. The
song is in Cm. This chord I'm trying to define is:
G - F - C - Eb - G - Bb
Would this be a Gm13? Or what?!!
Thanks a bunch!
Jacki
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