On Aug 17, 2006, at 9:53 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote:
Anyway, aside from Tonal Gravity thing, I just thought of the
situation
you all might be able to relate to. See this:
<http://www.a-no-ne.com/temp/ex.jpg>
And let's assume no chord names are written above since this is a part
for someone, and the comping parts are playing these chord
progressions. What do you think?
Actually, if you want to get really picky, the #9 in the
"theoretically correct" version is not really correctly spelled—it
should be spelled in most contexts as a b10, or Cnat.
Also in extreme pickiness mode, the top tetrachord of the altered
scale is whole-tone, which means it could be "correctly" spelled in a
scalar context with either sharps or flats, making either version
correct in the last beat of the first bar. You chose to spell it like
the first three notes of a major scale, which is quite readable in
the context.
Which leaves only the first note of the second bar under contention,
C# or Db? While the C# agrees with the chord and I would use it, I
would have no problems in a sixteenth-note passage if it were
respelled to Db to make it easier to read. The harmonic cue one would
get from C# is of negligible benefit here.
But I am picky about correct harmonic usage, and in my music I would
use the C#.
Christopher
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