Or how 'bout the devil's head for a tritone?

ajr

> I have never seen or heard of a C4 interpreted as C-F-Bb.  I've used
> that chord symbol thousands upon thousands of times and not once was
> it misinterpreted.  At least by pros. Beyond that, I don't speculate.
>
> Maybe it's a right vs left coast thing.  I still hate those triangles
> for major 7ths and the minus dash for minor 7ths.  Ugh.
>
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> J D  Thomas
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>
> On Jun 20, 2008, at 2:09 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 20, 2008, at 4:31 PM, jd IMAP wrote:
>>>
>>> To me it's a lot like writing a C4 chord symbol versus a Csus4.
>>> I've used both, prefer the former, and I've never had it questioned.
>>
>> I'm not disputing the original point, but this one. C4 in some
>> circles means a stack of 4ths up from C, so C, F, Bb, which is not
>> the same function as C,F,G.
>>
>> It is this that keeps me using the more unwieldy, but crystal clear,
>> Csus4.
>>
>> Christopher
>>
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