Darcy James Argue wrote:
You should *never* use just "M" or "m" for chord symbols, regardless of
the font.
I know Christopher disagrees, but I prefer either the geometric symbols
("∆" and "-"), or "MA" and "mi".
I believe Christopher uses "Cmaj7" (which is okay, though I *greatly*
prefer CMA7) and "Cm7" (which is fine so long as you're not also using
CM7 in the same chart).
Chord symbols like "CM7" are, IMO, entirely unacceptable under any
circumstances.
I'm with Darcy on this one -- when I see a pitch with the
letter M (capital or lower case) and a number, my brain
always takes it as minor.
But I part ways with Darcy on the "CMA7" -- for some reason
for me, seeing a 'j' makes things so much clearer, since
'major' is the only chord term that uses a j. Put the 'j'
in the chord and it's always clear and easy to read --
"CMAJ7" or "Cmaj7" or "CMaj7" makes no difference. It's
clearly a major chord when the j is present.
--
David H. Bailey
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