Bill Evans used to use a European 7, the one with a slash through it used to
distinguish it from the European 1 that looks a lot like our 7. I got used to
that as a shorthand Maj7 symbol. It worked especially well for min/Maj7 chords.
Anything's good, as long as there's concensus. I'd use Bill'
Ha ha! Yes, Darcy nailed it. Cmaj7, the Canadian variant. I saw it here in
Montreal, too, and had to deal with musicians mis-reading it as Cdim7, among
other things. Like the crumhorn, the serpent, and the ophecleide, the circled
7th chord has died a deserved death, only employed by dead people
On 11/13/2013 8:43 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
> (It's an idiosyncratic shorthand for "major seventh" that only ever took hold
> in Toronto.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> - DJA
Yeah, that makes as much sense as any of Rob's eccentricities. :)
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On 11/13/2013 8:42 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
> CMA7.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - DJA
Thanks, Darcy.
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On 11/13/2013 8:42 PM, Doug Walter wrote:
> I seem to recall occasionally seeing that mean maj7, but I can't remember for
> sure. Might that make sense in context?
>
> Doug
It might. [looking...] I see other Maj chords but no Maj7, so, yeah,
it's likely.
cd
>> On Nov 13, 2013, at 8:09 PM, de
(It's an idiosyncratic shorthand for "major seventh" that only ever took hold
in Toronto.)
Cheers,
- DJA
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On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:09 PM, dershem wrote:
> I'm doing a chart, and the composer has some chords as "C (7)" but
> instead of parentheses, t
I seem to recall occasionally seeing that mean maj7, but I can't remember for
sure. Might that make sense in context?
Doug
> On Nov 13, 2013, at 8:09 PM, dershem wrote:
>
> I'm doing a chart, and the composer has some chords as "C (7)" but
> instead of parentheses, the 7 is in a circle. I h
CMA7.
Cheers,
- DJA
-
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On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:09 PM, dershem wrote:
> I'm doing a chart, and the composer has some chords as "C (7)" but
> instead of parentheses, the 7 is in a circle. I have never run across
> that variant before.
> What is he try
If it's not too disruptive to your workflow, i'd save the chords on this
particular chart until last if possible.
Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos.
> On Nov 13, 2013, at 11:36 PM, "dershem" wrote:
>
>> On 11/13/2013 8:21 PM, Williams, Jim wrote:
>> What are the instruments p
On 11/13/2013 8:21 PM, Williams, Jim wrote:
> What are the instruments playing under that symbol?
>
> Or do you just have a lead sheet?
>
> In such cases of odd chord symbols, I've always relied on the notes under the
> symbol to tell me what the odd symbol *really* means.
I start with the rhythm
The old MTV quiz show "Remote Control". Gave the world Adam Sandler
On Nov 14, 2013 11:28 AM, "Raymond Horton" wrote:
> "Dead. And Canadian..." Hah!
> The old MTV quiz show had a category called "Dead or Canadian" - name a
> celebrity, contestant would guess which: "William Shatner?" (Canadian),
"Dead. And Canadian..." Hah!
The old MTV quiz show had a category called "Dead or Canadian" - name a
celebrity, contestant would guess which: "William Shatner?" (Canadian),
'William Frawley?". (Dead).
On Nov 14, 2013 11:20 AM, "dershem" wrote:
> On 11/13/2013 8:14 PM, Raymond Horton wrote:
> > I
What are the instruments playing under that symbol?
Or do you just have a lead sheet?
In such cases of odd chord symbols, I've always relied on the notes under the
symbol to tell me what the odd symbol *really* means.
Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos.
> On Nov 13, 2013, at 1
On 11/13/2013 8:14 PM, Raymond Horton wrote:
> I would assume G7, but can you ask composer?
> On Nov 14, 2013 11:10 AM, "dershem" wrote:
Lost my ouija board - alas, the composer is dead. And Canadian. Don't
know if that makes a difference or not. It's an old Rob McConnell chart
I'm doing a n
I would assume G7, but can you ask composer?
On Nov 14, 2013 11:10 AM, "dershem" wrote:
> I'm doing a chart, and the composer has some chords as "C (7)" but
> instead of parentheses, the 7 is in a circle. I have never run across
> that variant before.
> What is he trying to specify?
>
> Carl
>
I'm doing a chart, and the composer has some chords as "C (7)" but
instead of parentheses, the 7 is in a circle. I have never run across
that variant before.
What is he trying to specify?
Carl
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Something else I noticed -
I had a lead sheet with chords attached to the melody line.
I tried to transpose it without changing the melody, from C major to F major,
so I used "other" and specified "hold pitches modally" in the key signature
menu.
To my utter amazement, it transposed the chords
I have never come across a triangle with a dash under it. What does it mean?
I've gone on record before as opposing the use of the dash or hyphen,
which I realize is fully established in jazz notation, because it can
have two different meanings and can therefore be ambiguous. For
example, C-
The triangle in JazzFont is not *that* badly designed. (The diminished
circle, on the other hand... oy.)
But by far the biggest problem is people not making it large enough
(pun unintended). JazzCord suffixes need to be *at least* 24 points,
and some of the geometric characters need to be 3
On Jun 10, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I find the argument that "a triangle is easy to mistake for a
circle" a bit ridiculous. If your triangles look like circles,
you're doing it wrong.
I agree with your last sentence, but take it up with Rich Sigler and
people who use t
As Chris says, I find the geometric chord symbols infinitely
preferable, as they are instantly recognizable, contain fewer "bits"
of information for the brain to process, and are widely prefered in
the jazz education market and by jazz musicians under 40. I find the
argument that "a triangl
On Jun 10, 2009, at 6:30 AM, dhbailey wrote:
Carl Dershem wrote:
A triangle over a straight line is easy to mistake in the usually
bad light on a bandstand.
cd
It's also easy to mistake a triangle for a circle in dim light, if
the suffixes aren't fairly large.
It's so much clearer to
Carl Dershem wrote:
A triangle over a straight line is easy to mistake in the usually bad
light on a bandstand.
cd
It's also easy to mistake a triangle for a circle in dim
light, if the suffixes aren't fairly large.
It's so much clearer to use Maj7, minMaj7, Dim (for full
diminished),
On Jun 9, 2009, at 10:40 PM, Carl Dershem wrote:
John Spicknall wrote:
I know from [non-jazz] friends on this list there is perhaps info
about entering chord notation here that is conventional jazz
notation--the kind of notation one might find in an Aebersold
play-a-long booklet. My use of Fi
John Spicknall wrote:
I know from [non-jazz] friends on this list there is perhaps info
about entering chord notation here that is conventional jazz
notation--the kind of notation one might find in an Aebersold
play-a-long booklet. My use of Finale is generally limited to jazz
lead sheets, trans
I know from [non-jazz] friends on this list there is perhaps info
about entering chord notation here that is conventional jazz
notation--the kind of notation one might find in an Aebersold
play-a-long booklet. My use of Finale is generally limited to jazz
lead sheets, transcriptions, stuff for stu
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