Two issues:
- Same as notation philosophy we often talk about: Try to be impossible
to be misunderstood
- But the context matters
What is jazz chord symbols for?
- For someone to improvise on, and
- For someone to voice with tensions of his/her choice
A jazz chord cannot be thought without its d
At 9:00 AM +0100 1/23/07, Daniel Wolf wrote:
John Howell wrote:
A parallel can be drawn with the figured bass of the 17th and 18th
centuries. (This, by the way, is a no-longer-living language, but
one that served for generations to solve exactly the same problems
that were faced in 20th cen
John Howell wrote:
A parallel can be drawn with the figured bass of the 17th and 18th
centuries. (This, by the way, is a no-longer-living language, but one
that served for generations to solve exactly the same problems that
were faced in 20th century pop and jazz.)
I have to object to th
Dear John,
Amen!
Chuck
On Jan 22, 2007, at 8:57 PM, John Howell wrote:
Jean wrote:
OK, folks, I "lurk," and sometimes for years.But, as a "sort of
professional" Bass player (String Bass for a 16 piece "Big Band,"
and Eb Tuba for a
Dixieland Band) this topic of how to "write" chord s
Jean wrote:
OK, folks, I "lurk," and sometimes for years.But, as a "sort of
professional" Bass player (String Bass for a 16 piece "Big Band,"
and Eb Tuba for a
Dixieland Band) this topic of how to "write" chord symbols sure hits nerves.
However, my point is that WHY can't y'all agree on
