Old-Tele-man
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May 27th, 2002 07:13 PM Edit
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In April 1995, the publishers of Guitar Player
magazine printed
a special issue named HOW TO PLAY GUITAR
| JAZZ, and, on
page 17, in the article, Jazz Chord Basics:
Form and Function,
by Richard Johnston, is a side-bar article
entitled "Clashing
Symbols," which reads:
"Different players and arrangers prefer different
type of chord
symbols, and the smart guitarist will
know as many as
possible. The chart below gives the symbols
used in HOW TO PLAY GUITAR (HTPG), along with some of the alternatives."
CHORD................HTPG............OTHER
Ctriad...............C...............C(triangle)
Cmajor 7.............Cmaj7...........C(triangle)7
Cminor...............Cm..............C-,
Cmin
Cminor 7.............Cm7.............C-7,
Cmin7
Cdiminished..........Cdim............C(circle)
Cdiminished 7........Cdim7...........C(circle)7
Caug.................Caug............C+
Caug 7...............Caug7...........C+7
Cminor 7b5...........Cm7b5...........C(circle/slash)7
It's an "old" problem that's going to be around
as long as
handwritten music exists, ie: "...to each
his/her own
short-hand chord symbols!"
FWIW: I've also seen scores that used a "european"
slashed-seven (7 & -) for Major7 and
slashed-nine (9 & -) for
Major9. You learn to ASK 'once' and then
REMEMBER 'forever.'
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27th, 2002)
Tyrone Shuz
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May 27th, 2002 08:20 PM Edit
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Major: no symbol, just a letter: Bb, C, F#,
etc
Minor: - or m C-, F#-, Bbm, Gm, etc...
Dom 7: 7, as in G7, Bb7,
Major 7, triangle, or maj7
minor 7, -7, or m7
minor/major7: m/triangle, or m/maj7
diminished: raised circle (degree sign),
or dim
m7b5 (half-dim.): degree sign w/slash through
it
Augmented: +, or aug
Aug. 7th: 7#5, 7+5
Rarely is there ever a difference between
dim, and dim7. In
jazz, they are one and the same. Now, dim
and half-dim is
huge. The above symbols are the "must know"
symbols.
As mentioned, a French (crossed) 7 indicates
a Major 7th in
the chord, so C(french 7) would be Cmaj7
and Cm/maj7 could
be C-(french 7). This is somewhat arcane,
and thankfully so,
as it's hard to differentiate between a normal
numeral 7.
11/30/2005 LJE