On Apr 18, 2005, at 3:20 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 18 Apr 2005 at 8:48, Christopher Smith wrote:
I. Generally, tertian chords are spelled in 3rds from the root up. But the roots of ambiguous sounding chords (especially aug. triads and o7 chords) are sometimes controversial and, then, so are their spellings.
I have to disagree with this comment. In any particular musical context, a diminished or augmented chord should be playing one role, and should then have one indentifiable root, which means there's only one spelling that makes sense.
Of course, both chords also serve as harmonic pivot points, and therefore can have two justifiable roots (one for the previous context, one for the upcoming context). That's a feature, not a bug!
Your last paragraph was the point I think the author was trying to make. Dual-function (or pivot) chords can be tough to figure out.
Christopher
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