On 25 Apr 2005, at 2:46 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
On Apr 25, 2005, at 2:32 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Chris,
Anyone who does much studio work out here reads "Gsus2" as G A D. Maybe a jazz player who doesn't play a lot of pop music would make the rookie mistake of adding a C to "Gsus2," but all the experienced session players here know there's no 4th in "Gsus2".
Perhaps a more common pop chord would be to add the < B > (as I had maintained, not the C) to a Gsus2.
None of the session players here would do that, either. Like I said, "Gsus2" and "G(add9)" are different chords, and people who don't know the difference usually aren't hired twice!
I don't agree with it, use it, or endorse it, but this is the confusion I was referring to, not whether or not to add a C. I am seeing so many disagreements on this that I am only further motivated to avoid the symbol altogether.
We all have to go with the chord symbols that are going to be understood by the players we're writing for. But there's nothing inherently confusing or ambiguous about "Gsus2" -- it's used (correctly) in hundreds of pop music publications and is well-understood by all the NY session guys. Of course, YMMV, so if you find the symbol isn't consistently interpreted in Montreal, by all means avoid it.
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
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