keith helgesen / 05.4.26 / 08:41 PM wrote:

>You tomAYto, I say tomARto!  Does it matter?

Unfortunately it does.
Jazz theory is still young, and we are responsible for its unifying
process.  Gary Burton did an amazing job contributing to this, but it is
still far from unified.

There is almost always the best analysis than others.  You must collect
all the possible explanations to help chose the best analysis.

If Chick Corea voices C - F - Bb - E, that is not C7sus(add3) to me. 
What would be the derived scale especially when you hear what context he
uses it.  It's Bb Lyd on C most of the times.  Of course this doesn't
imply when Chick is in his Spanish mode context, which is not what we
have been discussion on this thread.

Anyway, you can't have 11th in major chord family because it creates
minor ninth interval, which destroys the identity of the tonal harmony. 
A dominant chord, however, can have minor 9th interval because the tri-
tone will stand out above minor 9th interval dissonance.  Other minor 9th
interval along with the tri-tone even help tri-tone's 'wanting to
resolve' effect.  However, note that even tri-tone will be destroyed if
minor 9th interval is placed against it, namely 11th.

Gsus2 was a full of surprised to me, so I called a couple studio musician
friends in NYC.  Darcy was of course right.  They are very familiar with
sus2 chord, but they also told me it's a CODE for convenience only common
in NYC, and they also told me the chord's real name is G2(add5).  I was
glad to hear they don't insists on 'sus'!

-- 

- Hiro

Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA
<http://a-no-ne.com> <http://anonemusic.com>


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