On Apr 29, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Jacki Barineau wrote:
On Apr 29, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Stan Lord wrote:
Just played this on the pno. and it sounds odd, in that I don't know
the context.
What are the preceding chord and melody and bass notes, and the
following?
Thanks, everyone, for helping me figure this out! Okay - I've taken a
snapshot of the measure that includes the chord in question and a
couple of measures after it...
http://www.ourlittleplace.com/images/snapshot.jpg
The chord I'm referring to is the 2nd chord in the first measure shown
(following the Db9).
Yeah, it's pretty clear that the 2nd chord in m 1 is Cm7(11), though I
might have voiced it with C in the bass anyway. I'm not sure it's even
necessary to say Cm7(11)/G even WITH the G bass, since the bass note is
an arpeggiated second inversion anyway, which are not usually accounted
for in chord symbols.
Given the context, I might have made the FIRST measure the 2/4 measure,
rather than the 2nd, so as to keep the impression of strong chord
movement over barlines. That would make the second measure 3 beats of
Cm11, 1 beat of F9, which is pretty common. Maybe I am being needlessly
fussy, but I maintain that harmonic rhythm gives a stronger impression
of meter than the actual time signature, so one should pay close
attention to that.
While we're at it - I am calling the chord *after* the one in question
(1st chord in the next measure) a Cm11 - is this also correct?!
Yep, Cm11 is a good symbol for that.
Christopher
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