Jacki Barineau / 2006/05/01 / 02:36 PM wrote: >Thanks for the ongoing discussion about this!! I'm learning a lot >from you all! Okay - so it's appropriate to actually put a "double >decker" chord symbol, such as Eb/G7? Is this common practice these >days?! Just never heard of doing that :)
It's called Poly Chord, and it is spelled as Eb -- G7 The first purpose of spelling Poly Chord is to give players no freedom of adding their own tensions, so the chord will sound exactly as the composer wanted. This is common practice to altered dominant chord. The second usage is to create upper structure voicing, i.e., D over C Maj7 instead of C Maj7(#11). I personally do not like how most pianists voice Maj7(#11) chord. In the similar line, when you don't trust your pianist, this is a safe way. I once had a pianist who doesn't read my head line, and I was concerned when the melody in the head holds on -3rd, and I was so sure this pianist will voice 9th. The only way to play safe in this scenario is to write out the poly chord, or fire him, which I couldn't :-) -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA <http://a-no-ne.com> <http://anonemusic.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
