I would like a reference to a thorough discussion of this topic. I have an adult string bass student that wants to learn jazz improvisation. She needs some sort of methodical approach.
Guy Hayden, Organist and Choir Master St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 372 Hiden Boulevard Newport News, VA USA 23606 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Smith Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 8:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 42, Issue 13 On 22-Jan-07, at 7:35 AM, dhbailey wrote: Bbmaj7/C is a C13sus4 chord, with a different name. It functions identically to a C7sus chord, and the acoustic and functional root is C. If you were a bass player playing a 2 feel (root, fifth in half notes) then you would play C G, not C F or anything else. The G is the implied fifth, even though it isn't present in the chord symbol. It is the same as Gm9/C, too. Jazz chord symbols are full of implied notes like this, that aren't stated in the actual chord symbol but are implied anyway. Kind of like our eyes fill in the blank spaces in a dotted line, our ears fill in the blank notes in an incomplete chord. Christopher _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
