Hi Dennis!
From the chapter "Minton's Playhouse" in "To Be or Not To Bop" (Dizzy
Gillespie), copied and pasted from an internet source:
"Monk doesn't actually know what I showed him. But I do know some of
the things he showed me. Like, the minor-sixth chord with a sixth in
the bass. I first heard Monk play that. It's demonstrated in some of
my music like the melody of "Woody 'n You," the introduction to "Round
Midnight," and a part of the bridge to "Mantaca.".... There were lots
of places where I used that progression... and the first time I heard
that, Monk showed it to me, and he called it a minor-sixth chord with
a sixth in the bass.
Nowadays, they don't call it that. They call the sixth in the bass the
tonic, and the chord a C-minorseventh, flat five. What Monk called an
E-Flat-minor sixth chord with a sixth in the bass, the guys nowadays
call a C-minor seventh flat five... So they're exactly the same thing.
An E-Flat-minor chord with a sixth in the bass is C, E-flat, G-flat,
and B-flat. C-minor seventh flat five is the same thing, C, E-flat, G-
flat, and B-flat. Some people call it a half diminished, sometimes."
To answer your question: Yes, C MI 6 with the 6th in the bass is A MI7
(b5).
Regards from Berlin, Germany
Robert
Am 02.10.2009 um 11:05 schrieb dc:
I've been playing figured bass for years and years, but know very
little about jazz, unfortunately.
Someone (in a film) says about Th. Monk:
"The first time I heard a chord like a minor 6th chord, with the 6th
in the bass."
Wikipedia says:
"The chord consists of a minor triad with an added major sixth tone;
thus in C, it would contain the notes C, Eb, G, and A. This chord
might be notated Cm6, Cm/M6, Cmin/Maj6, C min (Maj6), etc."
My question, if the 6th is in the bass, doesn't this become a minor
7th chord? If not what is the difference?
Thanks.
Dennis
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