I take your point about spelling, although in jazz just about anyone would write an Ab7(b5) with an D natural rather than an Ebb. Your other point is precisely why I write b5 to avoid the Eb. As a jazz player I'm no fan of chord scale theory - it has produce a bunch of players who seem to have no idea what key they're in while they twitter through some lovely standard.. ;-(
Steve P. On 2 Oct 2011, at 06:08, Christopher Smith wrote: > While that IS a common name, I don't use it because it implies that the 5th > degree of the chord scale is the altered one, rather than the 4th scale > degree. Chord symbols in jazz are not only the harmony notes present (like > figured bass in classical music), they also give information about the chord > scale for improvisation. Since the chord scale of the Fr6 chord includes both > the D and the Eb (4th and 5th), I would prefer Ab7(#11) to Ab7(b5). Of > course, as I mentioned previously, if you are talking about the aug6th > chords, you are probably NOT talking about a style of music where chord > scales are important. > > Christopher > > > On Sat Oct 1, at SaturdayOct 1 6:35 PM, Steve Parker wrote: > >> For the French 6th I would write Ab7(b5) >> >> Steve P. >> >> On 1 Oct 2011, at 21:52, Darcy James Argue wrote: >> >>> Hi Robert: >>> >>> In the key of C: >>> >>> Ger 6th: Ab7 >>> Fr 6th: Ab7 (#11) or Ab7 (#4) >>> It 6th: Ab7 (omit 5) >>> >>> In jazz theory, these would all be considered tritone substitutions for the >>> applied dominant of V (V7 of V). >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> - DJA >>> ----- >>> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >>> >>> >>> >>> On 1 Oct 2011, at 4:16 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: >>> >>>> Is there any accepted practice for writing aug 6th chords in a jazz chart? >>>> For example, in the key of D Maj, a Ger 6th would be enharmonically Bb7, >>>> but >>>> is there a more appropriate notation? And what about Fr and It 6th chords? >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
