All train whistles are a chord here in North America. I JUST discovered that Canadian ones are all the same, while US trains are all different, but they are all chords. Funny the things you take for granted!
What the octave separation is, or for that matter, what the voicing is at all, is not part of jazz nomenclature. Voicing is left entirely up to the performer. It wouldn't matter if the A# was voiced a tritone or an aug11 away from the E; the chord symbol would still be the same. My only worry was that when you mention an upper extension, it implies the existence of the lower chord members as well. For example, a C6 chord has an A added, while a C13 has a Bflat and an A added, at the very least. Tim seemed to understand that, probably because jazz nomenclature is much more part of American culture than other countries. I can't depend on a Canadian classical musician understanding jazz chord nomenclature, but American ones seem to take it as a point of pride, as they should! Christopher On Mon Jul 20, at MondayJul 20 4:55 PM, Giovanni Andreani wrote: > This in fact clarified the whole aspect, Christopher. Do those horns play > simultaneously or melodically? Is the A# a #4th or a #11th higher than the E > horn? I’m not going yo mention, at this point, how the trains’ horns sound > over here. > > Giovanni > > > >> On 20 Jul 2015, at 17:20, Christopher Smith <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Heh, heh, that's cool about the individual train whistles! >> >> I was doing some more thinking about the chord, and for some people, saying >> #11 necessarily implies that a 7th is present. Maybe Em(#4) would cause the >> least confusion among musicians of all stripes (which is usually my goal, >> rather than notating for a select audience). >> >> Christopher >> >> >> On Mon Jul 20, at MondayJul 20 11:11 AM, timothy price wrote: >> >>> Great. Thanks, Christopher. >>> I live on the boarder between Vermont and New Hampshire in Fairlee, VT. >>> Yes, each locomotive has its unique horn. They change over time. Wonder >>> who comes up with them. >>> >>> tim >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jul 20, 2015, at 11:04 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: >>> >>>> Wowee! Not a standard chord, but yes, Virginia, we CAN come up with a name >>>> for it. Em(#11) would do it. >>>> >>>> Where do you live? All the trains around me sound the same. >>>> >>>> Christopher >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon Jul 20, at MondayJul 20 11:00 AM, timothy price wrote: >>>> >>>>> Asking for some help as I am not very familiar with this: >>>>> >>>>> I live about a mile from a rail line. Each engine has its own particular >>>>> horn sound... some major, some 7th, some minor, diminished, etc.. >>>>> But one in particular intrigues me: would describe it as being a G >>>>> signature, but one of the E minors. The notes are E, G, A#, and B. >>>>> How would you notate and describe this chord? >>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>> >>>>> tim >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Finale mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
