Lon is right.  Being a keyboard player myself, I’ve always considered this Bb/C 
chord symbol as a means to dictate a specific voicing, moreso than C7sus4 or 
even C9sus4, which is what the added D infers.  Variations of density can be 
had by Gm7/C and Bbma7/C.  All of these tend to render a specific voicing, and 
they are all really just a C11 chord.  But if you write that symbol you’re 
going to get some earless moron adding and E to the vertical stack, which is a 
train wreck.  Bb/C is by far the most direct symbol.


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J D Thomas
ThomaStudios



> On Mar 24, 2016, at 12:20 PM, Lon Price <lonpr...@att.net> wrote:
> 
> This is sometimes referred to as the "Carol King chord,"  as she used it 
> quite often in her music. It is most often written as Bb/C, and is used as a 
> sus chord, in this case C7sus4 in the key of F.
> 
>> On Mar 24, 2016, at 12:11 PM, timothy price <timothy.pr...@valley.net> wrote:
>> 
>> This seems the most simple and correct, imo.
>> The Bb major chord is only altered by the tonic being raised a C. 
>> I think that this resulting chord, as a passing tone,
>> could unimaginatively resolve to an F maj. second inversion.
>> 
>> tim
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 24, 2016, at 2:56 PM, Steven Larsen wrote:
>> 
>>> In a word, no. In a tonal context it could be analyzed in a couple of
>>> different ways, but I'd have to see what else was happening around it. As a
>>> chord symbol it would be:
>>> BbMaj/C
>>> 
>>> Steve Larsen
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Marcello Noia [mailto:marcellon...@gmail.com] 
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 2:41 AM
>>> To: finale@shsu.edu
>>> Subject: [Finale] OT Music theory question
>>> 
>>> Hi, due to my huge lackness in harmonical theory, I ask this:
>>> is there a technical term to define a chord formed by (starting from low
>>> note) perfect fourth-perfect fourth-major third (for example C-F-Bb-D).
>>> I see it often used in vocal arrangements (Jonathan Rathbone for Swingle
>>> Singers for example), sometimes also in progression for ascending or
>>> descending whole tones or half-tones. It creates a beautiful "suspended" and
>>> "misterioso" atmosphere.
>>> Thanks
>>> 
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