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.
*************************** J D Thomas ThomaStudios > On Mar 24, 2016, at 12:20 PM, Lon Price <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 2:41 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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] > > ********************************** > Lon Price > [email protected] > http://www.txstnr.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
