Modern chord symbols appeared much later than you might think. I looked this up not long ago. I believe it was the 1920s or 30s and had to do with session playing. To do with films perhaps?
On Jul 25, 2018, at 9:54 PM, Leonard Williams <arc...@verizon.net> wrote: > As chordal music (as opposed to polyphonic) became more prevalent, > and many modes became history, how were chords named? G maj, A min, > ...? Tonic, dominant, etc? When did this start? > > Just curious. > > Regards, > > Leonard Williams > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ --
