From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2010-03-02T21:59:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Music Theory (#229)

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> wrote:
> Evan Hanson wrote:
>> Actually, one of the toughest parts
>> about
>> this problem was deciding what degrees of the chord are implied by a
>> given
>> symbol. I'm a jazz musician, and we just play whatever the hell we want,
>> so I
>> wasn't sure on the specifics of a few of them.
>
> I learned classical at school, so had to unlearn a load of stuff when
> trying to play jazz.
>
> OUT:
> Cmajor => C E G
>
> IN:
> Cmajor => E B  or  B E
>  (not C: that's the bass player's job)
>  (not G: perfect 5th just reinforces the root)

So you're saying that to a Jazz player Cmajor has a note from  Cmajor7 ?



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