Re: What's the relation****p between scales and chords?

Steve Latham wrote:
> "Joey Goldstein" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Meanwhile, did someone up-thread say that Piston used upper case RN?
>> Did he write out chord quality too? Or was the student expected to 
>> interpret "II" as being a minor chord based on the active key?
> 
> Schoenberg used non-case sensitive numerals. One is expected to know the

> quality in the key. Alterations (like minor iv in Major) have to be 
> appended.

Mehegan uses only upper-case letters, and adds "M" and "m" only if the 
chord is not within the scale.

   Hans Aberg