"David Webber" <dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Steve Latham" <llatham@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Should I, or Should I not, include extensions in the chord symbol if
they
>> are found in the melody?
>>
>> For example, in 3/4, I have an upward arpeggio of B-D-A, with the first
>> two notes as 8ths, thus making the A a half note for the remaining two
>> beats.
>>
>> If this is over a GMaj7 chord, should I put GMaj7, or GMaj9?
>>...
>
> It depends on your *purpose*.
>
> For the rhythm guitar part, do you want him to play the note (in this
case
> the A) as part for the chord, or do you just want him to play Gmaj7
> against the note in the melody? Write what you want to get.
Well, I'm putting a symbol in the Guitar, Piano, and Bass parts at this
point. I suppose it's "OK" if they play the A. My inderstanding is, even
if
I write GMaj7, there's a strong possibility that any one of those players
will add a 9th (and for that matter #11, or a 13 , etc.).
>
> For a soloist, do you *really* need to tell him its a Gmaj9 and not a
> Gmaj7? I suspect it doesn't matter much as he'll more than likely feel
> quite free to include a 9th there either way if he feels it sounds right
> :-)
Right, that's what I assumed. Hell, they could go outside and it really
doesn't matter. I would put it in their part only to let them know what I
was putting in the others' parts.
>
> OTOH for significantly more complicated chords than this, I for one
> actually prefer to read "simpler" rather than "fuller" representations
of
> the chord. In the solo one doesn't just play notes on the chord, and I
> find all the extra detail distracting. But I suspect that is a matter
of
> taste.
The ride I have is very simple:
||: DM7 - GM7 - DM7 - bm7 - Em9 - A9 - Em9 - A9 :||
I don't see any point in puttin in the 9ths in the first 4 meausres. The
only reason I included them in the last four is becuase the other
instruments come in with little counter-melody descending lines in
parallel
3rds/6ths that touch on the 9ths of those chords and it seems the
accompaniment works better including the 9ths under those.
Steve
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