Re: 7b5, or 7#11?

"David Webber" <dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> name involving "#11" tends to imply that the 11th is sounding against
the 
> 5th.    A #11 chord intended to have a missing 5 would be written b5.

Ahh, now we're getting somewhere.

And 11th "should have" a 5th (even though that's a commonly omitted note) 
whereas the b5 IS th fifth.


>
> Traditionally, 2 and 4 in chord names tend only to appear in sus2 and
sus4 
> chords wjhere they replace the third.

FYI Dave, "add2" has become quite common in pop guitar circles in the last

20 years to the point where some people are just calling it "C2". This has

caused a problem though because some of those same people have taken to 
calling Cadd9 "C9" which you can see is a mistake.

In any event,
C2 or Cadd2 is a common voicing C D G C E, C E G D E, C x G D E or very 
commonly, C E G D G.

But I don't see any harm in calling any of these "add 9" instead.

Steve