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Author: kdk
Date: 2019-08-08 23:28
I'm working on a project in which I'm engraving some original music in Finale for a friend. She notates a lot of chord changes, which she has asked me to standardize - at least to the extent that they're consistent throughout the several pieces in the project.
I've found over the years that "changes" in jazz-oriented music I've played are notated differently from one arranger/composer to another. Sometimes it's obvious what is meant, sometimes not so much.
Are there authoritative sources that I can use to justify a specific set of notation practices? One I've run across online is The Music Theory ProfBlog. Is anyone familiar with this one?
Karl
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Author: paulyb
Date: 2019-08-09 01:23
I'd not seen that page before but it's a pretty good source. It doesn't mention a few cases such as "alt" chords or explicitly modal chords (e.g. "phryg") but what's there is reliable.
I'd probably avoid the "M7" notation for major 7 chords in favour of a "triangle7" or "maj7" to avoid confusion when you're writing a minor triad with a major seventh - "Cm M7" looks a bit odd.
I'd also say it's more common to write "(no 3)" instead of "(omit 3)" to indicate notes that should not be played, but everyone will know what you mean.
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Author: hans
Date: 2019-08-09 01:34
FWIW - My Norton Anti-virus flagged that link as being malicious.
Hans
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Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2019-08-09 02:12
I think that the choice of style has a lot to do with the type of jazz and personal preference. I don't think there's a logical standard per se.
Fuzzy
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Author: kdk
Date: 2019-08-09 02:17
hans wrote:
> FWIW - My Norton Anti-virus flagged that link as being
> malicious.
My Avast! antivirus had no problem with it, but I certainly apologize if there's a genuine problem with it.
It was the second hit in my Google search for "chord symbols explained."
Karl
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