Re: OT: chord naming question

[Marc Hohl]

Am 27.05.2016 um 13:11 schrieb Urs Liska:
> Am 27. Mai 2016 12:58:10 MESZ, schrieb Michael Hendry <address@hidden>:
> > > On 27 May 2016, at 11:36, Marc Hohl <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > as there are already (partly very emotional) dicussions concerning
> > > F# vs. Gb in another (hijacked) thread,
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-05/msg00418.html
> > > I hope to get some information *without* starting a flame war ;-)
> > >
> > > I have the following chord played on a guitar, see the attached
> > image.
> > > < c-sharp g-sharp b-sharp e' b'>
> > >
> > > It starts as a c minor chord with a major 7, so I'd call it cmmaj7,
> > but
> > > the added b' is the minor seventh.
> > >
> > > cm7maj7 does not look quite right, so should the b' be written as an
> > > a'-doublesharp, to call it cmmaj7#13?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Marc
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> >
> > There’s no trace of C minor here, as far as I can see (no C natural, no
> > E flat, no G natural) so I think I’d regarded it as a C sharp minor
> > seventh with an added major seventh.
> >
> > It could be seen as part of a modified "Stairway to Heaven” cliché,
> > with the descending C sharp, C natural, B natural, A sharp sequence on
> > the D string.
>
> I think the c minor was a simple typo and should read c sharp minor.

D#oh. Exactly, it was a typo – I mean c sharp minor.
> I see two interpretations:
>
> Write the highest note as an a# and consider it as an added 13#.
>
> Write the upper notes as c-e-bf and interpret it as bitonal (C7 over csharp).

Ok. If I include the g-sharp I got C7#5 over c#. Wow.
> Having major and minor 7 in the chord doesn't seem to make much sense to me.

I think I'd vote for a-doublesharp, but I'll wait some time – perhaps 
there are other ideas? ;-)

THanks,

Marc
> Urs
> > Michael
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