Some Jazz chords

[skullznbonez]

Just some jazz chords

[flatout9]

Good job, looks like somebody's been doing homework.

[Badabing]

Where are pages 1,2,3???

[skullznbonez]

Here you go.Here are the other pages as requested...enjoy

[jazztele]

good voicings, all. although i find the use of the minus sign to denote flat VERY clunky.

[wangdangdoodle]

Yeah.... I think a 'b' would be a lot easier to show flat.

Also not sure about the '5ths' as it's part of the diatonic arpeggio that makes the chord up. Some cool voicing's though, good work.

[klasaine]

Originally Posted by jazztele

good voicings, all. although i find the use of the minus sign to denote flat VERY clunky.

Yeah, definitely potentially confusing, as the minus sign also denotes a minor chord (makes sense though as a minor chord has the b3 and -9 denotes a m9). Make sure the "- " is AFTER the 7 (A7-9 as opposed to A-9 ... two totally different chords).

*I've noticed that nomenclature is regional. On the west coast you see written all the time -9, -5, +9, +5. We call whole notes (for chords) 'footballs' whereas in the south east they're 'diamonds'.

[jazztele]

all you "cool" west coast cats with your minus signs and pianoless quartets and counterpoint...

the "regional" aspect really interests me. I've never played out of the chicago area, and you see it a few ways here (delta and minus for maj7/m7 seem to be most common, though, which is good, cuz that's what i like...)

i still remember a gig i did with a piano player a few years ago...all his charts (handwritten) were capital M for major, small m for minor...but both of his "m's" had rounded tops. Let's just say there were a few clams on my part that evening.

also to the OP, careful with a slash thru the 7's. some of those dominant chords are slashed, and that usually means major seven...not a problem on a chord grid, but if you were writing a chart...

[klasaine]

Timely. I'm reading a book about 'west coast jazz' right now (a lot of stuff I didn't know about).

I'm pretty tolerant and used to the various ways guys will write changes but you're really looking for trouble when you use upper and lower case m's (M's) for minor and major. *The 7's with the line through them (European 7 ?) for maj.7 is also a very bad idea.
I like the 'delta' for maj.7 too ... until some guy rounds off those corners and I think it's a diminished chord - lol!

[jefrs]

Re slash-thro' '7', the "continental " (european) hand-written '7' almost always has a slash through it, but this was originally an English practice. The normal practice for professional folks that hand-write a lot of numerals is to always use a slash through the '7', otherwise it is a '1', which can have a hook at the top (the hand-written French '1' looks something like an inverted 'V'). This avoids transcription errors. I notice that out OP uses both flavours.

[klasaine]

Unfortunately here in the states, a 7 with a line through it, will 99% of the time be played as a major 7th.
*I always ask when I'm looking over music.

[jazztele]

Originally Posted by klasaine

*I always ask when I'm looking over music.

that's really the best policy, ain't it?

[Chris S.]

Originally Posted by klasaine

I'm pretty tolerant and used to the various ways guys will write changes but you're really looking for trouble when you use upper and lower case m's (M's) for minor and major. *The 7's with the line through them (European 7 ?) for maj.7 is also a very bad idea. I like the 'delta' for maj.7 too ... until some guy rounds off those corners and I think it's a diminished chord - lol!

Egg-zackly. That's why I now write out 'maj' and 'min' and 'dim,' and I use 'b' for flats and '#' for sharps. At Berklee we were (strongly) encouraged to use the minus sign (-) for minor... which I did, until guys started playing dominant chords where I thought I had indicated minor 7ths. I learned. ;-) CS