Re: [Harp-L] Aebersold Chord Notation Questions

[Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>]

Aebersold has a "Jazz Handbook" available as a free download with info on
his chord symbols plus lots more:
http://www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=FQBK&Store_Code=JAJAZZ

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:57 PM, <sheltraw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The +4 is probably a suspended fourth so: Eb G Ab. Maybe you can add the
> major 7th. Let your ear be your guide there.
>
> If the +4 is in parentheses then it probably means that it is considered
> an optional alteration of the chord.
>
> The degree vs slashed-zero may denote diminished vs half-diminished.
>
> Do the Aebersold books have a symbols guide near the table of contents?
>
>
> > I just got Jamey Aebersold's "Autumn Leaves" play-along book.  There
> > is a chord symbol here that I don't know how to decipher:  It's
> > Eb<triangle>+4.  I've seen the triangle before, and take it to mean
> > major 7th.  And I would think that "+4" means augmented 4th.  So,
> > would the notes for this chord be Eb G A Bb D?
> >
> > There is another measure where the "+4" is in parentheses,
> > Eb<triangle>(+4).  What's the difference...?
> >
> > In the last measure of the coda there is G - <triangle>  Would that be
> > a G minor triad with a major 7th on top, i.e. G Bb D F#?
> >
> > There are numerous instances of a chord letter followed by a zero with
> > a slash through it, which I've been interpreting as a diminished
> > chord, but here, in the song, "Witchcraft" we have both a zero with a
> > slash through it AND a little circle that looks like a degree symbol
> > (as in Fahrenheit or Centigrade, in other contexts).  Is one of these
> > diminished, then, and the other something else?  And what would the
> > something else be?
> >
> > This is my first Aebersold book.  It's Volume 44.  Maybe there's a
> > legend in Volume 1?  (That book is on order, but hasn't arrived yet.)
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Elizabeth (aka "Tin Lizzie")
> >
> >
>
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