Is this still a C chord or a I chord in key of C?
- KVRist
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- 40 posts since 25 Sep, 2011
I was learning some different keyboard voicings, luxury voicings as an example. So the right hand voicing for C is E G B D with the left hand playing a C. Is this still a C chord for annotation or Em7 variant? There's other voicings that don't use the primary chord note so are they normally annotated in the voicing (if that makes sense)?
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- KVRAF
- 3508 posts since 12 May, 2011
- KVRAF
- 10261 posts since 7 Sep, 2006 from Roseville, CA
Cmaj9
Or sometimes called Cmaj7 add 9
Or sometimes called Cmaj7 add 9
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- KVRAF
- 15277 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
Sure: Cmaj79. But other shorthand names do exist.
Could be Em7/C, depending on the context, but the C is not a logical bass note for an E chord (the G or B are much more likely then to use)
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- KVRist
- 70 posts since 3 Mar, 2004 from Camarillo, CA
It is a C major 9. By calling it a 9th chord, the underlying 7th is implied. If there were no 7th in the structure, the "D" would probably be called a "2".
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- KVRer
- 6 posts since 15 Aug, 2022
Hi, i'm sorry but in this contexte we have five notes. We have a Cmaj7 and you add a 9. this is the closer way to write these chords. In jazz theory, it's a Cmaj7add9 but you can also write Em7/C but it's more modern and less readable.
- KVRAF
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
An E chord, period, with a C bass is nonsense. There is no C in it. an unnecessary complication of a simple matter.
Even if you assert that as an Em add m6, the thing is a C^7, ie., the complication ‘added tone’ has no real use value (add m6 in the bass absurd), and the ear should know the harmony for what it is.
the 9 can be called ’add9’ or not, albeit I don’t when the 7th is present.
Even if you assert that as an Em add m6, the thing is a C^7, ie., the complication ‘added tone’ has no real use value (add m6 in the bass absurd), and the ear should know the harmony for what it is.
the 9 can be called ’add9’ or not, albeit I don’t when the 7th is present.
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- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
Regarding the “nonsense” of the slash chord “Em7/C”, I failed to elaborate, and the remark may be taken for more than it is, and be my responsibility basically. It isn’t that C isn’t part of a harmony on E per se, it’s that it_is_a C^7 (9), a simple matter, and the other name occludes the fact.
OTOH, say you want to write “Em7/A#” there’s no problem really, it’s as simple a designation as we’re going to have for that. While say an ‘Em7/C#’ is the grey area, C#ø7 b9 (C#m7 b5 b9) being not simpler really than that slash designation.
OTOH, say you want to write “Em7/A#” there’s no problem really, it’s as simple a designation as we’re going to have for that. While say an ‘Em7/C#’ is the grey area, C#ø7 b9 (C#m7 b5 b9) being not simpler really than that slash designation.