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Well, your initial question about the chord started out as a theory question because there was no context. Even I put G/C first, I think. But context is all when deciding what to call it.
It's like, for example, the word 'bow'. What's that? It could be a bow to an audience, a bow and arrow, the front of a ship, a way of tying a ribbon... you see the point. And, if you only hear it pronounced in a certain way, it sounds like the branch of a tree. And so on.
So, given your chords, it had to be a C major chord. As for the 3rd, it's missing because it's been replaced by the 2. Like a C6, the 5 (G) is replaced by the A. With the G still there and the A an octave above it becomes the 13. And, as we know, a sus chord is neither major or minor for the same reason, there's no 3rd.
So it all depends. But 'it depends' doesn't mean any old answer will do. 'Depends' means, pretty strictly, dependent on the other details and circumstances.
You're correct, of course, about this being in the Theory section. Nothing wrong with that. But answering root ambiguity is easy, it doesn't require a slew of long highbrow posts about classical theory which simply obscure the point of the thread. In fact, the simpler and clearer the explanation the better.
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10-30-2023 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Oscar67
Anansi Blues | Christian Miller Quartet | Christian Miller
hope you like it!
EDIT: it seems to be linking to the whole album. The track is called Mount Inari.
I wrote it as both on charts. In the end I opted for maj7sus2 - easier to read I think. That said I find myself most often improvising over it as a type of slash chord. How you hear it will change depending on whether you hear C or G as the root on a G/C chord. I think it’s more colourful to play on the upper structure triad.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by wolflen
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Originally Posted by Oscar67
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Originally Posted by ragman1
one guy would be playing "something" and it may have some harmonic/melodic tonality in the key of G..
another guy come in with his guitar..dosent ask if he can join or anything.
and just starts playing "something" perhaps in the key of Bb
it now sounds a bit like two radios tuned to different stations
John Cage on acid perhaps
ahh those were the days
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Originally Posted by Oscar67
Gadd4
Gadd11
D13sus4/G
CM7sus2/G
Gadd4add12
Gsus4addb11
Gadd11add12
G5add11addb11
Gsus4add12addb11
I think it sounds like C something... Cmaj9 ?
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Originally Posted by wolflen
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Originally Posted by wolflen
So I know what you're talking about :-)
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Originally Posted by wolflen
Cmaj9 is the same as a G major chord
[GBD] played over a C, [CGBD] or G/C
KA PAF info please
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