Re: [Harp-L] Cm7b5 (no harp content, unless you consider music related to harp)

["michael rubin" <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, but when I am talking about the blues scale, I say flat 3rd, but I
write 3b. This is different than you suggest "It's customary to put
modifiers before the scale degree modified" Am I in error?  When I say flat
3rd, should I write b3?
In the half dim. chord we say flat 5 but write b5, like you say.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com


On 9/18/08, Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Say it out loud: C minor 7, flat 5.
>
> It's customary to put modifiers before the scale degree modified:
>
> Sharp 9, #9
>
> Flat 5, b5
>
> Major 3rd, M3
>
> DIminished 4th, dim4
>
> However, when we refer to specific notes, we put the modifiers sharp, flat,
> and natural after the note name:
>
> C sharp
>
> E flat
>
> F natural.
>
> The m7b5 chord used to be called "half-diminished", meaning a diminished
> triad with a minor seventh (as opposed to a true diminished seventh chord,
> which would have a diminished 7th, one semitone lower than a minor 7th). A
> minor triad with flat 5 is a diminished triad. So the term m7b5, while it
> mischaracterizes the triad involved, is a literally accurate description of
> scale degrees and is therefore not as mysterious as "half diminished."
>
> Winslow
>
> Winslow Yerxa
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
>
> --- On *Thu, 9/18/08, michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>*wrote:
>
> From: michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Cm7b5 (no harp content, unless you consider music related
> to harp)
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 12:02 PM
>
> Why do they write this chord out as Cm7b5?
> Why not Cm75b?
> Is it to separate the 7 and the 5 visually?
> Michael Rubin
> Michaelrubinharmonica.com
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