Re: OT: chord naming question

[Marc Hohl]

Am 27.05.2016 um 15:29 schrieb Urs Liska:
> Am 27.05.2016 um 14:20 schrieb Marc Hohl:
> > > Write the highest note as an a# and consider it as an added 13#.
> > >
> > > Write the upper notes as c-e-bf and interpret it as bitonal (C7 over
> > > csharp).
> >
> > Ok. If I include the g-sharp I got C7#5 over c#. Wow.
>
> That'd be an option but I meant something different.  Of course (as
> others have said) it's also depending on the context, that is on the
> actual voicing/instrumentation and the general kind of harmony the music
> seems to follow.
>
> What I meant is: Consider the (left hand?) c# g# as "c#" without
> specifying major/minor and the c e b# as C7. If I imagine this played on
> a piano(-like instrument) this could well be an appropriate description
> of what it sounds like.

Oh, now I understand – I read the c-sharp as the root/bass note, not as 
a chord (or powerchord - guitar-wise speaking).

But I see now one mistake: the topmost note is a b-natural, so it is a 
Cmaj7 over C#5.

Thzanks,

Marc
> Best
> Urs