PG Music Home Forums PG Music Product Forums Band-in-a-Box for Windows Peter, can you add these chords?

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Yes, it would be great if we could have more chord types.

I'm good with adding the Min add9, which was recently discussed in another thread.

Isn't CMaj7(sus4) C, F, G, B with no E?

For dim, to clarify, we want a pure diminished, not a diminished seventh. That would be C Eb Gb with no A.

Shouldn't a CMaj7(add 6) also have B, the Maj7?

Shouldn't a Cmin9(#5) have D, the ninth?

I would also like to add 7(#11) so I don't have to enter it 9(#11)

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There's some important chords that aren't supported yet which would be very good to have :

sus maj7 or maj sus4 spelt... C,E,B or even C,E G,B

minMaj7b5 ...C, Eb F#, B
dim ........C , Eb, A
Maj7 add6 ..C, E ,G, A
min add9....C, Eb, G, D
min9#5......C, Eb, Ab, Bb


There's maybe more that others could add.

I wanted also to ask if it would be too difficult a job to allow people to add there own chords.
Or at least some kind of facilty for dropping one chord member the 3rd or 5th or 7th from a voicing would open up a lot of possibilities. Just trying to get some feedback from you on this.

It would be good if others bumped this thread and add their won thoughts too.

Regards

Alan

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hi ! I am all for that, too. A few things about the chords you mentioned:

the second chord, C, Eb, A is not a diminished chord or triad, since there's not b5.....your chord is more likely to be interpreted as min6 with no 5th ( omitting the fifth, if it's not altered, doesn't change the quality of the chord much). But yes when you write this chord in BB, it writes is as a dim7 : C, Eb, Gb, Bbb (double flat). BB should just write C,Eb,Gb for a Cdim....nothing else. This chord is almost always taken in first inversion (with the Eb in the bass) because that way sounds less harsh.

the third chord is not a maj7 chord, since there is no maj7 (B ). It's a maj6 chord

the fifth chord seems just a min7 with a suspended fourth....there's no 9th there. The Ab in that chord is actually a minor sixth (C, Ab) . If you want a sharp fifth, it would be spelt : C, Gsharp. Whether you call it C and Gsharp or C and Ab , they are the same pitches, but the interval is different

anybody, if I am wrong, don't hesitate to let me know.....I am here to learn

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About your last point, the last chord (what you called the fifth, which is the sixth?) with that Ab:

When you have two notes that sound the same, like G# and Ab, they are called enharmonic equivalents.

In this spelling, C, Eb, Ab, Bb, technically the #5 Alan refers to is indeed a G#, not an Ab. However, it would drive me crazy to read a chord notated C, Eb, G#, Bb. When writing sheet music, it is a good idea not to mix sharps and flats in the same chord if you can avoid it. Of course, it depends somewhat on what key you are in and what the other chords in the measure might be.

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ooops, yes I was referring to the sixth chord, not the fifth chord.

That's right, the Ab should actually be called Gsharp ( my keyboard seem not to have the sign for 'sharp' , which adds to confusion)
but yes, mixing sharps and flats just to name correctly an enharmonic note, would be unnecessary...I am no jazz musician, but I imagine that especially in jazz, notation has to be kept as simple as possible so that the musicians can interpret and improvise things without getting bogged down too much with written paper stuff

anyways, sorry about the topic change. I just am always interested in music theory stuff and tend to mention things that I have learned so that I don't forget them

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Sorry i misspelt the sus maj7 that should be C, F, G, B, as you've all pointed out. And the diminished chord should of course have read as C, Eb, F#. The Cmaj7 add6 is also C, E G A B...and the m9#5 should have a D in there...Cant believe I made all these errors !! Not one of my most accurate posts..must have been too early for me this morning.. but you all get the general idea.!


Alan

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don't feel bad,you are not alone....I often read my posts back and I can't believe I made all that confusion. Let's remember that music theory is not exactly a very intuitive thing...also, writing about it ,is more difficult and abstract than while you illustrate things with pen, paper and your instrument all at hand.
With only words and thinking brain involved, I find I make a lot of errors