[Dixielandjazz] Chord Averaging

[Bill Gunter]

Listmates,

"Piano Fingers" Spink observes:

>There is an alternative to picking the average or  "middle sounding" chord 
>in
>a 1 - 4 - 5 progression. Think diminished sevenths. There are only three
>different ones in all keys. Try each or go back and forth. You can't go too
>wrong and it will probably sound closer to the real chord than the chord
>averaging method allows most of the time.

This reminds me of something I heard once (I think attributed to Louis) . . 
. "No matter what note you play, you're never more than a half step away 
from the right one!"

Respectfully submitted,

Bill "One Half Step Away" Gunter
jazzboard@hotmail.com

ps - Piano Fingers talks about a chord 'probably' sounding closer to the 
real chord. This is, of course, a totally subjective observation whereas the 
chord averaging method is an objective, scientific and mathematical 
algorithm for finding a valid chord.

By the way, it's called an 'algorithm' because it was invented by Al Gore!


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