[Dixielandjazz] Chord Symbols Guitar v. Piano

[Patrick Cooke]

Steve wrote:
>>>>Of course you could always abbreviate a Gm13 on
the piano by playing a Gm6 on Guitar, and so on. ;-)<<<

     It is no problem to add the 13th to a minor6 chord on guitar.
    Actually, if you have the third, the 7th, and the 13th, you have the
minimum requirements of the 13th chord.  Anything else you can fit in is
frosting on the cake.
   Pat Cooke

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet@earthlink.net>
To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 10:28 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Chord Symbols Guitar v. Piano


> Dan Spink wrote: (polite snip)
>
> To quote Tony Ricigliano's great text, Popular and Jazz Harmony: "One of
> the most important points to remember when revising sheet music is that
> the guitar chords or symbols shown above the melody are NOT to be relied
> upon as an accurate analysis of the chords in the piano accompaniment
> for several reasons"  etc.
>
> To which I would add: Mr. Ricigliano left out one very important reason.
> Guitar players simply cannot finger many of the extensions that the
> piano player might play. Of course you could always abbreviate a Gm13 on
> the piano by playing a Gm6 on Guitar, and so on. ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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