Crazy charts

[slinkp]

A friend posted this on FB:

[ilan]

Well, maybe I'm one of those nerds "who need to justify the money they spent on music school" as your friend wrote, but the 3rd of D# is Fx, and it would have made less sense to write D#/G. For me it's easier to read when it makes sense.

[patman]

Agreed...plus if they are written sensibly, you know what it should sound like...(can hear it in your head from the chord symbols-before you play it).

[Pilgrim]

I contend that in popular music, there is always virtue in simplicity - both in the chords chosen and in notation.

[ilan]

Maybe I'm crazy but for me D#/Fx is simpler because D#/G would make me pause to see what's wrong.

Here is a simpler example. Jeff Berlin is playing in Bb but the music is written (0:47) without accidentals in the key signature. Some may find it simpler, but for me it's weird and harder to read.



Here is how I would write it - it's simpler because if you don't see a flat or sharp (or natural), you know it's a scale note. This is what I mean by "makes sense".

[ilan]

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[Rob]

I agree!
I read the initial post on FB
That's the sort of stuff that drove me from open strings.
(and started an interval number system in Nashville)