[Menvi-discuss] Need Help Interpreting a Chord Symbol

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Dani,

My guess is that the transcriber used the letter sign in error, but it could be a C with an altered five of some kind. Is "You're all I want for Christmas" the title of the tune, or the volume 29 title? Perhaps one of us might know the progression? Name a measure number, or some other chords around it.

Richard Taesch



-----Original Message-----
>From: Tina Davidson <tinatd at comcast.net>
>Sent: Nov 27, 2011 5:53 AM
>To: 'This is for discussing music and braille literacy' <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
>Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Need Help Interpreting a Chord Symbol
>
>Hi Dani,
>Unfortunately that must be an old transcription because the chord name is
>beginning with a letter sign (dots 56)and then the cap sign (dot 6) and then
>the letter C. Next is a number sign (dots 3456) and a lowered 5 (dots 26)
>and a normal 5 (dots 15). I'm not sure what this means - what's a C 5 5 ??
>Anyway, the pattern back then for chord names is letter sign, cap, letter
>for the chord name - and then other things like the number sign if chord is
>7th, or an m for minor, or maj for major7 etc. The modern chord symbols
>don't begin with the letter sign and all numbers in the chord name are in
>normal position and two number signs are used if there are two numbers in
>the chord name.
>I have a free braille chart of chord names on my website that might help,
>but it isn't complex jazz chords, just the basics. It's at the bottom of
>this page: http://www.ctdcreations.com/braille/transcriptions.html
>
>Tina
>http://www.ctdcreations.com
>
>
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>Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Need Help Interpreting a Chord Symbol
>
>Hi, Everyone.
>I downloaded The 666 Fake Songbook from Web-
>Braille and am having trouble understanding a chord symbol that comes up 
>in You're All I Want for Christmas (volume 29).
>It looks like some kind of fifth chord. In ASCII it looks like this:
>;,c#5e
>What is it supposed to be?
>Thanks,
>Dani
>
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