Lets write a fake book together

robertsaunders

I'll recant my proposal for a vote. It was more of an opener than anything else. The standards of notation in use at Berklee are hard to quibble with.

AJATango

robertsaunders wrote:

I'll recant my proposal for a vote. It was more of an opener than anything else. The standards of notation in use at Berklee are hard to quibble with.

there's a book and class taught so it's ok
i recommend their notation book. Some students blow off the class but, it's an invaluable tool for learning some standardized notation.

robertsaunders

AJATango wrote:

robertsaunders wrote:

I'll recant my proposal for a vote. It was more of an opener than anything else. The standards of notation in use at Berklee are hard to quibble with.

there's a book and class taught so it's ok
i recommend their notation book. Some students blow off the class but, it's an invaluable tool for learning some standardized notation.

What's the title/author? Is it available online?

AJATango

http://berkleepress.com/catalog/product ... 5fid=11500

http://berkleepress.com/catalog/product ... 5fid=11137

http://berkleepress.com/catalog/product ... id=8180878

probably available through Amazon cheaper

robertsaunders

Thanks!

BluesBop Harry

Hi everyone,
Wow! It sounds like this is really happening!
I'll try and work on a few contributions myself.
Great idea!

My suggestion for the chord nomenclature:
It's mostly 6/9 and only sometimes Maj7 for majors, m6 or a little less common m7 for minors and 7,9, b9 and occasionally b13 for dominants (don't write more complicated dom7 chords unless essential to the song), m7b5 for half diminished.
It's simple enough and works.
If an specific bass lines is wanted we can use slash chords

djangology

The standards of notation in use at Berklee are hard to quibble with.

Yes, for jazz in general, but I think they are not specific enough to be stylized for this particular style of music.

I think it would be much more appropriate to create a "Style Guide" for the chord charts that is basically Berklee style +/- gypsy idioms.

Before everyone starts on charts, shouldn't we first agree on a style guide?

robertsaunders

djangology wrote:

The standards of notation in use at Berklee are hard to quibble with.

Yes, for jazz in general, but I think they are not specific enough to be stylized for this particular style of music.

I think it would be much more appropriate to create a "Style Guide" for the chord charts that is basically Berklee style +/- gypsy idioms.

Before everyone starts on charts, shouldn't we first agree on a style guide?

In publishing (my clients are mostly publishers) each publisher has what they call "house style," and no two are alike. And there's always a comprehensive manual laying out style requirements. It might indeed be useful to have such a guide to refer to for the contributors to this effort. FWIW.

Jack

I think BB Harry's ideas are about right...there's always a danger of making it too crowded on the page, and that shorthand seems good to me. I might simplify the 6/9 to 6, but otherwise it seems fine. With the m7b5 vs. circle-with-a-line-through-it, I'd rather see the circle just for the sake of brevity (I think the majority of players understand it).

One thing I'd rather NOT see is a 'chord book' that encourages people to play the same shapes over and over for any given chord...

best,
Jack.

robertsaunders

Jack wrote:

One thing I'd rather NOT see is a 'chord book' that encourages people to play the same shapes over and over for any given chord...

best,
Jack.

Me either—that would seem very limiting.

BTW probably everybody has seen Major 7th chords indicated by a triangle instead of a "Maj." It's shorter, but to me always seemed kind of hokey. I'm curious how it's regarded inside the music industry.