How to type a short maj7 (jazz) chord symbol?
Hi,
if I type "c7" my MU4 understands and plays the wanted chord (c e g bb). Also works fine with "c6".
but "ct" [t for triangle] displays as wanted, but I do not hear a major7 just a major (c e g) chord.
"cmaj7" seems to work, but I would rather have a short symbol.
Thanks
Kai
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You have to type Ct7 as I have learned.
In reply to You have to type Ct7 as I… by oMrSmith
thanks, well yes that produces the wanted sound. Display is "Ct7" so for me two seventhes (10 and 11 half steps). I see the triangle not as an indication for major but major and "big" seven. Typing "c-t" works for (c eb g b) ???
You wrote:
... "ct" [t for triangle] displays as wanted, but I do not hear a major7 just a major (c e g) chord.
From the handbook:
Major: M, Ma, Maj, ma, maj, Δ (type t or ˆ for the triangle)
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/chord-symbols#chord-symbol-syntax
So, t or ^ for the triangle. 7 for the seventh.
Ct = Cmaj
Ct7 = Cmaj7
I have also always used the triangle to mean major7. And the Wikipedia article about chord notation describe it in this way in the "chord quality" chapter. But if you google a bit you will find that many use it to just denote a major chord, including MuseScore. And in the same wikipedia article you you can see in the "Common types of chords" chapter that it is referred to as only a "major" chord.
In reply to I have also always used the… by AndreasKågedal
See #318252: Workaround for triangle in chord symbols to automatically imply 7