Another Fine Mess(y Chord)

Tasman

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Nov 13, 2002, 8:35:52 AM11/13/02

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Hi,

Having only recently bought Steve Swallow's "Deconstructed", and only
receiving it today, i noticed an unusual chord name, and was hoping whether
someone could tell me what it is.

In the song Another Fine Mess, there are several chords, such as the one on
bar 3, 5, and so on that are labeled as 7ths with "SD" ie: A7SD and G7SD.

What the hell does the SD mean?

All help is appreciated ;)

-=Tas=-

Michael D. Aery

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Nov 13, 2002, 9:10:07 AM11/13/02

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In article <3dd25...@news.iprimus.com.au>, "Tasman"
<ta...@iprimus.com.au> wrote:

Are the chord tones written in standard notation? Without knowing the
actual chord tones involved I can only guess and say it means 'suspended'.

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Joey Goldstein

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Nov 13, 2002, 9:49:23 AM11/13/02

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That's not a standard chord symbol. Look in the front of the book and
see if there is any sort of a legend, or a note, describing them.

I doubt it, but it might mean subdominant, i.e. a dom7 chord with
subdominant function, although I have no idea why he would need to
notate that on a chord chart.

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Tom Lippincott

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Nov 13, 2002, 1:51:23 PM11/13/02

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>
>That's not a standard chord symbol. Look in the front of the book and
>see if there is any sort of a legend, or a note, describing them.

Joey; it's not a book, it's a CD. Steve Swallow included reproductions of the
charts for the tune in the CD booklet, but there's no legend or anything; it
was done more as a decorative thing than an instructive thing; the charts are
actually made to look like they've been cut up or "deconstructed."

>Tasman wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Having only recently bought Steve Swallow's "Deconstructed", and only
>> receiving it today, i noticed an unusual chord name, and was hoping whether
>> someone could tell me what it is.
>>
>> In the song Another Fine Mess, there are several chords, such as the one on
>> bar 3, 5, and so on that are labeled as 7ths with "SD" ie: A7SD and G7SD.
>>
>> What the hell does the SD mean?
>>
>> All help is appreciated ;)
>>
>> -=Tas=-

I noticed that and wondered the same thing; the only thing I can figure is that
he might be using that as an abbreviation for "symmetrical diminished." If you
look at the harmonized melody over each of those chords you'll notice all the
notes are from the diminished dominant scale, so my guess is Steve Swallow is
instructing the soloists and/or comper that he wants specifically the
diminished dominant sound over those chords.

Tom Lippincott
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Peter Grogan

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Nov 13, 2002, 1:55:22 PM11/13/02

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SD could mean suspended ....

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Max Leggett

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Nov 13, 2002, 2:21:05 PM11/13/02

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On 13 Nov 2002 18:51:23 GMT, tomli...@aol.comnospam (Tom Lippincott)
wrote:

>>> What the hell does the SD mean?
>>>
>>> All help is appreciated ;)
>>>
>>> -=Tas=-
>
>I noticed that and wondered the same thing; the only thing I can figure is that
>he might be using that as an abbreviation for "symmetrical diminished." If you
>look at the harmonized melody over each of those chords you'll notice all the
>notes are from the diminished dominant scale, so my guess is Steve Swallow is
>instructing the soloists and/or comper that he wants specifically the
>diminished dominant sound over those chords.
>

No, man. SD stands for 'some dippy'. When Swallow was a kid he used
to go to the ice cream store and ask for sprinkles. The guy in the ice
cream store would dip the cone in a container of sprinkles. Swallow
was only 5 or 6 at the time, so he used to ask his mother for Some
Dippy when he wanted sprinkles on his ice cream. So, in the context of
the score, he wants you to play sweet. I got this from Kenny G - what
a font of information that guy is! What would we do without him????

Rick DelSavio

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Nov 13, 2002, 3:30:18 PM11/13/02

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Hi. It could mean San Diego. Rick.Ross, you hear me?...:) RD

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Kevin Van Sant

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Nov 13, 2002, 4:12:58 PM11/13/02

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I thought this rang a bell....

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Joey Goldstein

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Nov 13, 2002, 8:38:05 PM11/13/02

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That makes sense.

> Tom Lippincott
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