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But you know what 'milligan' is!I get 2nd language mulligan

But you know what 'milligan' is!I get 2nd language mulligan
I already told you a key has a tonal center which here is not D. It’s AThis is the same argument on a different subject. I guess we just define things differently. What i mean is it’s not makeshift, it’s purposeful and methodical.
I guess I just don’t get how it’s easier to communicate by saying this song is in A major but there’s an Em⁷. My way for the verse would be 5 2-⁷ 1⁹ in D. I think everyone would know what that means. I will accept the admonishment and further explanation though.
I don’t mind being wrong, but I’d like to learn why.
Spelling and knowing are quite different.But you know what 'milligan' is!![]()
My way for the verse would be 5 2-⁷ 1⁹ in D. I think everyone would know what that means.
Oops, I spelled it wrong!Spelling and knowing are quite different.
Especially when you have your phone’s autocorrect set to bilingual.
He’s talking verse which is the A Em7 D7No.
- Roman numbers are what people are familiar with.
- There's no II-7. It's G, so IV in D.
- Using A major regardless of whether it's mixolydian (or even aeolian later on), while pretty stupid, is international common sense. Think "tonic is king".
You don't say a blues in A is in D. And G. And A. But that's what your system would ask for.
Funny when you’re making fun of my spelling.Oops, I spelled it wrong!![]()
I wasn't making fun of your spelling. I was giving you a compliment. Thus the beer glasses clinking to help make my point.Funny when you’re making fun of my spelling.
That’s 5of4.… And all of it is before I point out the only D is a D7 so it’s in D is even weirder.
You would be able to play what i wrote. I believe in you!
He’s talking verse which is the A Em7 D7
I don’t use the Roman numerals. Too much ambiguity when hand-written. Especially musician’s writing.Oh sorry, missed that. Still, the roman number and key notions apply.
You would be able to play what i wrote. I believe in you!
I don’t use the Roman numerals. Too much ambiguity when hand-written. Especially musician’s writing.
Me like riffs and chugzWow, this thread went way over my head fast.
You have to use the superscripts. 5⁷.Latin numbers are even more ambiguous. 57 is just looking weird, V7 is perfectly normal.
0-3-5™You have to use the superscripts. 5⁷.
I think it’d be more like 3 seconds and if not, after the first time seeing it, no more deciphering.Yes, but I'd had to take quite some time to decipher it. …
If someone said “this is in A Mixolydian” I’d have never started this thread.In the case of "We Are Family" you'd use 2 sharps and possibly add a little "G mixo" index.
But it doesn’t fall apart at all.However, your approach falls apart on this very tune already. When that F/G comes up, there goes your D major. So you'd have to deal with "deviations" from a main key signature anyway.
It should take off though because it makes sense.And fwiw, when actually writing some melodic stuff, it annoys me as much as it gets having to constantly use additional flats or naturals because the friggin' thing is in mixolydian. Hence my idea of "modal tonic key signatures". An idea that - unfortunately - will very likely never take off.
I think it’d be more like 3 seconds and if not, after the first time seeing it, no more deciphering.
You wouldn’t. I’m assuming you’re exaggerating.But why would I even have to?