Talk:Mu major chord

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I'm certain this is one of Becker and Fagan's private jokes. In music-theoretical terms a major triad with an added second is different from a major triad with an added ninth, but in reality they're just different inversions of the same chord. It would be more accurate to talk about a Mu major voicing. Here are the inversions:

• 1, 2, 3, 5
• 2, 3, 5, 9
• 3, 5, 1(8), 9
• 5, 1(8), 9, 3(10)

The numbers in brackets here are just an aid to imagining the shape of the chord:

There are three possible inversions when the 2nd is in the bass (shouldn't the last editor have made his/her remarks in this discussion section before telling the first person they were wrong?) The problem is, as soon as I play any of these chords (at least on solo piano) I'm 'tricked' into thinking of the bass note as a root (the supertonic of the original scale). The chord then becomes a [dominant 9th sus 4] or alternatively a [dominant 11th].

• 2, 5, 1(8), 3(10)
• 2, 1(8), 3(10), 5(12)
• 2, 3(10), 5(12), 1(16)

(Incidentally, the British stand-up and musician Bill Bailey calls the [dominant 11th] and [major triad add second] "smug chords" in part of his act, I guess because of the smooth jazzy cadence you can make with them)

Adambisset 17:44, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)