Members CBHandle Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 Is The Top Note the Highest Note in the Chord, or the Highest Note being Played. For Instance; If an E7 has the third (F#) sounding as the Highest note , is F# or D the Top Note?
Members Big Muff Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 WTF, F# is not in an E7. :poke:
Poparad Posted December 23, 2007 Posted December 23, 2007 Assuming you meant G#, if the highest sounding note in the voicing is G#, then G# is the top note.
Members gennation Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 True, there's a difference between the highest note (interval) in the chord formula v/s the highest note in the chord "voicing".
Members Santuzzo Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 Top note, AFAIK, refers to the highest note of a particular voicing.
Members CBHandle Posted December 23, 2007 Author Members Posted December 23, 2007 Assuming you meant G#, if the highest sounding note in the voicing is G#, then G# is the top note. Yes, I meant G#. I hope I made a Typo, I'd hate to thimk I'm dyslexic.
Members CBHandle Posted December 23, 2007 Author Members Posted December 23, 2007 Top note, AFAIK, refers to the highest note of a particular voicing. So if I was playing the Piano, my right pinky would be the Top Note? I've been looking all over the net and local library, but I can't find anything.
Members jonfinn Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 Don't get too caught up in terminology. Most of the time, when we first learn to "spell" chords, we're taught to do it from bottom to top (i.e. root, 3rd, 5th etc.). I think it's done that way because it's easier to explain. But in some styles of music, music is often harmonized from top to bottom. This way, the highest note is melody, and the harmonized notes are underneath. Does that help? Or did I explain something you already know?
Members makingbeds Posted December 24, 2007 Members Posted December 24, 2007 the "top note" in theory is typically the highest note if you stack the chord in thirds (for chords that can be stacked in thirds). example: A root position g on guitar (3 2 0 0 0 3 3) would have a g being the highest frequency note, but you would refer to the d as the highest note in the chord because it is the highest of the three (g, b, d). Stack the chord to find the "top note"
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