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In einer Nachricht vom 12/18/99 12:54:27 AM (MEZ) Mitteleurop�ische
Zeitschreibt stg3music@earthlink.net:

<< Paul Hindemith, in his book "The Craft of Musical Composition" would call
the Ab in the second chord the root, in that it is "root" of the most stable
interval (Ab up to Eb). His point of view is very refreshing to any "jazzer"
who knows very well that the root of a C6 chord is NOT "A."

Gerald Eskelin >>

I don't know why that would be "refreshing"; the point of view is virtually
the same on this point. Nether Hindemith nor the vernacular (i.e. "jazzer")
music theory tradition has much to say about voice leading, and one would
think that learning about a viewpoint which doesn't suffer this deficit would
actually be more refreshing.

The chord neatly called C6 in vernacular theory could be a number of things
in common practice ("classical") theories, depending upon the voice leading
context. The "a" could be a passing dissonance or suspended non-harmonic
tone over a C-rooted chord or the chord could be an A-rooted harmony. And not
to forget: even in terms of Hindemith theory, the chord can be voiced so that
the interval A-E is much stronger than the C-G...