D/C or C6 (sus2 b5)?

Scaler 3 General Discussion
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C,D,F#,A

It should be D/C

Why does SCALER display C6 (sus2 b5) ?

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Hi @swingmix These notes played as a chord can be interpreted in many ways but I would never refer to It as a D Major over C. That would infer a minor 7th over a I major chord in which a bass wouldn’t work. I think a C6 (sus2 b5) or a D7 is the the most accurate way to transcribe. Maybe some theorists here may have some opinions?

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There are mainly some conventions in writing. In STUDIO ONE, in EZKEY, it’s just D/C; everyone sees it and understands how to play it. In SCALER, it shows things too complicatedly, which can confuse beginners and drive them away. I think D/C is fine. C-D/C-Fm/C-C

What do you think?

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To a guitarist those notes make a D7 every day of the week.

However Scaler, and other chord progs, tend to be influenced by the “first” note so it’s trying to make a chord with a root of C. If you enter the notes with D first you’ll probably get a different result. The joys and vagueness of music theory.

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@čľľç»´ĺľ·

I hope everything can be simpler and more straightforward, so that everyone can understand — that’s the best.

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Respectfully, everyone can understand a D7.

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It’s just a D7 chord voiced closely together, (a second inversion) instead of the usual D,F#,A,C. :slight_smile: I studied theory back in 1998 - 2005, any help needed I’m always around.

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With the seventh as the lowest note, this is the third inversion of D7.

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Naming a chord “6sus2b5” is kind of crazy. I can’t think of any context where that would make logical sense. A common sequence could be a chromatic movement, e.g, C, CM7, C7, C6. This same sequence is commonly played with a chromatic bass line, i.e., C, C/B, C/Bb, C/A.

Scaler shows this as C, Cmaj7/B, Bb6sus2b5, Am7.

Any experienced musician will look at the first one and know exactly what it is instantly, simply because it’s very common. Looking at the Scaler way of naming this sequence is just confusing.

I think it’s good that Scaler shows this chord name as a possibility but it should be some kind of option that we can use the lowest note to define a chord name, not convention.