In chord symbol notation, how far is "7/6" normally taken?
Wikipedia has an article on the 7/6 chord. It only shows chords built on major triads with added major sixth and minor seventh intervals. For example, a C7/6 chord is comprised of C E G A B?.
How far is this notation taken? Consider these possibilities:
Cm7/6 - C E? G A B?
Cmaj7/6 - C E G A B
Cmmaj7/6 - C E? G A B
C+7/6 - C E G? A B?
C+maj7/6 - C E G? A B
Cø7/6 - C E? G? A B?
These can certainly be parsed without ambiguity, but are they better-written (or written in a more standard fashion) as Cm7(add6), Cmaj7(add6) and so forth?
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The picture wikipedia shows is actually a root tone with the sixth and the seventh close together. So it seems not to be meant a C 7 13.
But I also never ever came across this notation. (In the final chord of a piece we can often hear a root 7 9 13 chord...)
In music, a seven six chord is a chord containing both factors a sixth and a seventh above the root, making it both an added chord and a seventh chord. However, the term may mean the first inversion of an added ninth chord (E–G–C–D).1
It can be written as 7/6 and 7,6.[2] It can be represented by the integer notation {0, 4, 7, 9, 10}.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_six_chord
To answer your question:
How far is this notation taken? Consider these possibilities:
Cm7/6 - C E? G A B?
Cmaj7/6 - C E G A B
I don't know whether I like to hear this one: Cmmaj7/6 - C E? G A B
I'd say eventually your first 2 examples. But I wouldn't like to listen at the others!
In the notation for chords in jazz, if a chord has 2 modifications, isn't it usual to write last the modification that's furthest from the root? If that's the case here, then your C 7 6 is really C 7 13, the 13 (the A) being a substitute for 5 (G). Typically in a chord of the 13th, the 13th would be voiced above the 7th.
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