Fair enough; in that case it's not really functioning as Cmaj7/D as much as it is an Am9/D or even Am9/11, right? This is a good example of how chord names can be deceptive or misleading; too many guitar players tend to name chords by their shape rather than by their context, it's a huge "rabbit hole". Hope all's well.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Hansmann <bobbybmusic@...>
To: Jazz-Guitar <[email protected]>
Sent: Mon, Jan 20, 2020 7:05 pm
Subject: Re: [Jazz-Guitar] Pent Up House #Improv #SonnyRollins
On 1/20/2020 8:32 PM, jvegatrio via
Groups.Io wrote:
Cmaj7/D seems kind of a stretch replacement for Am7
Why? Cma7/D is nothing more then Am9/D (no root), and if one looks
at the Am7 as a II chord, the D bass is no stretch at all.
