Hi Clif,

Thanks for reporting the rootless chord voicing capabilities of the Korg Karma's jazz trio combi sound #E126. As far as I know this is Korg's FIRST implementation (abeit limited) into this jazz influenced chord voicing realm. BRAVO!

I am quite perplexed about G-B-D being interpreted as Cmaj7-9 though. Are you sure of this? G-B-D clearly symbolizes a G triad in my book. I agree that G is the 5th of C, B is the maj7th of C, and D is the 9th of C, but the principal tonality which needs to be included (the 3rd of the chord: E or Eb) is missing. I think assigning G-B-D as a CMaj7-9 is a probably a mistake. Addendum: You said (-9). It is generally thought that a (-9) signifies a "flatted 9th", which would make the D a Db rather than "D" which does not agree with the notes played.

Clif, could you please explain the auto-accompaniment capablities (if any) of the Karma? Obviously there is auto-chord recognition but I didn't realize that the Karma had auto-acompaniment too. This has got me very interested.

Thanks,

Scott http://scottyee.com