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Chord- scale system Wikipedia Article
Chord-scale system - Wikipedia

Why I evaluated this article
I chose this because I am a musician with knowledge on the chord-scale system and music theory. Overall, I enjoyed the article because of its detail and examples. However, I think there is room for improvement.

My evaluation
There is no lead section on this article, something that I think should be included. The explanation that the chord-scale system is an example of how dissonance is treated differently in jazz vs classical music was, in my opinion, the best part of the article. It was even backed up with a quote. Classical harmonies are always expected to resolve, something that doesn't always occur in the chord-scale system. Hence why it's generally accepted in jazz music and not classical. It gave adequate explanations of different scales corresponding with chords. It also mentioned the importance of understanding the older chord tone approach. The images are also nice and clearly show notes on the staff. The chart at the bottom is very helpful, but might be easily overlooked.

My problem with the article is that it's geared towards a reader that already has a very deep understanding of music. Someone with very little knowledge wouldn't understand at all what the article was about. I think there could have been some basic break down of the chord-scale system vs regular scales. This would help people get a better understanding of the difference. If the article were longer and with more sections, a lead sheet would have been helpful. Readers could skip to the information in the article they were aiming for. This way, people could choose a section in the article based on their knowledge of the subject.

If the article wasn't altered, it would remain a concise and informative piece with various sources and quotes. There is no indication of bias.