Chord symbol for chord without root seems to be impossible? E.g. C7(omit1) or C7(no1). I’ve also seen chord symbols with diagonally crossed-out letters (but this it doesn’t seem to be very common).
OK, I’ll dive in to this pool of potential controversy.
In my world, a C7(omit 1) is surely Edim?
Also in my world is C7(omit1) mostly Edim. But not always.
All worlds should be possible in Dorico!
What exactly is the context where you want this? Chordal players often omit roots, at least in jazz probably more often than not, but this isn’t usually described in the chord symbol. Is this for analysis or something?
Yes, especially for analysis. Saves me 1000 questions from my students.
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There is another writing variant: C7(no root)
I realize this thread is old, I ended up here after a search. I just made a little exercise/tutorial sheet for a Ukulele class about using a couple of extended chords in a 12-bar blues in C. The basic pattern is C C C C F F C C G F C G7, the extended chords give C C C F F C C G9 F9 C G7. But in your world, those 9 chords (4555 and 2333 on uke) are Dm6 and Cm6 based solely on the notes since they don’t have the implied roots. But they’re clearly heard as based on G and F respectively. The class is a mix of people with and without some kind of musical background and I really wanted Dorico to allow me to show the “(omit1)” for clarity, but no luck, sigh.