Song Help Request Odd Musical Notation

Phil Lenihan

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Question regarding a Tin PAN UKULALLEY arrangement.

In If you knew Susie there are two notations I don’t understand

C to 9 …tonic .. Cmaj7

And

G7 to 11 .. tonic ..9 G9

What does the middle notation mean? What is to 9 …tonic .. and 11 .. tonic ..9?
Mahlo

Cheers! Phil
 
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Not exactly sure... are these melody notes or chord voicings?
Tonic = root, so the tonic of C would be C
The 9th of C is the note D
The 9th of G is A and the 11th is C
The tonic of G again is G.

Hope this helps...

JoJo
 
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