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Topic: 6# or 7b ? |
Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 3 Jan 2007 6:52 pm |
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| In the key of G, a song has an F chord in it. Is there a rule of thumb as to the Nashville number it would be assigned? If no rule of thumb, which would you prefer to see if you were handed this chart and had never played the song? |
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 3 Jan 2007 7:34 pm
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I've always called it a flat 7 chord. The flat, although correct, doesn't always seem to be part of the equation. It just seems that most times when someone wants a whole step below the root, it's just called a 7 chord.
And....if you're giving one-handed chord signals, I've always seen a 7 shown by thumb and index finger....and a 6 chord by just the thumb. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 4 Jan 2007 2:13 am
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~For me it the ratios are always ;
I, bII, II bIII, III,
IV, bV, V, #V,
VI, bVII, VII, I
The degrees of the key are not the same as
degrees relative to different keys.
This ratio scheme can move to any key,
to make for easy transposition,
especialy for different singers requirements.
But that key might be a
flat or sharp key.
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Last edited by David L. Donald on 4 Jan 2007 5:18 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Rick Johnson
From:
Wheelwright, Ky USA
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Jeff Lampert
From:
queens, new york city
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Posted 4 Jan 2007 7:43 am
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| b7. No question about it, this is the way the big majority of players would understand it. |
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Stephan Franck
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 4 Jan 2007 8:46 am
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I'm with skip. Yes, it's technically a 7b. But it's been my experience that when you mainly play country, blues, root stuff, natural 7 chords are few and far between. So I guess the default 7 tends to be a 7b...
But that's just my life playing in bars where a natural 7 may be grounds for dismissal... |
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