Thanks, Everyone... I'm going crazy I think! Sorry for not stating things clearly. I currently have it spelled as an F in the bass, a G# and D in the treble, with no B... It definitely has a "diminished" type sound to it, or even a minor sound... The chord before it is a D major - and this "sounds" like a D minor to me, but definitely has the G# which I figured should be an Ab instead due to the "D" in the bass and the minor/diminished sound... This chord resolves to a C Major chord, which is the root key.
So - which would it be?!! Thanks a bunch! on 9/9/05 3:51 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: > > On Sep 9, 2005, at 3:31 PM, Jacki B. wrote: > >> Hey, Everyone - I've gone blank this afternoon for some reason! Could >> someone let me know what this chord would be called: D - Fb - Ab >> >> I know it's a D diminished but can't remember if this is the regular >> diminished chord or a "doubly diminished" since it's 2 minor 3rds... >> Just >> gone brain-dead for some reason! How would this be indicated in a lead >> sheet for guitarists? D° - ? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jacki >> > > Depending on the context, it looks more like it should be respelled D - > E - G# as an E7 chord with the seventh in the bottom (and missing the > 5th, but that's the first note to drop when you are missing enough > voices to play everything.) If it is spelled correctly, then it might > be a Bb7(b5), without a bass note, expecting to resolve to an Eb > something. You didn't say whether the bass note is included in that > voicing or not, which definitely affects things. > > There are some other possibilities, but it definitely ISN'T D > diminished, as that would need the F to be natural. The so-called > "double-diminished" (which is a classical term anyway, most guitarists > don't use it) would include a Cb, and would be called Ddim7. > > What key are you in, and what are the chords around it? This will give > a good indication of what to call this chord, as context is everything. > > Christopher > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
