Chordal question
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- KVRist
- 355 posts since 21 May, 2006
When does an F sharp minor 7th, become an A6? I'm using that chord in a song, and just need to know what to correctly call it in the notes.
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- KVRAF
- 6519 posts since 13 Mar, 2002 from UK
First inversion
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- KVRAF
- 1585 posts since 13 Nov, 2005 from St. Paul
Like nuffink said, the bass note is the most immediate difference. It can also depend on the key and the chord progression around it. A6 would be more common if it's either the tonic (in A major), V chord (in D major) or the subdominant (in E major), whereas the F#m7/A might be used if you're in F# minor or if you're using it as a vi chord in A major.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 355 posts since 21 May, 2006
ok, makes sense. I'll go with the root note of the chord - in my case its an A, so, A6 it is!
Ta.
Ta.
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
it only really matters what you call this, which is the same set of notes, if someone else has to deal with it.
in such cases, it would be down to context, IE: how it functions, like to the next chord.
Actually I doubt it matters at all, unless it's for a test in music theory class.
in such cases, it would be down to context, IE: how it functions, like to the next chord.
Actually I doubt it matters at all, unless it's for a test in music theory class.
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- KVRer
- 22 posts since 16 Sep, 2008
You're sort of getting onto chord substitution here. A guitarist might play a F#m7 shape (F# A C# E) when the chord is written as an A6 as the bass will play the root. He might even play F#m7 for a B11 as the notes all belong in that chord too.