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Topic: Leaving 5th note out of a chord  (Read 7401 times)

Offline manugarciac

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Leaving 5th note out of a chord
on: July 01, 2012, 01:00:02 PM
How is the chord called when you leave the 5th note out? For Example:

C = C E G
CMaj7 = C E G B
? = C E B

I'm asking this because I'm writing the chord names on the top of Moonlight Sonata's sheet to easily be able to remember the notes when playing the song. So far I have:

C#m | C#m/B | A - D/F# | G#7 - C#m/G# - C#sus2/G# - G#7 |

The first G#7, the bolded one, is missing the D# note. How should I call it then?

Offline pianowolfi

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Re: Leaving 5th note out of a chord
Reply #1 on: July 02, 2012, 07:56:06 AM
That's still a G#7. The seventh is there.
 

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