![]() ![]() 7th - "B", okay "B" needs to be changed to a " Bb" to fit a dominant chord since dominant chords have flatted 7ths, and "B" is the natural 7 of C.5th - "G" that is fine too, G doesn't need to be changed.3rd - "E" natural is right, it is a major third from C.It's a dominant chord so it has a major 3rd and a flat 7, and then this one has some of those fancy altered notes so we have to flat the 9th, ensharpenate the 11, and flatify the 13. So lets see if we need to modify any notes to fit the chord. Same with the llth, its going to be some kind of "F" note, we might have to ensharpenify it or flattenify it to fit the type of chord, but it is going to be an "F". We know for this chord the 3rd is going to be some kind of "E" it may have to be raised or lowered (sharpened or flattened), but it is gonna be an "E" note of some kind. Go to the next note - this note will always be the 5th - "G".Go around the circle to the right - the next note will be the third of your chord, always.Pick your root, in this case, it is the "C".Here is how you figure out what notes are in it: ![]() I will use a crazy sounding chord as an example, say, oh, how about a C7b9#11b13. G B D F A C E - same arrangement just starting on Gī D F A C E G - same arrangement just starting on Bĭ F A C E G B - same arrangement just starting on Dį A C E G B D - same arrangement just starting on FĪ C E G B D F - same arrangement just starting on A It is a circular arrangement, so once you put the letters in this order no matter where you start it will always go around and get all the other letters/notes there are, so start on whatever letter you want, see?Į G B D F A C - same arrangement just starting on E There is nothing magical about putting "C" at the top of this, I just used it because of the no sharps/flats thing, but if you have a private vowel fetish you can put "E" or "A" at the top and continue the pattern around the circle, or if you quietly yearn for the letter "F" you can start on that letter. If you arrange all the letters of the musical alphabet in thirds (A,B,C,D,E,F and G thats it, those are all the letters in the musical alphabet) you get something that looks like this. There is a very easy way to spell out any chord you want, and I thought everyone knew this one, but I have shown it to more than one person who said "neat! I didn't know that way", so here it is. Many times as bass players all we get is a set of chord symbols so we have to be all up on that right quick and be able to just *BAM* know what notes it takes to create that scary looking G7#9b13 chord that is staring back at us and giving off that cold clammy feeling. You spell out the letters one by one and figure out what makes up the root, third, the fifth etc. This "spelling" term is just another name for figuring out the notes in a chord that you see on a chart. Isn't it supposed to be "A,B,C's"? Not in the chord spelling alphabet it isn't. ![]()
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