Answer by Alex G-I for Are flat 6ths ever used?
You know that The Cb6 (C Major Flat 6th) Chord Sounds like an AbaugM7 chord to a lot of people, I think that b6 chords cannot be used to describe a #5Cb6 contains C, E, G, AbYou will have Cm7/b6 for a...
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I think that, in harmony, a flat 6th should never be used to describe an augmented 5th, which tends to resolve upwards chromatically, as in G7+ (G B D# F) resolving to C major. I also believe that a...
View ArticleAnswer by dwoz for Are flat 6ths ever used?
One answer about b6 chords is that they are ALMOST ALWAYS mis-identified as such. In almost every real book/fake book/chart, if you see a b6 chord it has an enharmonic equivalent spelling that makes...
View ArticleAnswer by mramosch for Are flat 6ths ever used?
If you see it from a pure classical standpoint, a 6th can never be a part of a chord-signature. Every chord is built by adding another 3rd to its predecessor note - starting from the root note. So you...
View ArticleAnswer by Dom for Are flat 6ths ever used?
Well there is a chord that fits that description if you look at it that way, but you would never call it that.The actual chord is an augmented major 7th chord which built on C would be a C+M7. With a...
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I see that 3 minor 6th intervals can fit into the diatonic scale, but I never see any mention of flat 6th chords in any chord encyclopedia or diagrams etc...So whats with these chords not making an...
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