I often play an alternative chord to the dominant 7th because it is a rather lovely sounding chord when playing a 12 bar blues. Can anyone tell me the name of the chord assuming it is a known chord!
Key of A at the 5th position but instead of playing an A7 my pinky is playing a G flat.
Answers please on a postcard! (sorry jokes aside!)
An A chord with a " Gb" would be an A6 chord but technically the note should be named then an F# to be an actual 6th note of that chord
Originally Posted by: Brian RobertsKey of A at the 5th position but instead of playing an A7 my pinky is playing a G flat.
That's an A dominant 13th. Or just A13. Nice sounding chord!
|---5-(1)----------|
|---7-(6 or 13)---|
|---6-(M3)--------|
|---5-(m7)--------|
|---7-(5)----------|
|---5-(1)----------|
I cover voicings of 13th chords in this lesson, part of the series on extended harmony chords.
https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=16342&s_id=1195
G-flat is the enharmonically the same note as F-sharp. And as Herman correctly mentioned it's better thought of as F-sharp in this context, because the key of A major has 3 sharps.
Hope that helps!
