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Music theory 3 section 4 review and application

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Thu, 11/09/2023 - 07:36
Zk00py
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Thank you in advance and also my apology for the followng,

Example 4.6.

If there is a b flat sign at the begining of the ledger, and a Chord does that reads as c flat?

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Thu, 11/09/2023 - 07:39
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Zk00py
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Same as above

I meant, b flat sign. And C chord.

I hope i been coherent.

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Thu, 11/09/2023 - 07:54
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David Barrett
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Hello Zk00py. No worries, we

Hello Zk00py.

No worries, we can go back and forth until we both understand.

Music theory 3, section 4, ex. 4.6, it's asking you to fill in information for hole 2 on the harmonica. There's no Bb (B-flat) in hole 2, so I'm not sure what you're referring to in regards to the "b flat sign and C chord." Can you please elaborate.

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Thu, 11/09/2023 - 08:16
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Sorry to interfere, I think I

Sorry to interfere, I think I can help. There might be a little mix, it might be about music theory 1, where the section 4 is actually called "review and application", as opposed to music theory 3 where it's something else. The question then makes sense, in example 4.6 there is a stave with a key signature that has one flat.

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Thu, 11/09/2023 - 11:21
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Ah, thanks miggyb00gie. Yes,

Ah, thanks miggyb00gie.

Yes, when there is a Bb (B-flat) in the Key Signature, all B's should read as B-flats. So, in Bar 6, Beat 3, those two notes are Bb.

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Thu, 11/09/2023 - 12:28
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Hey guys, here I am again!

Sorry, I got curious about this… Seems like Zk00py is talking chords. I’m not completely sure what you are asking Zk00py but let me try.

I think it’s about the accompaniment chords notated above the stave. So David is it right to say that these chords are not directly affected by the flat on the key signature? They are accompaniment chords (start of blablabla- resulting from the harmonization of the scale dictated by the key signature -end of blablabla) Anyway, what’s important is that they are played as they are written, so the C chord is a C chord, not a C flat as I think Zk00py suggests. Do I have this right?

more blablabla Harmonization-wise, on the chords written above the stave, we can see the consequence of the flat on the Bb chord, which would be a B diminished if there was no flat. The rest of the chords are the same as they would be without the flat because they don’t contain the flattened note. end of more blablabla

I hope I didn’t get this too wrong, sorry for chiming in like that, and thanks for letting me have my fun anyway

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