• Registered: 2008-02-16
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Topic: chords with a o

hi......what does it mean when a chord name has a small 0 net to the name  ...Abo..thanks

  • From: Tooele Ut
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Re: chords with a o

Welcome harold.  I don't believe I have seen this before.  Can you point us to an example?

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  • From: Stockton-on-Tees UK
  • Registered: 2010-07-22
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Re: chords with a o

Hi Harold

Welcome to Chordie.  I believe this is a jazz chord notation where a "-" symbol indicates a minor chord and the "o" symbol denotes a diminished chord therefore the chord you are looking at is Ab dim. 
You can find alternative fingerings here http://www.chordie.com/voicings.php?tun … ord=Abdim.
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  • From: A black hole in deep space
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Re: chords with a o

your not wrong a dimished is sometimes expressed as Ab o (Ab dim.) I remember it from one of the music books  I have smile

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  • Registered: 2010-02-15
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Re: chords with a o

yes and augmented will sometimes be shown as " + "

  • From: Bellevue, WA
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Re: chords with a o

Diminished it is!  Flattened 3rd and 5th.  Crazy jazz chords, man.

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  • Registered: 2008-02-16
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Re: chords with a o

thanks guys....that was bugging me for a while...:)