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Are piano chords affected by key signature?
I am learning piano chords. the A chord is A C#, and E. When the key signature is, for example, 3 flats (A B E), does that mean that the A chord is changed to A flat, C#, and E flat. If so, when Adim, then is chord now Aflat, C and D?
1 Answer
- Anonymous1 decade ago
No
A major is A C# and E... that's it. There's no other way to spell the chord.
Ab C# and E... well, you wouldn't have that. You don't mix sharps and flats in a chord (there are a few circumstances where you do, but this is not one of them). Call the Ab G# instead, now you have G# C# and E... a second inversion C#m chord.
A° is A C and Eb. Ab° would be Ab Cb and Dbb (yes, Cb and Ebb are just B and D, but you would not spell it that way)