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Expert: Patrick - 2/7/2008


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I am playing a song in the key of C major, and one of the chords in the progression is a Bb/D   Is it possible that this chord is from the key of C major or another key?  The 7th degree of the C major scale is B and that chord would  be a diminished chord, not a Bb/D chord.  Does this Bb/D chord belong to the key of C major?

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Hi Victor,

Bb is of the major F scale as far as I remember..

F - G - A - Bb - C - D - E - F

Check out this site:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_scale

Sorry I wasn't a lot of help. I don't have a back ground in theroy.

Happy Pickin'

Patrick

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