To be honest, I've never heard of an F5maj7 chord before and I've played a lot of music over the years. Many software programs these days do their best to analyse chords and these programs end up arriving at names that are descriptive rather than a correct chord interpretation. This might be the case here. I can certainly create the F5maj7 from the name even though it's not part of my chord vocabulary.
That said, BIAB does not recognise such a chord. It would be possible to use F5 or Fmaj7 as alternatives. I'd use whichever sounded best in the harmonic texture that you have.
To guarantee that the chord plays, I suggest that you disable the "Natural Arrangements" feature for this song. That option is found in "Song Settings" -- right click on the chord sheet and select -- and there is an on/off checkbox to deactivate it.
Hi Noel, I don't have a very wide knowledge of chords beyond the basics M m 7 sus etc. I think you are correct in that Logic is just trying to work out what the chord actually is and failing. I found that F5 seems to sound the same so have used that in its place. I probably should invest in a decent chord book, as occasionally I find a chord I know nothing about. Thanks for your help.
I have found PG Music's +++ Piano Chord Dictionary +++ and +++ Guitar Chord Dictionary +++ to be good investments. What I like is each has a "reverse" chord feature where I can provide the fingerings on the piano keyboard or guitar fretboard and the program will display the proper chord name. The one down side I've found is the guitar chord dictionary does not support alternate tunings,
Another thought is you may want to explore the 2019 Band-in-a-Box Chord Builder Tool. You can open the Chord Builder Tool by pressing Ctrl + Shift + B or selecting the Chord Builder Icon in the Tools Bar.
Thanks Jim. I have used the Chord builder in the past. I checked the link for the Piano Chord Dictionary but it appears only to be available for Windows.
F5 is generally a shorthand for a power chord (1st and 5th), but technically isn't a chord at all (only two notes) but it's still supported (unembellished) by BIAB. I think what you have would probably be better notated as Fmaj7(no3), but alas BIAB doesn't support it. I might would try just using an F5 chord, and have either the soloist or melody instrument play the missing E.
John
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Hello guys. I have a similar problem. Sometimes I can't enter the chord I wish. Could someone please tell me how to enter the following chords? (That's how I would name them, the notes and the degree in the key of C)
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