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Happy New Year. I'm currently transcribing some chords into BB and the chord F* appears a few times. Using just F major doesn't sound quite right and I've fumbled around on my acoustic trying various obvious alts but what does the * actually signify please? Is it a shorthand of some kind? Bests Ian
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My guess would be FMaj7 if its meant to be F followed by a triangle. Could also be F diminished if F followed by a small circle.
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I have never seen a F* or any * chord. Here is a list of all of the chord symbols and a * is not listed: https://jazz-library.com/articles/chord-symbols/If possible I would look at the notes in the song (hopefully you have more than just the chord symbols) and figure out what chord it is suppose to be. Good luck!
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Thanks folks. I can't see the notation as it's a Chord Sheet only. Later I'll try a few of those on that list. Although I don't 'read' as such, I could get it from the stave - if only there was one. Bests Ian
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Ian, give us the chord progression. Or post a picture of the song so we can see the chord progression.
Mario is correct, there is no such symbol* in music notation of chords.
It could be that the program doing the printing could not reproduce the small circle for Diminished, or the small circle with a diagonal line that is Half-Diminished. Or as Andrew said, less likely, the triangle that means Major 7th.
Show us the song.
* unless it's something like this, where it could mean there is an explanation of the chord somewhere else. I've seen this done when the exact voicing of a chord is needed because there is no standard name for it.
Joke overheard that was said by young music students: "There are five types of chords - major, minor, suspended, augmented, and demolished."
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Its here - https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/becky-hill/only-you-chords-4423622Two mistakes on my part 1 - it's G* not F*. 2 - if I'd bothered to check the very top of the chord sheet I'd have seen G* shown as a hybrid guitar G major 320033 rather than the expected first inversion of 320003. I've played them both and can't see why he made it different. The extra D doesn't do much to boost the chord. Matt was right - the * means "explanation elsewhere". Bests Ian
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With the capo on the first fret, you G* is actually G(b6b9). Without the capo it is just a G. But Matt was right, * means look for footnote. 
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The 320033 is quite common among guitarist. It is commonly used when going to a Cadd9. The fingering change would be 320033 to 032033. It is also used when going to a form of D or to Bm or Bm7, making a smoother chord transition.
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With the capo on the first fret, you G* is actually G(b6b9). Without the capo it is just a G. But Matt was right, * means look for footnote. Dan, if putting a capo on the first fret wouldn't just be an G#/Ab chord? The fingering would still be 320033 from the capo would it not? The capo would raise each note by a half step. When putting on a capo a guitarist would still use the same chord fingerings, it would just be a different chord, in this case a G to G#. Or am I on a different wavelength then you?
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Opps, Just like me to over analyze things. Of course you are correct. I have been playing the keys for a long time now. Good catch my friend. In my defense I thought there would be something special noted with the voicing of the G*. The 320033 is very common for a G chord - nothing special here.
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