Originally Posted By: AudioTrack
Originally Posted By: swingbabymix
I don't understand why it's 3b instead of 3
Finally, I realized that although I chose Am, I actually chose A major.
Because the scales in A major are Am, Bm, C # m, D, E, F #, G # dim

Huh?
1: I think you mean the 'notes' not the 'scales'.
2: I think you mean A Natural, B Natural, C# and G#. Yes?

Actually I think SBM's confusion is also causing us confusion.

I think the list of 'scales' is actually the list of chords as he has m and dim.
Seeing the G#dim made me think it might be an F# minor scale, but that doesn't fit.

One of the things to remember is that the notes in a song may well be not in the key of the song.

Edit: I know little of Nashville notation, but guess that 3b may well just mean the flat third.

Last edited by Gordon Scott; 03/25/23 01:17 PM.
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