Quick Links This Day in Music History Music Education @ DataDragon.com Music Education Forums Maintain Your Forum Information Bernadette Peters - Broadway's Best Sudoku (take a break for a puzzle!) Topic: another unkown symbol From the Music Questions forum. Post a reply or begin a new topic. View other threads or jump to a different forum. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web datadragon.com Author Topic:   another unkown symbol last_woodsman Registered User Registered: 3/18/2008 posted: 3/18/2008 at 11:12:23 AM ET I just have purchased a new tenor banjo book that has after the Chord such as a example: C or G a little round circle where a sharp or flat would be placed. Is this another symbol for a sharp or flat?? thanks Bandirector Registered User Registered: 9/27/2007 posted: 3/18/2008 at 1:09:05 PM ET I think you are talking about the chord symbols, not the notes, in which case the small circle would mean a diminished chord. The diminished chord is built in thirds, just like every other chord, but the 3rd and the 5th degree of the chord are both lowered a half step. In the case of a C diminished chord, rather than containing the notes C, E, and G (like a C major chord) the notes in the chord would be C, Eb, and Gb. For a G chord it would be G, Bb, and Db, rather than G, B, and D. Hope this helps. Do you think this topic is inappropriate? Vote it down. After a thread receives a certain amount of negative votes it will be automatically locked. Please contact us with any concerns you might have.

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