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Ok, so the chord in question consists of, bottom to top, C, Eb, Gb, Ab.
If the A were not flatted, it would be Cdim7. But with the Ab, could we call it Cdim-b7? Cdim6? Something else?
Ab7/C works, but this is the first chord of a song in C minor, so I thought it should be C-something.....
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Ok, so the chord in question consists of, bottom to top, C, Eb, Gb, Ab.
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Ok, so the chord in question consists of, bottom to top, C, Eb, Gb, Ab.
If the A were not flatted, it would be Cdim7. But with the Ab, could we call it Cdim-b7? Cdim6? Something else?
Ab7/C works, but this is the first chord of a song in C minor, so I thought it should be C-something.....
My first thought was Ab7/C but you've thought of that.  What does it go to after that? I don't know if that would give any new perspectives.
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If the next chord is C minor, then bass C serves as a pedal tone for both of them.
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The next chord is Bdim7/D. The pedal tone moves up from C to D.
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Is one of the notes part of the melody? It's not always counted in the chord name
Can you post up the actual sheets?
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Ab7, VI7, no need to over-complicate things imo.
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Can you post up the actual sheets? I want to work on it until I'm happy with it, and register the copyright first ....
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Ab7, VI7, no need to over-complicate things imo. Yes, it's a fairly normal way to voice a 1st inversion Bb7b9 chord but if you were moving from Ab down the circle of fifths it could just as easily be a Db7b9 - the next chord might lend a clue
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