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Edition #126, January 22, 2001

GERMAN H CHORD

Joe Trapasso writes:

"In German Music there is commonly an H chord. I was curious if anybody has experimented with German music or could explain to me what this H chord is"

"whiteaxxxe" replies:

In german music there is no "H" chord. the nomenclatura has changed in 1994/1995. "h" is forbidden. Germany was the only country in the world, where this chord - or better . this name for a chord was used. "H" means the same as "b" in all other countries. J.S.Bach has called the "b" as "h", because he thought of difficulties with "Bb". in Germany there was - to make the confusion complete - no "Bb". all this chaords were called "b".

so, to make it clear: German "H" is in fact "B" and German "B" is in fact "Bb". but only in old literature and in newer ones written by people, that doesnīt know the nomenklatura, means most pop-musicians without real abilities and classical musicians that are too arrogant to think that anything could have changed in the last 200 years.

so donīt worry, nobody knows, what kind of literature you have. if it doesnīt sound, try it the other way!! :-(((

wish you a lot of luck, to get the right key immediately,

whiteaxxxe

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