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Winter's Claw · 10-25-2006, 10:57 PM

For the guitar players out there:

I am not used to some of the chord notation on the Wayne Francis site, so I'm wondering if someone can let me know if I'm reading it correctly. I know how to construct chords, but I'm not sure I'm reading this notation right.

Case in point, the song "Talking in Your Sleep" (found here: http://www.lightfoot.ca/talking.htm ) uses the chords F65- and C9+/E.

The F65- chord, I'm assuming, is an F6 chord with a flatted fifth. That would make the notes: F-A-Cb-D (1-3-b5-6). Correct?

As for the C9+/E chord, this appears to be a C dominant 9th chord played with the ninth note sharpened and E as the bass note. So, the notes would be E-G-Bb-C-D# (3-5-b7-1-#9). Could this possibly be right?

Thanks.

10-25-2006, 10:57 PM	#1
Winter's Claw Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 104	For the guitar players out there: I am not used to some of the chord notation on the Wayne Francis site, so I'm wondering if someone can let me know if I'm reading it correctly. I know how to construct chords, but I'm not sure I'm reading this notation right. Case in point, the song "Talking in Your Sleep" (found here: http://www.lightfoot.ca/talking.htm ) uses the chords F65- and C9+/E. The F65- chord, I'm assuming, is an F6 chord with a flatted fifth. That would make the notes: F-A-Cb-D (1-3-b5-6). Correct? As for the C9+/E chord, this appears to be a C dominant 9th chord played with the ninth note sharpened and E as the bass note. So, the notes would be E-G-Bb-C-D# (3-5-b7-1-#9). Could this possibly be right? Thanks.