• Registered: 2009-11-16
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Topic: Hm?

Does anyone know what this cord is. I've seen it several times. It might be a European notation. It's not an Em I'm pretty sure of that.

  • From: Almancil, Algarve, Portugal
  • Registered: 2006-09-02
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Re: Hm?

I am pretty sure that it is Bm

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  • Registered: 2009-11-16
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Re: Hm?

thanks Roger, I kinda thought. But it was on a tune that is still way beyond me. Sade's "No Ordinary Love"

  • From: Stockton-on-Tees UK
  • Registered: 2010-07-22
  • Posts: 146

Re: Hm?

Hi Guys

Your question intrigued me so I went to work on Google and this is what I found at looknohands.com

"The H is used in Germany and Scandinavia to indicate the B note. What is confusing is that they indicate the Bb chord with `B'. So, when you have tabs that come from Germany or Scandinavia, watch out for this: H stands for B, and B stands for A#/Bb."

So Roger is absolutely correct that Hm is actually Bm.

The light has come on for me - I wondered why all of those B chords I was playing sounded crap in certain songs.

Ian

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  • From: Tooele Ut
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 4,049

Re: Hm?

I figured that out some time back, just by chance.  I tried the Bm and it sounded right.

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  • From: NY
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Re: Hm?

whoa!  I'm trying to wrap my head around theory and now a whole new system for the B I already despise?  LOL!  GOOD to know anyhow!  I actually had come across some song chords at one point in time that had a bunch of H's in it.  I just thought the person posting the song was crazy... ha!  I guess I was just ignorant. 

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7 Reply by bensonp (edited by bensonp 2010-08-25 21:10:24)

  • From: Tooele Ut
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Hm?

The dreaded H chord mysteriously appears in our lives.  Alwyas something to learn, right?
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  • Registered: 2009-11-16
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Re: Hm?

LOL ben that was a funny post