Chords in musical staves with previously assumed tonalities

• Dec 20, 2023 - 11:29

When we put a 7th chord on the staff, for example in which the seventh falls on an accented note, for example Cm7 on a staff with flats in Bb and Eb where the 7th should be Bb and not simply B, this is actually contemplated and expressed in the musical chord? Suggestion to avoid confusion: Possibility of viewing the chord on the piano keyboard by clicking on the representation of the chord on the staff!
Thanks in advance .

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• Dec 20, 2023 - 12:32

A Cm7 would always contain a Bb and not a B, regardless of the key signature, or what other notes are playing. There is no risk of confusion.

And as a side note, in MuseScore terminology, "Cm7" is a chord symbol. A chord is a stack of notes on the staff.

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• Dec 20, 2023 - 14:52

Thanks for the clarification and the links.
After writing this question, I was left thinking that if chords are constructed by intervals between notes, by designating them and whatever those musical chords are, then everything should be fine if computer programming is also fine. But it wouldn't be a bad idea, I think, to present these chords on the piano keyboard included in the musescore.

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