Chords/scales And Most Available Interval Tones

[bellowbelle]

Just in case you are (bored? and) counting buttons....tones....etc...while playing chords on the English concertina:

 

The Ab ( or, call it G#) buttons out-number the other buttons (there are 6 of them on my 37-button English Albion).

Below is a list of what interval this tone becomes as it 'morphs' through the various chords/scales.

 

I've used my own preferences for naming the interval, and I tend to always use the same name for a tone regardless of other changes; in other words,

I will always say 'minor sixth' instead of 'augmented fifth' unless I can't avoid the other...I'll say 'C sharp,' and seldom say 'D flat,' etc..

So....please 'adjust' as necessary.

 

Ab: I (root, tonic)

Eb: 4 (fourth)

Bb: m7 (minor 7th, the dominant seventh)

F: m3 (minor third)

C: m6 (minor sixth)

G: m9 (minor ninth)

D: +4 (augmented fourth, the tritone)

A: M7 (major seventh)

E: 3 (major third)

B: 6 (major sixth)

F#: 9 (major ninth)

C#: 5 (fifth)

 

So, for example, if you want to play a chord and have the most options for playing a M7, you'd play some form of an 'A' chord.

 

I'm not sure this observation has an immense amount of value, but...well, I've learned a little from it, so far, anyway!