How do I play an H major chord?

[Woozie]

I don't know if I'm seeing things or what. I thought it was some sort of misprint, but it occurs multiple times in this book. Does this have some meaning I don't know about?

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[Jodwahh]

I know I'm drunk but I didnt think a H chord existed.

[Plow]

H=B

[Yuri-G]

yeah, there ain't no H chord son. not in this reality, anyway.

apparently it's somewhat common in Europe to see H instead of B? according to google anyway. so I'm guessing the poster above me is right. weird, though. I never knew that until now.

[Woozie]

So if H = B, then why do I have Bb instead of Hb?

Edit: I guess you're right. This entire book doesn't seem to have a single B chord, so I guess they use H instead of B. Weird. And I still don't know why they use H for B, but don't use Hb for Bb. Silly Europeans. When will they learn that American language and notation and words without the letter u is vastly superior?

[Nightfyre]

H=B and B=Bb

It's weird, I know. German origin I think? I know Bach signed a few of his songs that way.

EDIT: missed that it does say Bb. It's still B chords, but I have no idea why he didn't stick to one system or the other.

[Jakson]

Bmaj7

[Plow]

H=B and B=Bb

It's weird, I know. German

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it's odd that they'd actually say Bb when using H, though

[Woozie]

H=B and B=Bb

It's weird, I know. German origin I think? I know Bach signed a few of his songs that way.

Huh? Now I'm really confused because this book has both H and Bb (but no B). Are you sure about this?

[Nightfyre]

Huh? Now I'm really confused because this book has both H and Bb (but no B). Are you sure about this?

Positive. Like my edit said, no idea why it's inconsistent with H and Bb rather than H and B or B and Bb but I'm 100% sure H=B.

[Jodwahh]

So if H = B, then why do I have Bb instead of Hb?

Edit: I guess you're right. This entire book doesn't seem to have a single B chord, so I guess they use H instead of B. Weird. And I still don't know why they use H for B, but don't use Hb for Bb. Silly Europeans. When will they learn that American language and notation and words without the letter u is vastly superior?

Im european and I've never seen a H chord in my life. You just got played from wherever you got that music from.

[Woozie]

Well here's the preface of the book

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Whatever country this is native to, they're clearly a bunch of terrorist and must be stopped.

[Jodwahh]

Jesus my fucking eyes just melted, clearly terrorist language.

[Jakson]

I found some site that looked to be croatian, mentioning an Hmaj7 chord. Problem was that what they were fingering wasn't a B.

[Jodwahh]

huh huh fingering.

[Eliseos]

Unrelated but somehow related, but B-fields are sometimes listed as H-fields in certain textbooks (magnetic fields).

[Woozie]

Unrelated but somehow related, but B-fields are sometimes listed as H-fields in certain textbooks (magnetic fields).

H and B are closely related quantities but technically aren't the exact same thing. Normally we use B = uH (where u is the permeability of free space), though in some cases (certain magnetic materials) it looks a little different (H = B/u - M. This is the more general formula, and B = uH is really just a special case. But it's this special case that allows us to use B and H interchangeably since they are directly proportional to each other. It's just a matter of changing the units you use or attaching a constant to your equations).

[Jodwahh]

Personally I still just think it's terrorists and goddammit I'm sticking with it.

[Woozie]

Definitely terrorist. I personally think America should launch a preemptive strike.

[Jodwahh]

Definitely terrorist. I personally think America should launch a preemptive strike.

Finally someones talking some sense up in this motherfucker.