# Does this harmony make sense?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-harmony-make-sense/796752>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 19, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-harmony-make-sense/796752 "2017-09-19T19:04:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-harmony-make-sense/796752/1 "2017-09-19T19:04:29Z")

</div>

This sheet music: [https://s26.postimg.org/95k9oofbd/Loch\_Lomand\_001\_2\_LI.jpg](https://s26.postimg.org/95k9oofbd/Loch_Lomand_001_2_LI.jpg)

I didn’t like how the F7 chord in the right hand sounded, so I added the A natural and it sounded much better. I found myself adding an A natural to the Eb chord in the same bar - this was an accident and once I discovered I was doing it, I thought it sounded a little dissonant, but interesting.

Note the left hand plays a C, so maybe this is a C minor sixth chord?

In Eb, adding an A natural is the tritone and I’m not sure what you would name it.

Thoughts?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-harmony-make-sense/796752/2 "2017-09-19T20:54:13Z")

</div>

Given that the chord progression is I-vi-ii-V everywhere else, I would be inclined to call it a Cm6/Eb.

As part of a major chord it would be an Eb6(#11) or something like that, but it’s clearly meant as a ii chord there, so I’d go with Cm6/Eb.