NAME THAT CHORD

ArthurGuinness

Hey all just wondering did you all want to play a little game of name that chord. Ill post a diagram of a chord below and who ever names it correctly then posts there own diagram etc etc. An easy one to start.

e---7

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B---7

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G---9

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D---9

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A---8

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E---7

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kranog

Bm7 is it? Or maybe a susp 7th?

mardybumbum

ArthurGuinness wrote: »

Hey all just wondering did you all want to play a little game of name that chord. Ill post a diagram of a chord below and who ever names it correctly then posts there own diagram etc etc. An easy one to start.

e---7

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B---7

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G---9

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D---9

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A---8

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E---7

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Jaysus, I just played that on my guitar and it sounds terrible. I assume it was supposed to be a Bmajor.:p
Well it has contains the notes B,E,F,F# so is it Bsus4 with a flattened fifth???:eek:

ArthurGuinness

****e lads sorry i wrote it wrong what a idiot i am here

e---7

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B---7

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G---8

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D---9

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A---9

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E---7

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what a complete tool I am. Rite you are mardy was ment to be a Bmajor. I was a bit tired when i posted it. Any way tiz' now your go

mardybumbum

No worries buck. Happens to the best of us!:pac:

Hmm..I love replacing the standard Emajor with this chord, try sliding it up two frets too.


e---0

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B---0

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G---1

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D---4

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A---2

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E---0

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But what is it????:p

MattKid

Esus2

mardybumbum

Correct!:D

Paligulus

mardybumbum wrote: »

No worries buck. Happens to the best of us!:pac:

Hmm..I love replacing the standard Emajor with this chord, try sliding it up two frets too.


e---0

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B---0

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G---1

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D---4

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A---2

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E---0

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But what is it????:p

Is it not a Eadd9 chord ala Andy Sumners (Message in a bottle, every Breath you take)?

mardybumbum

Paligulus wrote: »

Is it not a Eadd9 chord ala Andy Sumners (Message in a bottle, every Breath you take)?

I think Eadd9 and Esus2 contain the exact same notes. The difference between the two chords is that the F# is an octave higher in the Eadd9.
But I could be mistaken.:cool:

MattKid

Nah he's right it's add9 as the 3rd is left in. If the 2nd was replacing the 3rd it would be a sus2

Dord

e|--0---|
B|--0---|
G|--0---|
D|--7---|
A|--7---|
E|--5---|


LOL

MattKid

You probably were doing an A5 power chord but you've included the open strings so it would be something like an A7sus2

Dord

MattKid wrote: »

You probably were doing an A5 power chord but you've included the open strings so it would be something like an A7sus2

Yeah, that was intended. I wanted to see who'd catch it. It's A7sus2. Good job!

MattKid

e|--X---|
B|--6---|
G|--5---|
D|--8---|
A|--9---|
E|--X---|

Paolo_M

MattKid wrote: »

e|--X---|
B|--6---|
G|--5---|
D|--8---|
A|--9---|
E|--X---|

F#flat5?

MattKid

nope
I admit I did get it from Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry book

CianRyan

I was thinking it was F# add9
But i know thats wrong.
This is tough enough

Paolo_M

MattKid wrote: »

nope
I admit I did get it from Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry book

Oops, I thought there was also a F# on the B string not an F.

I'm still going to try for F#maj7flat5 as you have the F# root, Bflat 3rd, C (the flattened 5th) and F the major 7th. Not sure if F#maj7flat5 is the correct way to write it though.
Is this the Thoelonius Monk chord?

MattKid

In the spirit of keeping the thread alive and because it might also be the above I'll let you know what Ted Greene says it is.


D7#9+

CianRyan

MattKid wrote: »

In the spirit of keeping the thread alive and because it might also be the above I'll let you know what Ted Greene says it is.


D7#9+

WTF?
Thats a new one too me.

Dord

How about this one?

e|--9---|
B|--9---|
G|--10--|
D|--11--|
A|--X---|
E|--X---|

MattKid

f#sus2

Dord

MattKid wrote: »

f#sus2

Nope, try again.

MattKid

I don't know where I got that from.

Trust me for trying to visualise a fretboard when I'm tired!

C#

Dord

MattKid wrote: »

I don't know where I got that from.

Trust me for trying to visualise a fretboard when I'm tired!

C#

I was messing around with it last night, it sounds cool. You're close enough, it's C#Major7th.

I know how you got F#sus2, you put in an F# where it's actually an F.

Paolo_M

Dord wrote: »

I was messing around with it last night, it sounds cool. You're close enough, it's C#Major7th.

I know how you got F#sus2, you put in an F# where it's actually an F.

You have the root, major third, fifth and root of C#. Where's the maj7th? Shouldn't there be a C somewhere, perhaps that should be an 8 (C) on the high E?

Dord

Paolo_M wrote: »

You have the root, major third, fifth and root of C#. Where's the maj7th? Shouldn't there be a C somewhere, perhaps that should be an 8 (C) on the high E?

My bad... I made a bit of a mistake with it. Yeah you're right, it's just C#.

MattKid

Good I'm glad I wasn't going completely mad.

Here's one I know what the added intervals are but the correct way of writing it I'm not 100% sure of.

e|--0---|
B|--3---|
G|--0--|
D|--4--|
A|--3---|
E|--X---|

Paolo_M

MattKid wrote: »

Good I'm glad I wasn't going completely mad.

Here's one I know what the added intervals are but the correct way of writing it I'm not 100% sure of.

e|--0---|
B|--3---|
G|--0--|
D|--4--|
A|--3---|
E|--X---|

Csus2b5, I'm not sure how to write it properly either.
It a really nice soundinig chord but I've never been able to work it into a song yet.:(

How about
e|--0---|
B|--0---|
G|--6--|
D|--6--|
A|--7---|
E|--5---|

MattKid

it's not a sus 2 as the 3rd is there so it's an add 9 and it's not a b5 as the 5th is still there so it's a #11

Cadd9#11 maybe it's official name
Sounds nice if a little predictable if you alternate with. I just use these two as substitutes when playing a slow song in G.

Something like City of Chicago by Christy Moore, they work really well in places and as an intro.

e|--0---|
B|--3---|
G|--0--|
D|--4--|
A|--X---|
E|--0---|

Paolo_M

MattKid wrote: »

it's not a sus 2 as the 3rd is there so it's an add 9 and it's not a b5 as the 5th is still there so it's a #11

Cadd9#11 maybe it's official name
Sounds nice if a little predictable if you alternate with. I just use these two as substitutes when playing a slow song in G.

Something like City of Chicago by Christy Moore, they work really well in places and as an intro.

e|--0---|
B|--3---|
G|--0--|
D|--4--|
A|--X---|
E|--0---|

Ah, these are the things you never learn when you're self thought and never bothered to read any theory properly!!

With my new found knowledge, could the last chord you posted also be a Em7add9?

MattKid

sort of

Em7add9 isn't wrong

But for some reason a 7th is assumed and it is just called an Em9 probably just so it's shorter!

I'm still getting my head around a lot of these extended chords but I like to know the name of the sounds I'm playing by altering my fingers when playing a chord