What is this chord called?

RW James

RW James

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I play this chord:

3
3
2
3
0
X

My chord finder calls it a Fmadd4 - but that doesn't seem right. A F minor would have Ab not A.

I often play it with G5 - C9 - ?
3--3--3
3--3--3
0--0--2
0--2--3
2--3--0
3--0--X

Thanks
 
Re: What is this chord called?

RW James said:
I play this chord:

3
3
2
3
0
X

My chord finder calls it a Fmadd4 - but that doesn't seem right. A F minor would have Ab not A.

I often play it with G5 - C9 - ?
3--3--3
3--3--3
0--0--2
0--2--3
2--3--0
3--0--X

Thanks
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How about some notes, starting low to high? And what's in the bass? What note would the bass player think of as being the root?
 
Re: What is this chord called?

If I'm uderstanding the system it's almost C7/G, but then you're adding a maj7 so I get lost ........
 
Re: What is this chord called?

It's like an F6 add 9 with no 5th or something. could be totally wrong though ;)
 
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Re: What is this chord called?

Lewguitar said:
How about some notes, starting low to high? And what's in the bass? What note would the bass player think of as being the root?
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Sorry - I was trying TO figure out a way to show this without a jpeg.

How about this:

E--3
B--3
G--2
D--3
A--0
E--X

I'm muting the low E string, so low to high would be A F A D G

And yeah, once I record it, I can play with the bass and determine which note would sound best there. In the mean time I just need to notate it someway.

I like the F6 ideas - which where I was kind of heading. But I wonder if it might also be a Dm11/A
 
Re: What is this chord called?

Well yes, they are both right. Technically you could call that chord all sorts of different things. Calling it Dm11 isn't wrong, neither is F6/9. So, whatever floats your boat :)
 
Re: What is this chord called?

I'd say its root would be a Dm, since it has more notes to do with that chord than any other (DFA, then a G in there to make it an 11th). To me its a 2nd inversion of Dm11. Granted, it could also be called anything else you want. Whatever name fits in the key that you're playing in!
 
Re: What is this chord called?

Warheart said:
I'd say its root would be a Dm, since it has more notes to do with that chord than any other (DFA, then a G in there to make it an 11th). To me its a 2nd inversion of Dm11. Granted, it could also be called anything else you want. Whatever name fits in the key that you're playing in!
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the way i see it, it's just Dm4, which is Dm11 but i never count past 7 with my chords.
 
Re: What is this chord called?

rw james said:
i play this chord:

3 (g)
3 (d)
2 (a)
3 (f)
0 (a) this works out to be a dminor suspended 4th d (d f# a) by adding the f you are flattening the third making it dminor, by adding the g you are adding the 4th (suspended) this will typically sound like the 4th needs to resolve back to the major third. Its a nice chord and has a lot of uses. Its an interesting chord because suspended 4ths neither favor major or minor, so you could really use it in any key. If you flat the 5th(a) it will give you d diminished also.
X

my chord finder calls it a fmadd4 - but that doesn't seem right. A f minor would have ab not a.

I often play it with g5 - c9 - ?
3--3--3
3--3--3
0--0--2
0--2--3
2--3--0
3--0--x

thanks
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xx
 
Re: What is this chord called?

It's obviously a G7sus2 ;)

But could also be called a Dmadd11, A7sus4/5+, F6add9.

I'm with the Dmadd11 answer.
 
Re: What is this chord called?

RW James said:
I play this chord:

3
3
2
3
0
X

My chord finder calls it a Fmadd4 - but that doesn't seem right. A F minor would have Ab not A.

I often play it with G5 - C9 - ?
3--3--3
3--3--3
0--0--2
0--2--3
2--3--0
3--0--X

Thanks
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That's G7sus2 or F6add9 -5.
 
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Re: What is this chord called?

At the core, I'd say it's a D minor.

It's in second inversion, with an added 11th. It's not really a "sus 4" because the 3 is still there. So:

Dm/A add11
 
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