chord name

[The Armadillo of leprosy]

hellooooooo

 

i don't know where to look up the name of a chord so i figured i would come here ....

 

ok if i play a C 5th chord

 

0

0

0

5

3

0

 

 

but add a note at the 7th fret like this

 

0

0

7

5

3

0

 

 

what variation is this?

[JasmineTea]

C9

 

Another way to play it would be a regular open C chord, add the 9 with your pinky, B string, 3rd fret.

[studyscoot]

Use this, you can enter the finger positions and it will tell you the chords...

 

http://chordfind.com/

[JasmineTea]

 

Originally posted by studyscoot Use this, you can enter the finger positions and it will tell you the chords... http://chordfind.com/

I stumped it right away.

 

X

3

2

3

2

X

 

It's three different chords depending on how you use it. Bminor7 flat 5; Dminor over 6; G9 over 3(no bass or tonic). Mabey someone has a different name for it, my chord terminology is'nt all that great. I know what they do, I just don't always know what they're called.

[riffmeister]

 

Originally posted by The Armadillo of leprosy 0 0 7 5 3 0 what variation is this?

 

 

E-C-G-D-B-E

 

that would be a C major 7th add 9

 

I usually play it this way:

 

0

3

4

2

3

X

[studyscoot]

 

Originally posted by JasmineTea I stumped it right away.

 

 

Its a new addition to that site. They're probably still putting new chords and variations into the system.

[JasmineTea]

Originally posted by riffmeister E-C-G-D-B-E that would be a C major 7th add 9 I usually play it this way: 0 3 4 2 3 X

Yeah, if he's playing the open strings. I got the impression he was only playing C G and D fretted.

[riffmeister]

Originally posted by JasmineTea Yeah, if he's playing the open strings. I got the impression he was only playing C G and D fretted.

 

hmmmmm.....I didn't think of it that way.........usually "0" means open string, "X" means the string is not played........not sure how armadillos see things, though.........

[The Armadillo of leprosy]

yeah i just realized i meant to make the 0s to be Xs

 

 

whoops!!!!

 

maybe now it makes more sense

 

 

x

x

7

5

3

x

[walfordr]

Csus2

[riffmeister]

Originally posted by walfordr Csus2

 

or how about

 

C minor flat 3rd

 

[JasmineTea]

Originally posted by riffmeister or how about C minor flat 3rd

or howabout G over C? Csus2/C9 sounds about right. Either way it does'nt realy have a 3rd.

 

"C minor flat 3rd"..I don't think that's legit. Is it?

[seraphim7s]

It's a Csus2 chord, made up of stacked 5ths. A very nice chord to play on the (electric) bass, because the notes are so well spaced.

 

Classical harmony, however, does not recognise suspended 2nd chords, so you might consider it a Gsus4 with the fourth © in the bass. The fourth will resolve naturally to the third (C-G-D becomes B-G-D).

 

If the other strings had been open, then it would've been a Cmaj9 chord, with the third (E) in the bass.

[seraphim7s]

Originally posted by JasmineTea or howabout G over C? Csus2/C9 sounds about right. Either way it does'nt realy have a 3rd. "C minor flat 3rd"..I don't think that's legit. Is it?

 

For it to be a 'slash' chord (commonly used in jazz) there'd need to be a B in there somewhere.

 

And a C9 would imply a third (E) and a (dominant) seventh (Bb), neither of which it possesses.

 

Cmb3 wouldn't really make much sense, because the flat third is what makes the chord minor in the first place. Maybe he meant double flatted third? In any case, no such thing exists the only thing that gets double flatted in chord nomenclature is a diminished 7th.

[JasmineTea]

Got me hangin'. All I know is it's a 1st a 5th and a 2nd. I don't know the terminology, but I've heard others call that chord a 9th or a sus2, that being without a 7th or a 3rd.

Originally posted by seraphim7s For it to be a 'slash' chord (commonly used in jazz) there'd need to be a B in there somewhere.

Did'nt mean to use any "slash" terminology.

[riffmeister]

IVE GOT IT!

 

ALIEN SPACE CHORD.......THE ONE THEY PLAY JUST BEFORE THE RAY GUN MELTS YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM!!

 

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[The Armadillo of leprosy]

^ winner

 

 

seems like there no easy way to name this chord...which makes no sense to me it's only 3 notes lol

 

oh well thanks guys

[walfordr]

 

Originally posted by The Armadillo of leprosy ^ winner seems like there no easy way to name this chord...which makes no sense to me it's only 3 notes lol oh well thanks guys

 

 

Every set of three notes has multiple names as it depends on the context what the chord should be called. In your case you gave the context as it being a C5 with an additional note added. The note you've added is a 2nd so the chord is a Csus2. If you'd said you were playing a G5 and added the C to it I would have said it's a Gsus4; if you were playing ....

[seraphim7s]

Chord nomenclature tries to explain not only what notes are involved, but the function of the chord ie. where its coming from and where it's going, so there's often more than one choice that's valid.

 

Here we're trying to figure out tha name of the chord when we have no idea of its function. If I knew the context, I could whittle it down, but it's either Csus2 or Gsus4 - both have exactly the same notes