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As a stand alone chord, outside of the contex1t of a progression, I would spell the chord with the low E as the root...., the Bb would be flat 5, and the D the seventh. It is pretty rare in Western music to have a flat 4....so I w4ould rename the Ab enharmonically, a G#(the major 3).....C would be a flat 6, and F# a 9......that gives us an E9b5b13, (b5 aka half diminished).....

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Originally posted by lazaraga



E9b5b13


it is symmetrical too, in that chord quality does not change in inversion.


aka the whole tone scale played as a chord.



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The inversions are what I find interesting. I'm not that great on theory, but my chord generator spit out some interesting results.

 

 

C add 9 flat 5 aug 5 7th

D add 9 flat 5 aug 5 7th

E add 9 flat 5 aug 5 7th

F# add 9 flat 5 aug 5 7th

Ab add 9 flat 5 aug 5 7th

Bb add 9 flat 5 aug 5 7th

 

I thought the terminology was a bit whacked, but was intrigued buy the chord symetry. Any others like this that you know of?

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Originally posted by 335clone


I thought the terminology was a bit whacked, but was intrigued buy the chord symetry. Any others like this that you know of?

 

 

i think about any chord you build from a symmetrical scale (whole tone, diminished) will have symmetrical qualities.

 

i like the whole tone scale for dominant chords.

 

G F B C# low to high on the guitar is a good one, and only has one inversion, and then repeats its shape.

 

 

 

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