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#477193 - 02/23/07 02:37 PM
Name That Chord!
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Chris.Roberts
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Hey Folks, Ive been writing some new material and have found myself in a predicament. Actually, a place to learn. So here i am, i dont know what these tones create. C Bb E A E G D F# G F A B E I can see what they could be but then a tone is there that throws me off. I seem to find myself playing a lot of inversions and i hear the chords, i find way to construct phrases that sound good together but i want to broaden the spectrum and know exactly what it is im creating. Thanks folks for any light you can shed, Chris hehe look at what i found too! hah fun stuff! www.chordfind.comnice so i found: G F A B E: G13 anyone know the other two?
Last edited by Chris.Roberts; 02/23/07 02:40 PM.
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#477203 - 02/23/07 03:06 PM
Re: Name That Chord!
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Mike Dunbar
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Of course, G F A B E could be an F b5 add 9 with the nine in the bass; or an Em b9 add 11 in the first inversion, or a few others. The name of a chord depends a lot on it's function in the musical piece. If you want the names depending on the first note being the root of the chord, then I'd call C Bb E A an incomplete C13 a C7add13 C is root, Bb is seventh, E is third, A is 13th (or sixth). I'd call E G D F# an incomplete Em9 E is root, G is minor third, D is seventh, and F# is ninth.
You've already got a few good names for G F A B E.
You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash It's only music. -niteshift Mike Dunbar Music
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#477221 - 02/23/07 04:21 PM
Re: Name That Chord!
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Mike Dunbar
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Anytime, Chris. I usually stray away from mixing the term "sixth" with the term "seventh" because they are so close, but it is an acceptable name.
The most important thing to watch for is the fact that with these more complex chords, especially when they are incomplete (no fifth, an "added" nine or eleven or thirteen without the other notes etc.) then the more descriptive name of the chord would depend on things like the key of the piece, the key of the section, what chords come before and after, or what the melody is like at that point.
On the other hand, you can read music printed by "big name" publishers whose chord names are arguable.
All the Best, Mike
You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash It's only music. -niteshift Mike Dunbar Music
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#477223 - 02/23/07 04:23 PM
Re: Name That Chord!
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Mike Dunbar
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Pierce Stevens? Didn't I see him in a movie?
You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash It's only music. -niteshift Mike Dunbar Music
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#477263 - 02/23/07 05:07 PM
Re: Name That Chord!
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Mike Dunbar
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That upright schtick is an old rockabilly trick. I love that Steve Martin bit, too. Great stuff.
You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash It's only music. -niteshift Mike Dunbar Music
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#477915 - 02/25/07 01:48 PM
Re: Name That Chord!
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Softkrome
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Chris, I don't really know what you might call them, but I call them dischords. I tried every one of them both on my keyboad and when I could do it, on my guitar and all I got for my trouble were terrible sounds. Example, adding a Bb to essentially an Am chord doesn't do much for it. Say, I'd like to really know whether you are actually fingering that E D G F# on your guitar and where. When I do it in first position, it really sounds awful.A partial D chord with a G isn't so bad, but when I add the E to it, it cringes. Maybe my ears are bad. Sorry. Frank V.
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