What Chord Is This?

Could anyone help me figure out what chord this is?
e-10
B-7
G-9
D-7
A-x
E-x
My guess is an A6sus11 if that is even a chord lol

E Min 7 add 11
E(1) B(5) G(b3) D(b7) A(11) E(1) E min 7 add 11

Could anyone help me figure out what chord this is?
e-10
B-7
G-9
D-7
A-x
E-x
My guess is an A6sus11 if that is even a chord lol

depends on context, I see where you got the A6sus11, without context I'd probably called it a D9 chord.

a suspendend chord would have no 3
A6 sus 11 = A6 sus 4 = A D E F#

D9 = D E F# A C

Most of those notes are missing

The song is in Am. The chord progression is Am G D Am. I play the chord I said in the op over the last Am.

D9 = D E F# A C

Most of those notes are missing

One, the C, is missing. It's still not a D9, because it needs the C. His chord is spelled A E F# D, low to high. Dadd9 is a possibility. A6add4 (or sus4 since the third is missing) is too. Depends on the context.

Lots of options depending what the rood you choose is

A(1) B(9) G(7) D(4) E(5)

That could be A6/9 sus 4 or A6/9 sus 11 .... what ever

So you were close - if it was a A6 sus 11 it would not have a B in it, the 9

Then again it could be
B(1) D(b3) A(b7) E(11) G(b13) = Bmin 7 add 11 ad b13 or the I chord in Locrian with out the b5

G(1) B(3) D(5) E(6) A(9) = G6/9
D(1) G(11) A(5) B(6) E(9) = D6/9 sus 4

One, the C, is missing. It's still not a D9, because it needs the C. His chord is spelled A E F# D, low to high. Dadd9 is a possibility. A6add4 (or sus4 since the third is missing) is too. Depends on the context.

The F# also as well as the C

D9, Dadd9, you guys are saying the difference is D9 has to have a flat 7th? See what you're saying, but seems nitpicking, I know when the chart says D9 I usually throw the flat 7th in, but not always. And it does have an F# exlted, I mean you got the root, fifth, third, and ninth of D

and yeah, since it's over Am, I'd call it A6sus4

D9 and D add9 are different, ime. I call add9 the Christian rock chord, and emphasizes the 9th, whereas D9 emphasizes the flat 7th, the 9th is for color, and this chord is useful for tension in folk songs and vamping in funk and may sound out of place in the same Christian rock applications as D add9 if any of this makes sense... anyway I don't think its nitpicking

D9, Dadd9, you guys are saying the difference is D9 has to have a flat 7th? See what you're saying, but seems nitpicking, I know when the chart says D9 I usually throw the flat 7th in, but not always. And it does have an F# exlted, I mean you got the root, fifth, third, and ninth of D

and yeah, since it's over Am, I'd call it A6sus4

You have a very good point. In application, many times because you only have so many notes that your can or want to play, you choose to elliminate certain less important notes and include the higher order color notes. Especially playing with another chordal instrument like a piano, guitar players will do this because those notes are being played by the other instrument or want that for effect. But strickly speaking on chord spelling if the note ain't there it is not included in the spelling. So in written music, if you want certain notes you use correct spelling to denote those notes of the chord. If you don't want certain notes you spell it with out those notes.

D9 and D add9 are different, ime. I call add9 the Christian rock chord, and emphasizes the 9th, whereas D9 emphasizes the flat 7th, the 9th is for color, and this chord is useful for tension in folk songs and vamping in funk and may sound out of place in the same Christian rock applications as D add9 if any of this makes sense... anyway I don't think its nitpicking

I give credit to you too. It is not not nitpicking.

D9 and D add9 are different, ime. I call add9 the Christian rock chord, and emphasizes the 9th, whereas D9 emphasizes the flat 7th, the 9th is for color, and this chord is useful for tension in folk songs and vamping in funk and may sound out of place in the same Christian rock applications as D add9 if any of this makes sense... anyway I don't think its nitpicking

haha, I like that, christian rock chord. I see what you guys are saying,

x 5 7 7 5 5 has a very different sound than your x 5 4 5 5 5,

I'd like to hear that exact chord w/in the 'actual' context of the song with the melody and the bass part.
Frankly, (in the context noted in post #6) to me it just sounds like a 'not so great voicing' for some type of a D chord - ?

Can you link to recording?

We just cut it this weekend. It's being mixed and mastered now. As soon as its done ill post a link.

It's a D major triad with an E, the 9th- Dadd9. D9, on the other hand, does indeed include the b7, which is C.

The F# also as well as the C

7th fret of B string is not F#?

D9, Dadd9, you guys are saying the difference is D9 has to have a flat 7th? See what you're saying, but seems nitpicking, I know when the chart says D9 I usually throw the flat 7th in, but not always. And it does have an F# exlted, I mean you got the root, fifth, third, and ninth of D

and yeah, since it's over Am, I'd call it A6sus4

Well, since this is the theory forum, I will pick nits.:smile: A D9 requires a C note. Dadd9 and D9 are not the same chord. If you are not "throw(ing) the flat 7th in" a D9, you are not playing the composer's intended sound, which is dominant. Root, 5th, third and ninth of a chord is "add9."

It's a D major triad with an E, the 9th- Dadd9. D9, on the other hand, does indeed include the b7, which is C.

Where is the C in xx7 9 7 10? I see A E F# D. Dadd9 or D2 if you are so inclined. It is not a D9. I just played the chord, and it sounds best as a D something. It does not sound good at all over and Am, to my ears.

Where is the C in xx7 9 7 10? I see A E F# D. Dadd9 or D2 if you are so inclined. It is not a D9. I just played the chord, and it sounds best as a D something. It does not sound good at all over and Am, to my ears.

he's agreeing with you. Knew I shouldn't have put the n word in my post, getting piled on now! I think we're all on the same page now, it's could be a Dadd9 chord, not a D9.

Where is the C in xx7 9 7 10? I see A E F# D. Dadd9 or D2 if you are so inclined. It is not a D9. I just played the chord, and it sounds best as a D something. It does not sound good at all over and Am, to my ears.



he's agreeing with you. Knew I shouldn't have put the n word in my post, getting piled on now! I think we're all on the same page now, it's could be a Dadd9 chord, not a D9.

Yeah, I guess I read it too fast. I read it as the OP had a C in his chart.

Where is the C in xx7 9 7 10? I see A E F# D. Dadd9 or D2 if you are so inclined. It is not a D9. I just played the chord, and it sounds best as a D something. It does not sound good at all over and Am, to my ears.

That's my point, JB- no C, therefore it's not a D9, it's a Dadd9.

Yeah, see above. I read it wrong at first.

The song is in Am. The chord progression is Am G D Am. I play the chord I said in the op over the last Am.

If that's the case-somebody's playing an A minor triad (providing a C) and the Bass player's suggesting A, and you're playing A E D F#, the whole thing could be seen as Amin6add11 (not sus4 because the C is present, and not Amin13 because there's no 7th). If no other chordal instrument is present, then it's Amin6sus4- still seems to make the most sense as a Dadd9 though- I'd have to hear it to see what you're doing.

The song is in Am. The chord progression is Am G D Am. I play the chord I said in the op over the last Am.

So if this is the context, what is the chord that is constituted by ALL of thenotes of the Am chord withthese notes thrown on top of it??
IT coudl be played this way...
10
9
7
10
0
x

I can see/hear the use for this chord in this arrangement.

IT seems to me that I recall something very similar used by Robbie Robertson on one of his solo albums... if my ear recalls correctly....

10.......10
8.........7
9.........9
10.......10
0.........0
x.........x


One sort of tension releasing to another sort of tension, isn't it?

Pickn-that would make perfect sense. Acoustic is playin regular Am, bass is playin an A. I end the song with an Am6. Just thought about it. My voicing has no 3rd so its implied with the acoustic. Thanks, I appreciate it!

Wally- yeah its got some tension and resolves back nicely to the Am. I play the Am using the Dm shape at the 7th fret.

This is why I put all of the notes of the Am and this 'question mark' chord together. I seriously want to know what the whole chord is. IT looks like an Am6 with a sustained 4th on top to me. Am6add11.
As you see, Nash, my chord diagram yields all of the notes that your two guitars are playing....just in case you ever want to cover the song as a solo.
(;^)

And....in the words of my older friend Chuck, who has a degree in music(keyboard) and knows on guitar every jazz standard and Western Swing song ever written, when asked "What are those chords you are playing there?" will respond...."I don't know, and I don't care. Theory messes up my guitar playing." LOL

I learned something in this thread....so it is a good day.