which chord is this?

[(Hotzenplotz)]

Sounds nice but I do not know how this D-whatever is called correctly:


E A D G B E
x 5 4 0 3 0

I was searching the web but I did not find a generator for that.

[(Halbert)]

D add9add11
maybe?

[(sloop_john_b)]

I would call that Dsus4add9.

[(Halbert)]

Potato Tomato

[(kennyhowes)]

It's a good one, I use it often.

[(clementc3)]

I would call that Dsus4add9.

I too would have called it D sus4 add9 but I found a web site that says it is D add 9 add 11:

http://www.jamplay.com/tools/guitar-chords/1-standard/4-d/125-add911

In my quick search of chord naming rules it looks like "sus4" is used when the 3rd itself is not actually played but instead is raised - "suspended" - to the 4th.

In your chord the 3rd (F#) is played along with the 4th (G), so the G is called "add 11" instead of "sus4". I learned something new today here!

[(rickendelic)]

I use this a lot too, It resolves well with x5543x... Obvious following chord but great none the less.



Another of my favorite shapes is 200210 that with a open G shape following it sounds good to my ear.

[(winston)]

I moved this topic to the correct area of the forum. That's a great chord btw.

[(Hotzenplotz)]

Thank You for moving. Yes, it fits perfect for jangling. I combine it with C (X 3 2 0 1 0) before and after.

All this is inspired by the chords Lennon used. He had a "special ear" for playing nice sounding chords with an easy way of playing.

[(jdogric12)]

"Chord" implies "function." This collection of notes does not have a function in the western idiom (besides sounding very cool). This is just a D with added color tones. Sorry.

At one time in music history, what we call a simple "seventh" chord (particularly, its embedded tritone) was not even allowed, thus, was "not a chord" either.

But I think at some point there has to be a limit. Dmajorsus9add11 just does not instantly register in my mind like 7b9 or #5 or m6. And I don't think the problem is with me!

[(Halbert)]

Jason, you would be the Paris Conservatoire to our Clause Debussy?

Sorry. Nerdy musical history quip.

[(Hotzenplotz)]

Well, none of the Beatles was able to write notes. So me, too. I never had guitar lessons but some people say I play good.
Everything I play is a chord for me, except single notes. Maybe I used the wrong term.

The theoretical way we had in school was evil - a long lasting trauma. Music is for me, what You can not express in words or in another way.

But maybe some day I will learn a bit more about what I am doing. And this is a beginning. Thank You all. And I promise to deliver some more strange "chords" from time to time.

[(Hotzenplotz)]

Jason, you would be the Paris Conservatoire to our Clause Debussy?

Sorry. Nerdy musical history quip.

Hey, notice his family name!

[(wim)]

I would write this down as C↑3 (open C, up three frets)
That way I can spend the next half hour playing instead of searching chord books for a D with 4 added suspenders

[(Hotzenplotz)]

Sorry, using Your system means C↑2, not C↑3.
But still a good idea!

I needed it for the other guys in the band. And I was interested after playing it for hours and using it for a new song.