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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.

D add9add11
maybe?

I would call that Dsus4add9.

Potato Tomato

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

sloop_john_b wrote: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-cho ... 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!

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.

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

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.

"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!

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

Sorry. Nerdy musical history quip.

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.

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

Sorry. Nerdy musical history quip.

Hey, notice his family name!

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

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.