Topic: name this chord
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1 2007-08-10 23:35:14 (edited by deaken316 2007-08-10 23:36:55)
Re: name this chord
Looks nasty though I'm at work and I can't play it. I asked my guitar chord finder on my googlepage and it churned out some weird and wonderful names. 
- James McCormick
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Re: name this chord
Note for note, here is what you've got there
D
D
A#
E
G
D
Together, the G, A#, and D make a minor triad (1, b3, 5).
The E relates to G as the 6.
So, it is a form of Gm 6.
There are other ways of looking at this, but Gm6 seems to make the most sense.
Other ways
For instance, D, G, A# makes an augmented triad (1, 4, b6).
The E relates to D as the 2. So it could also be called a D+ 2 or Daug 2.
Also, the E, G, A# makes a diminished triad (1, b3, b5).
The D relates to the E as a b7. So it could also be called an Edim b7.
As with all the stuff, the precise name is entirely secondary to the sound - if it sounds right wherever you are using it, then it is perfect. James
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- jerome.oneil
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Dang! James beat me to the breakdown. 
I love these kinds of questions.
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Re: name this chord
James, none of your notes are right. I see (low to high):
F# B E A# D F#
Am I missing something here?
- James McCormick
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Holy Toledo Batman! I really fouled it all up!
Yikes - good thing I wasn't calculating re-entry trajectories for space capsules . . . this is not rocket science, but I should have been more careful.
OK, so let's see what the right notes all add up to, shall we?
The B, D, F# make a minor triad (1, b3, 5).
The A# relates to the B as the 7th.
The E relates to the B as the 4th (this note seems to be the odd bit).
So, maybe it is a Bm7 4?
Good golly, now I'm confused . . . .
The B, E, F# could also be seen as a sus4 (1, 4, 5).
The A# relates to the B as the 7th.
The D relates to the B as the b3.
So maybe it's a B7sus4 b3?
If this is also completely off, I'll just sulk a bit. James
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Re: name this chord
Its a weird one, if we're definetely taking B as our root, then its got a minor third but a major seventh, which makes it not fit into any normal major scale.
Aw well, music's about breaking the rules. Then some chumps come along later and try to figure it out.
Shame on us 
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I chose to use B as the root in my analysis since it simply 'related' in 'regular' ways to more notes than anything else. Here is a nifty little chord analysis tool:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_building_grid
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- petermiss
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Hi!
I ran the chord through revers chord find on http://chordfind.com/ and it named it:
F#/Gb7maj5
He he... Thats what I call a serious chord name :-)
/Missen
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