• From: Wilkes, Georgia
  • Registered: 2007-05-08
  • Posts: 66

Topic: Can ANyone Name This Chord?????

Any help on identifying this chord would be very helpful....just kinda stumbled on it but not sure what you'd call it.......kinda weird soundin' but works for me!!!!!!!!    Thank you all very much.

E-------2----------------------
A-----------------------------
D------ 2---------------------
G-------1----------------------
B-----------------------------
E-----------------------------

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  • From: Bellevue, WA
  • Registered: 2006-06-15
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Re: Can ANyone Name This Chord?????

F A E F B E

Thats a mess!

The half step between the E and the F makes me think that this is not an E chord.  That would be a flat 2, which is gonna sound odd.

A B E is an Asus2, though.  F would be the dominant 7th for an A7 chord.   So I'm calling it some form of A.

So A7sus2?

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  • From: Wilkes, Georgia
  • Registered: 2007-05-08
  • Posts: 66

Re: Can ANyone Name This Chord?????

the chords in the song go........

E - MYSTERY CHORD - A - B7

E - MYSTERY CHORD - A

WHAT CHORD SOUNDS LIKE THAT ONE BUT IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE WAY IT SOUNDS....IF IT'S EASIER THEN I'LL TRY THAT ONE.

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  • Registered: 2007-08-14
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Re: Can ANyone Name This Chord?????

maybe its not a chord

maybe they made it up?

  • From: Wilkes, Georgia
  • Registered: 2007-05-08
  • Posts: 66

Re: Can ANyone Name This Chord?????

yeah i kinda made it up when i was writing a song and it just flowed well so i thought there might be a name for it....

i tried out the E/F# chord and it was really close so then i just substituted the A for the E to get more of the sound i was wanting ...i tried the chord A/F# and it is really close to the sound i was getting......the tab for it is below    thank you everyone for your help i really appreciate it!!

A/F#
E-------2----------------------
A-----------------------------
D------ 2---------------------
G-------2----------------------
B-------2---------------------
E-----------------------------

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  • From: Bellevue, WA
  • Registered: 2006-06-15
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Re: Can ANyone Name This Chord?????

E A B is a common I IV V progression, which enforces my guess as an A chord, I think.    You should get a similar flavor from the mystery chord as you do with the B7, as they both contain the flattened major 7 of each.

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  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Re: Can ANyone Name This Chord?????

this is E/F#     often this is a transition chord in changing from E to A.
The A string should be muted and the B and high E are played open

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  • Registered: 2007-05-24
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Re: Can ANyone Name This Chord?????

I'd like to name it steve, after myself, but since you discovered it, i suppose we can call it rooster

9 Reply by canudigit (edited by canudigit 2009-07-20 18:37:06)

  • Registered: 2007-09-01
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Re: Can ANyone Name This Chord?????

A/F#

E-------2----------------------
A-----------------------------
D------ 2---------------------
G-------2----------------------
B-------2---------------------
E-----------------------------

The chord above is an F#minor seventh and can also be notated as a slash chord A/F# (an A major chord with an F# in the bass). 

No matter what you call it, it SOUNDS the same.

The most common name for this chord is an F#m7.