Re: name that chord

[Teddy <teddybutter@mac.com>]

Howdy,

G-A-B-D-E can be
G6/9
A7sus4/9
Bm11/b6
Dsus4 6/9
Em11

depends on which root you look at from

it is also all the notes in an E minor or G major pentatonic scale.
anything with a pentatonic scale in it will tend to sound good over  
anything else, especially if you play it with style.

if you put that over a C melodic minor (C-D-Eb-F-G-A-B) bass line I  
think you'd have quite the upper extension party with the minor
3rd, major 3rd and major 2nd all rubbing against each other.

Basically it would be a Cminor/maj 7/6 with an added major 3rd for  
extra oomph.
this one doesn't fit into any conventional chord symbol since you  
have 3 half steps in row there with the D, D# and E all rubbing  
against each other.
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if you put it over an A major bass line, it's a whole different ball  
of wax, much tamer since the A is already in the upper chord you're  
wrote.
then you just get A7sus4/9 or A mixolydian since you're playing a  
major 3rd in your bass line.

those 8 years of music theory finally paid off. whew.

Teddy

PS I hope you loop that through some interesting piece of equipment  
to keep it on topic.


On Feb 4, 2007, at 3:41 AM, bill bigrig wrote:

> Howdy,
>
>  I've been jamming with a freind for years now and we
> just push record and go. Some is OK, the rest is, oh
> well. We play in 2 keys. White ones or black ones, (he
> doesn't know note names). So someone please tell me,
> when we are in white key mode I'll play a chord when
> we are in our smoky-big-city-nightclub mode, that is
> G,A,B, and D, E. It works EXCELLENT with Fender
> Rhodes, but loses something with any other tone. What
> is the name of the chord if being played over a Cm or
> Amaj bass line? Thanx
> Rig