What is this chord?

anyone?

X 0 0 6 0 0
X 0 7 0 0 0

one chord library called it an A/C (?)

thanks a bunch - Dean in North Texas

wtf...

Looks like E-B-C#-A-A

But...umm...I'm confused as to what's what in this tab...

Do you mean

0
0
6
7
0
X

Sooo.... I'd say Amajor sus2

THANKS, YES I DID MEAN

X 0 7 6 0 0

(ROOKIE MISTAKE)

isnt that also an Aadd9 ?
(it is according to http://logue.net/chords/)

Yeah, but add9s almost always have the 7th in there as well. At least in classical voice-leading.

cool - thanks Jolly

that is A(add9). It is an A major chord with a B note thrown in for colour. Rather nice! It can also be played like this

5 7 7 6 0 0

or this:

x 0 2 4 2 0

or even this:

x 0 11 9 0 0

Just to clarify:

"add 9" chords NEVER include the 7th. This is what the "add" bit means. Amaj9, Am9 or A9 all must include the 7th. The "add" tells you it as the chord (usually a triad) shown PLUS the interval shown, with no un-specified extensions.

e.g. Em(add9) = 0 2 4 0 0 0 or 0 2 2 0 0 2

Em9 = 0 2 4 0 3 0 or 0 2 0 0 0 2

It is not A major sus2. There is no such cord. Sus chords are neitehr major or minor. By definition the 3rd has been replaced with a 2nd.

Originally Posted by: performingchimpthat is A(add9). It is an A major chord with a B note thrown in for colour.

"add 9" chords NEVER include the 7th.

It is not A major sus2. There is no such cord. Sus chords are neitehr major or minor. By definition the 3rd has been replaced with a 2nd.

Yep, Yep and Yep.... :)

That chord is not an Amaj sus2 as Jolly stated.
There is not such a thing as Maj sus2. Because Suspended Second means that the third has been replaced by the second, without the major third we cannot call it major.

Added chords do not include the 7th . If you include the 7th plus the 9th you end up with an A maj9 chord.

In traditional music the Added chords did not have the third. But in modern music an Added chord is usually a triad with the extra note added i.e. (Aadd9=A-C#-E-B)
The chord as appears in your table, is an Aadd9 since the B note is forming an interval of major 9th from the root and not a second.
The arrangement of notes in your chord (A-A-C#-B-E) do not correspond to the root position or any inversion, I will call it a nice voicing for the Aadd9 chord.

Originally Posted by: equatorThat chord is not an Amaj sus2 as Jolly stated.
There is not such a thing as Maj sus2. Because Suspended Second means that the third has been replaced by the second, without the major third we cannot call it major.

Total brain fart.