I love finding weird chords...

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Originally Posted by G-Axe

I found this site really handy for identifying oddball chords. It agrees with F6sus2, but also gives G7(no3), G5/F, Dm(add11) and Dm(add11)/F as alternatives.

One of my favourites at the moment is Radiohead's Exit Music for a Film, which has:

Dadd9/F# (2x0230)
Dadd9/F (1x0230)
Gmadd11 (3x0313)
D7/F# (2x0212)

All of which sound great. The Gmadd11 is a handful.

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I’m a simple man in many ways. I would of called that Dadd9/F# as Dmajor9, Dadd9/F as Dminor9 and D7/F# as D7.

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Originally Posted by Andy40

Try this D something:
X54630
you have to use an open c handshape with your pinky on the g string

sounds cool to appregiate it

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I guess I’d call it a Dmajor9. It’s got the 1,3,7,1(8 if you prefer) and 9.

Have a good look at Paul Kossof's chord work he was always there which you have to be in the lineup that Free had but some of his shapes.were very interesting.

A wondeful and massively underrated player and gone way too soon

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Originally Posted by Andy123

Do we know what the bass is doing at this point? It might be the missing piece of the puzzle.

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Bass is silent and the strings are holding a C pedal tone. I think I may have the sound, too; I used an electric 12 on the neck pickup, coil split and hit the 4 high courses quite hard and quickly while muting the low courses. Sounds pretty damn close!

What I find interesting is that the chord will change names when you change the spelling or take the inversions up the fretboard.. and the scale will change which allows a different note selection when soloing.
So, that F6sus4 with a F in the root note position changes when you make the G the root note and becomes G7... and when you make the D the root, you get (almost) Dm11...

.. great fun!

Can we call it a C9sus4? And if so, what situation would we use such a chord?

YOu'd use the notes associated with the extensions for soloing, well, I would - not too sure I'd use the full chord; pethaps a partial would be enough to suggest it?

Even with my rusty and shonky chord theory, I'm really enjoying this!!

Ok, here is one I have in an arrangement of My Funny Valentine, it’s obviously an Abmaj7 chord, but what is it? Abmaj7/14/17?
E 4
A 6
D x
G 5
B 8
E 8
Bit of fourth finger stretch, but you get there.

Love My Funny Valentine.

Got this one from Burn for You

E 4
A X
D 4
G 3
B 0
E 2

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Originally Posted by Andy40

Love My Funny Valentine.

Got this one from Burn for You

E 4
A X
D 4
G 3
B 0
E 2

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At first glance I’m guessing a Ab9(or G#9). But why repeat the b7 on the 1st string? A melodic reason? What’s happening in the chord progression?

Edit: ok, I didn’t notice the open B string.

I make it Gm9...

G#, A#, F#, B....?? It chimes nicely with that open B!