(03-31-2014, 04:35 PM)Grungie Wrote: [ -> ]Just looked up the chords on a couple sites, I'm playing a D 6add9(no 3rd) and it can also be A sus2sus4. Might be what's causing Sam confusion.
Semantically, Asus2sus4 doesn't make sense. That's why I called it Asus2add11. (Note that 4 and 11 are basically equivalent, regardless of where in the chord that note is.) But we already noted that it was a suspended chord with the sus2 part. No reason to call it "double suspended", so to speak. It doesn't matter a ton, though.
I could see the D6add9(no3); that makes sense. Either one would work, really. So, in order to determine which chord it
actually is...I would have to hear you play it. If it leans strongly towards sounding like a D chord, then it is D6add9(no3). But if it leans strongly towards sounding like an A chord, then is it Asus2add11. Just looking at it, it's sort of ambiguous. So, please record yourself playing it.
Quote:The second chord is a C# m7#5
So I guess that means I'm in A Major?
Yes. But not JUST because that chord is C#m7#5 (which is one way to look at the chord; the other way is Aadd9). Get to that in a second.
The problem with looking up chords on a website is that, depending on the key, what the chord is called changes. So, in one key, the chord could be X; in another key, it could be Y. In this case, I would have to hear you play the chord progression to be able to tell whether this chord is Aadd9 or C#m7#5. Same reasoning as above, really.
The reason why it is Amajor isn't just because of the C#m7#5 though. It's because the harmony, as a whole, is major. If you played an A major chord (notes: A, C#, E...I'm sure you know of a few different ways to play Amajor on the guitar neck), then it would sound resolved. The key of a progression/song is ALWAYS what the progression/song resolves to. In other words, what sounds like "home". If you played an Amajor chord after running your progression, it would sound like home. That Amajor chord wouldn't feel like it needed to "go anywhere".
Make sense?