Chord Of The Week 31/08/13 - Aminor

bigjon

failed_astronaut said:

Here's a couple I like to string together -

sort of Amsus4 x 0 10 7 8 0

Ox 0 10 9 10 0

Ones to string together - good thought. Toggle this one with a standard Am7 x02010 for instant REM on a budget - as a bonus I think it has the 2nd longest chord name ever 

Am7sus4add13(no3rd): x04030

failed_astronaut

@bigjon - that's really nice but I'd have read that as a DMaj9sus4 with the root on the B string being that you have a D F# and A in the mix. Maybe I'm just being ignorant but if you've got an A natural and an F# together it's either an Am6 or a different root altogether.

 

Thoughts?

bigjon

failed_astronaut said:

@bigjon - that's really nice but I'd have read that as a DMaj9sus4 with the root on the B string being that you have a D F# and A in the mix. Maybe I'm justify being ignorant but if you've got an A natural and an F# together it's either an Am6 or a different root altogether.

 

Thoughts?

It's definitely an A root given the context of the Am7. It's already got a 7th so it can't be a m6 chord, hence the F# note is functioning as an add13

failed_astronaut

@bigjon - consider myself schooled. My only counter argument (because I'm a counter-argumentative bastard!) would be to ask, shouldn't the 13 sit outside the octave of the root?

bigjon

The order of precedence for chord-labelling goes up in 3rds no matter how the different chord-tones are voiced, so label the chord in the order -

Root, 3/5, 6/7, add9, add11, add13.

So 5x557x and 5340xx would both be Am7add13

bigjon

bigjon said:

So 5x557x and 5340xx would both be Am7add13

There's all sorts of goodies based around

Am7add13: x0557x

Try these during a slow blues in A minor!

Am7add9add13: x05577

Am7add11: x05533

Am7sus4: x05755

Am7sus4: x05785

Am9: x05587

Am7add11: x 0 5 5 8 10

Am7: x05588

Van_Hayden

failed_astronaut said:

@bigjon - consider myself schooled. My only counter argument (because I'm a counter-argumentative bastard!) would be to ask, shouldn't the 13 sit outside the octave of the root?

No - simple answer. A 6th is a13th if there's a 7th, anywhere you put it the note function is the same. Am11 5x553x

bigjon

I find this one very useful for when I'm trying to sound like U2 -

Am7: x 0 x 12 13 12

Toggle it with x 0 x 12 15 12 to sound like the outro to "One"

bigjon

the open A can act as a drone for CAGED position Am chords on the top 3 strings (damp the D string with the nearest available l/h finger)

Am: x0x555 (E-shape)

Am: x 0 x 9 10 8 (D-shape)

Am: x 0 x 12 13 14 (A-shape)

Am7: x0x553 (A-shape C over A)

Am7: x0x558 (G-shape C over A)

Am7: x0x988 (E-shape C over A)

Am7: x 0 x 12 13 12 (D- or C- shape C over A)

mike_l

Nice stuff Jon, have a wisdom