Chord question

[cliff_the_stiff]

Originally Posted by egordon99

Kinda. If you play a C and F together it's the same notes as a F5 so you probably just refer to it as F5 instead of C4 but the end result is the same as you have two notes played together.

Edited to add that the "order" of the notes will affect the sound as a Root-fourth and a root-fifth sound a bit different if you are just playing the two notes (which is probably more applicable to the piano/melody rather than chord strumming on a guitar)

Now I think I understand! Thanks again.

[Gordon Currie]

One interesting aspect of a 5 'chord' is that it can function as either major or minor (since it omits any 3rd).

So if you played this after a D minor chord, you would feel like it was still minor.

Intervals like this are best viewed in context rather than in isolation.

[Charlie Bernstein]

It's a D.

The notes of a D chord are D, A, and F#. That high note you're hitting is an A.

[DCCougar]

[egordon99]

Originally Posted by Charlie Bernste

It's a D.

The notes of a D chord are D, A, and F#. That high note you're hitting is an A.

It's not a D if there's no 3rd (F#)

From the original post -

So, what is chord #3 (x00235) called? Is it D5? D(no 3rd)? Is that what D5 means, a D with no third?

[jseth]

I really think you're making this WAY more difficult than it needs to be... while it's true that there are "proper" names for each of the shapes you've given as examples, really all they are, are grace note added to a D major chord (or taken away, as it may be).

If you're writing this out in notation, then yes, you'd want to specify each change, but for common purposes, you'd just use "It's a D chord with a sus pattern" or some such.

Unless you are isolating that particular chord form and staying on it for a length of time, those are all just slight variations of a D major chord sound... and VERY basic stuff...