I found a tool!

[solarbird]

I found a fun online chord tool! It's for piano but it's helping me identify some of the chords I make up.

Right now I'm trying to figure out what (low to high) B-D-A-E makes. kathrynt thinks it's E5sus4 second inversion, which I can't actually make with the nifty tool as one big thing, but which I can make all the parts of separately, so that works. One of the other ones turned out to be Amsus4, and another one Dm6/9 second inversion. These all sound tremendously complex but they aren't really at all, they're one-finger-down chords, and that doesn't mean losing a finger to make 'em. But they sound really neat. ^_^

Comments

[martygreene.livejournal.com]

wouldn't if be an E7sus4 if you're looking at it that way? But if you use the B as the root, then it's Bm11 (alternately written B-11). In the context of a song though it's easier to give a more definite answer.

[martygreene.livejournal.com]

Also, what what the chord that you're calling an Amsus4? Since a sus4 isn't resolved one can't really say if it's major or minor... are you talking about an Asus4 that in context you resolved to being minor? or...?

Also forgot to mention that I'm pretty sure that E7sus4 would be an inversion...

[solarbird]

I dunno! That's just what the tool said. I am blissfully free of the ravages of music theory knowledge. ^_^

The notes in each, low to high, are:

C-D-A-E
B-D-A-E
Bb-D-A-E
C-D-D(+1 octave)-E
B-D-D(+1 octave)-E
Bb-D-D(+1 octave)-E