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Please forgive my ignorance. What would you call the following arpeggio . . . G-A-D-E . . . When played over a G major chord? Over an A minor chord? D? E minor?

Thanks!

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Posted

It's a total guess:

Gsus2 add6

Am7 sus4 3rd inversion

D sus2 sus4 can you even have a double suspension????????

Em7 sus4 1st inversion - edited to correct it's not really a suspended chord = Em11?

No, give in!

Posted

In this case it's a very cool Am11. Sound familiar? (It was originally in D, this is a cool transposition):

------------------------0------------------------
-----------------------3------------------------- <(mid)
----------------------2-------------------------- <(index)
---------------------5--------------------------- <(pinky)
-----------0--------------------3--2------------
----3--3--------------------------------3-------

Enjoy!

:)

Posted

Thanks guys! No guitar in hand, just thinking if some different arpeggios while my students take a Shakespeare quiz . . .

Posted

You cheated and added a C back in to remove the suspension!

------------------------E------------------------

-----------------------D------------------------- <(mid)

----------------------A-------------------------- <(index)

---------------------G--------------------------- <(pinky)

-----------A--------------------C--B------------

----G--G-------------------------------G-------

The bass line in this tab ex. does not substitute anything in this chord, spelled just the way he asked for it.

Do you recognize this example? Play it, you might get a kick out of it.

Posted

You cheated and added a C back in to remove the suspension!

------------------------E------------------------

-----------------------D------------------------- <(mid)

----------------------A-------------------------- <(index)

---------------------G--------------------------- <(pinky)

-----------A--------------------C--B------------

----G--G-------------------------------G-------

The bass line in this tab ex. does not substitute anything in this chord, spelled just the way he asked for it.

Do you recognize this example? Play it, you might get a kick out of it.

I don't know how to read that sort of tab. Can you do it for me with fret # on a fret board type? Either that or music staff.

Thanks

Posted

JFC! I blow myself away sometimes. Thanks for the nudge. I'm awake now.

Remove just one word and I'd be impressed!

Posted

Plug into the reverse chord finder

http://www.gootar.com/guitar/

D add9 sus4

E minor 11 (no 5)

G add 6 9 (no 3) (or how about G sus2 add 6)

A 7 sus4

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Thanks guys! No guitar in hand, just thinking if some different arpeggios while my students take a Shakespeare quiz . . .

So that's what teachers did while I took tests over the years! :)

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