A quick quezzie regarding this chord's name...

[Rhys Llewellyn]

Hi.

So this well used, but great sounding chord (or arpeggio if you wanna be pedantic)...

E------------------0----
B---------------0-------
G------------0----------
D---------4-------------
A------2----------------
E---0-------------------

Be this an E min add 9 or be this an E min 9?

I'm trying to bone up on my music theory.

Would I be right in saying that a E min 9 chord doesn't have a 3rd in it? So this chord would be an E min add 9?

So, an E min 9 would be the same as a E sus 2 chord, but the F#, because it is past the octave, then becomes a 9?

And so an add 9 chord just has the second degree added at least an octave up on top of a maj or min chord?

Thanks.

* Hang on, I've confused myself. EDITED

 

[Plankis]

Thats a Em add 9-chord. It cant be a MAJOR chord because of the open g string.
Em add9 has the notes E G B F#
E add9 has the notes E G# B F#
Em9 has the notes E G B D F#
E9 has the notes E G# B D F#

add9 just "adds" the ninth(or is it nona?) while E9 adds the 9 and 7. So a E add11 would just add the 11 and E11 includes 7, 9, and 11.

A sus2-chord has a second instead of a third. A Esus2-chord has the notes E F# B.
A sus4-chord has a fourth instead of a third. A Dsus4-chord has the notes D G A.

Hope that explains it.

 

[Rhys Llewellyn]

Thats a Em add 9-chord. It cant be a MAJOR chord because of the open g string.
Em add9 has the notes E G B F#
E add9 has the notes E G# B F#
Em9 has the notes E G B D F#
E9 has the notes E G# B D F#

A sus2-chord has a second instead of a third. A Esus2-chord has the notes E F# B.
A sus4-chord has a fourth instead of a third. A Dsus4-chord has the notes D G A.

Hope that explains it.

Thanks man.

Yeah, it does.

I was aware this is a minor chord, but since 9 and add 9 chords can be applied to both major and minor, I thought I'd mention major too.

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

I believe the difference between min 9 and min add 9 is the min 9 includes a b7.

 

[Rhys Llewellyn]

I believe the difference between min 9 and min add 9 is the min 9 includes a b7.

My understanding on that would be only if you're using 7th chords as opposed to triads?

So any kind of 7 would only appear if you're using extended voicings?

 

[HandsOfDespair]

I believe the difference between min 9 and min add 9 is the min 9 includes a b7.

yep

 

[Rhys Llewellyn]

yep

Nevermind... it's just clicked.

Makes sense now.

 

[TheWinterSnow]

So, an E min 9 would be the same as a E sus 2 chord, but the F#, because it is past the octave, then becomes a 9?

And so an add 9 chord just has the second degree added at least an octave up on top of a maj or min chord?

The numbers being below or over 8 (octave) have nothing to do with the voicing., the numbers over 8 are used for add chords to note that the note is being added to the chord and not replacing the third with another interval. Its not proper to say EminAdd2, you would say EminAdd9, referring that you are adding the second decree to the E minor chord. When you say EminAdd2, you would actually be incorrectly saying Esus2 (E F# B).

To complicate things more though, if you say:

Emin7, has the Emin chord plus the 7th degree (E G B D)
Emin9 has the 7th and the 9th (E G B D F#)
Emin11 has the 7th, 9th and 11th (E G B D F# A)
Emin13 has the 7th, 9th, 11th, and 13th (E G B D F# A C) and then we have every note in the scale

 

[plague_rider]

Gsus theres alot of theory going on here... don't normally see this stuff come out....

 

[TheWinterSnow]

Gsus theres alot of theory going on here