Comments on: Name that chord!

Question: Name that chord!

sergeant sandwich — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:16:51 -0800

What is the guitar chord being played by Nancy Wilson at 0:44-0:47 in this Heart video?

I cant for the life of me figure out what the hell that is or which fingers are on what frets; doesn't look like any of the moveable barre shapes or open chords I know. But I'm absolutely sure I've seen that (or similar) before on other videos, and I'm thinking it must be something fairly common. Anyone care to clue me in?

By: Rich Smorgasbord

Rich Smorgasbord — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:13:22 -0800

E add 9.

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By: scottandrew

scottandrew — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:13:50 -0800

I'm pretty sure it's some variation of Esus2.

In standard tuning, try this fingering: o244oo

By: The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew

The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:15:29 -0800

It kind of looks like she is playing a regular ol' Em with her fingers all loose. I haven't actually pulled out a guitar to see if it sounds the same, but I did look at a couple other videos of that same song (this one in particular at 0:45ish), and that really does look like an Em, without the splayed out fingers.

By: Rich Smorgasbord

Rich Smorgasbord — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:35:32 -0800

She plays the chord at 0:22 also. You can approximate it with Scott's fingering, but it leaves out the 3rd. Think of it as your regular E major chord with one voice raised two frets.

By: sergeant sandwich

sergeant sandwich — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:46:57 -0800

Eadd9 sounds and looks right. Thanks!

as an aside, just how fuckin' rocknroll is the part at about 2:30? makes me wet my pants every time.

By: stubby phillips

stubby phillips — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:31:56 -0800

By: stubby phillips

stubby phillips — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:32:31 -0800

(one more thing, it's not an E9 because there's no dominant 7th)

(NOW i'll shut up)

By: fantasticninety

fantasticninety — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:01:36 -0800

I think Smorgasbord had it right from the start.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:28:53 -0800

it's Eadd9 all right, but it's fingered:

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(also Esus2 is correct, because the f# is suspended from the previous B(7))

(so you could call it Esus9 as well to indicate that the 9 is topside)

It would be called Esus2 if it has no third degree (G#). If it has the third as well as the 9th (or 2nd) it's called Eadd9 (or Eadd2). It has nothing to do with the previous chord. Esus9 is not a standard chord name -- there are sus2 chords and sus4 chords.