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I have this jazzy chord: Ab major with both a major 7th and minor 7th added to it.

Ex: Ab-F#-C-Eb-G (from left to right on piano)

I can't find anything on what kind of chord this is or what it is called. Would it be something like Abmaj7#6? I don't know...

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I'm not really sure either. Given your notes, it could be a German 6th chord, but with the major 7th added.

German 6th is a major triad with an augmented 6th, which can explain your Ab, C, Eb, and F#. Then just throw in the G for fun?

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Cm#4/Ab ? :P .... No Ab7#6 sounds good but I do think is Gb instead F#

and if I would always name my chords, it would look like simulated cursing A#&€Gb"%#*^¥•~$

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basically that's a polychord..ab7 over cm chord

but if you really have to name it anything will do since its not conventional chord-

bryla & you spelled it right, it can also be F#sus4/6/b9 /Ab

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it's rather Cm superimposed on Ab7

It's not supposed to be Gb unless you're not a good music reader. F# makes the most perfect sense. Spells out this scale: Ab Bb C D Eb F# G <- Lydian sharp 6 equals Abmaj7#6

btw: could also be Db but I prefer D :)

J: your F#-something-something doesn't contain the notes OP wrote.

rbasilio: your suggestion requires it to be in the key of C and doesn't explain the G

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It might help if we had more harmonic context (it's possible that the chord is spelled incorrectly to begin with), but on its own I'd call the chord Abmaj7#6 too.

Well, I am writing the melody as if it is Abmaj7. I just added the minor 7th in the piano because it sounds cool.

But then immediately after that I have supposedly Gmaj7#6 (the first chord taken down a half step), which I want to emphasize as more of a G7 than a Gmaj7. The maj7 just adds an unusual quality to it. I might even add a b13. And then you've already figured out that it resolves to Cmin9 (or Cmin11).

I hope that answers your question. You can probably tell I haven't any formal counterpoint training! Any ideas on how to write the Gmaj7#6 in order to communicate an emphasis on G7 to the performer? I'm guessing just a polychord Bm/G7 would work best. And thanks for all the responses!

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