Rare Pickle Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 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... Quote
HeckelphoneNYC Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 Well, I'm not sure, but if the F sharp was a G flat, I think it would be qualified as a major-minor 7th chord. Tell me if I'm wrong... GREAT chord though! Quote
rbasilio Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 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? Quote
SYS65 Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 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"%#*^¥•~$ Quote
The J Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 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 Quote
bryla Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 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 Quote
Peter_W. Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 #11 almost always sounds cooler than natural 11. :P Unless it's a sus chord or the most major sounding piece on earth. Quote
Black Orpheus Posted April 14, 2011 Posted April 14, 2011 I would call it Abmaj7#6 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. Quote
Matthaeus Posted April 17, 2011 Posted April 17, 2011 Well, depending on the context, but if you treat the G as an inverted pedal on the dominant, the rest (Ab#6) can be resolved properly into a C minor chord as attached. Quote
Rare Pickle Posted April 18, 2011 Author Posted April 18, 2011 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! Quote
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