posted August 16, 2002 07:52 PM         

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I know F#5 is

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But what's

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?

Is it F#4?

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posted August 16, 2002 10:20 PM         

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Yes, the first is an F# (root, 5, root, not a full major chord). The second is root, root, 4... (not sure why you left out the 5). Anyway, adding the 4 to a major chord makes it a sus chord (suspended), so it would be F#sus. I'm not sure if that naming convention holds true without the 3&5 or not, though.

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posted August 17, 2002 05:53 AM         

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I left out the fifth because that chord's from a song.

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posted September 25, 2002 04:06 PM         

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Actually that would normally be called a B5 chord - though inverted!

Naming chords is not really an exact science, the conventions are a bit loose. Though in my (long) experience the only time the fourth interval is mentioned is in sus4 chords.

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posted September 26, 2002 07:06 AM            

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Chords don't really *need* 5ths... the 5th only reinforces the root note. The definition of a suspended chord is a chord without a third. The third is *replaced* by the 2nd or 4th.

So, that chord is indeed an F#sus4 chord

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