Chord Of The Week 17/12/16 - A Dadd9add4 arpeggio from 'Physical Presence' by Level 42

bigjon

Carrying on through the list of interesting chords I've noted in my diary this year, here's a live variation on a Dsus2 arpeggio which Phil Gould of Level 42 plays on their live performance of 'Physical Presence' on the Tube. The main chorus progression is Csus2 x3553x Dsus2 x5775x with each chord played as an arpeggio picking the strings in order 5,4,3,2,3. However he throws in as a variation for the second chord the occasional Dadd9add4 as follows:

Dadd9add4: x54030

It's not a sus(pended) chord because it includes a major third F# xx4xxx, so the extensions are 'add' rather than 'sus'.

You can see the chord in action at 8:38 in this video (the song starts at 5:36)

bigjon

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