Originally Posted by: CSchlegelYou are welcome for the file. It's a handy tool!

Does sound good! If you are leaving the G & E strings open, then you've got this collection of notes.

D, F#, G, D, E

Apply scale degrees to name the chord tones & the label the chord.

D - root
F# - major 3rd
G - 4th
E - 9th (or just 2nd an octave higher).

So, you've got a D add 4th add 9th. It can't be a "sus" or suspended chord, because the major 3rd is present. So, the 4th & 9th are added instead of suspended.

That chord sounds good! The open strings add a lot of brightness to it. I've use that one on a lot of different things myself. :)

So going by that logic, it's possible to combine any notes and get different chords based on the notes combined? And on that note, are there any notes that should never be combined?

I know it may look like I'm asking a lot of stupid questions, but I think it's better to ask stupid questions and get answers than to keep them to myself and never move on because the questions bother me :)

Anyways, thanks for the kind explanations so far :)