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For folks wanting to learn about chords and voicings I suggest the following method:

1) Learn what notes make that chord
2) Map all those notes out on the fingerboard

When you do this,...

Well, yes, but. . . .as was mentioned earlier, it's all about context. Something probably has to be eliminated for the sake of fluidity, so leaving out the 7th of the chord can be a normal thing....

Several have mentioned that it's the context, and that is an essential part of the essence of understanding any chord. There are two directions to harmonic analysis: the vertical (a.k.a. chord...

So maybe a better question to ask is, in what context would this chord, A E D, function as tonic in the key of C?