A(4) ?

[vwfye]

Which A chord do you use when music calls for an A(4)?

[sgarrity]

What kind of song is it?

[Jim]

I guess one with a D in it, or any chord played on a fancy Gibson oval hole A.

[sgarrity]

According to a guitar chord chart an A4 is the root, the 2nd, and the 5th. So you'd have A, B, and E. On guitar it is 002200.

[David Rambo]

To me, it would be the root, the 4th, and the 5th. On a piano, I'd play A. D. and E. Isn't it the same as saying Asus4?

[John Flynn]

Not sure about your specific reference, but that is sometimes shorthand for an Asus4, which is the Amaj chord with the third moved up a half step. You can play it 7200, which I like especially if it's resolving to the 6200 A major, 2255, which is correct but sounds tinny to me or the chop chord version 9755 which resolves to 9745.

[Nevin]

According to a guitar chord chart an A4 is the root, the 2nd, and the 5th. So you'd have A, B, and E. On guitar it is 002200.

I have always interpreted that as an A major chord with the fourth (D) added. A, B, E is much more suggestive of an E chord with the fourth (A) added as B is the fifth of E. It could possibly indicate an A9 chord also but not an A4

[sgarrity]

I was just going off of my guitar chord chart. As was mentioned above, This being an Asus4 would make more sense. I had to look up an A (4) because I'd never seen that. Those chords don't come up a lot in old time and bluegrass.

[vwfye]

Thanks! This is based on the guitar sheet music we use for worship sets. I'm not a guitar player and usually there are D(2), C(2) and A(2). The song this week used a bunch of A(4) and even an A(5).

[David Rambo]

I've gotten the A(5), also. I play the 1st and the 5th and no 3rd to get that sound. A(5) is the A and the E with no C#.