Q: Hey bill i have a question for you: what do you call a minor triad with the bass on the fourth? like, for instance, Em/A. It's not Asus because it doesn't have A's fourth. What do I call it?
A: Emin/A is probably the most accurate way to name it. you could say Amin9 but that wouldn't be fair because there is no 3rd. you could call it A9 but again that wouldn't be fair because there's no 3rd. you could call it the james brown chord, but that wouldn't be fair to all the zillions of other people who have used the chord.