13 Chord Voicing Without Root, 3rd or 5th

1. What is A chord with no third?
2. What notes are in A 13 chord?
3. Can you play A chord without the root note?

What is A chord with no third?

A suspended chord (or sus chord) is a musical chord in which the (major or minor) third is omitted and replaced with a perfect fourth or a major second.

What notes are in A 13 chord?

Thus, a C¹³ consists of C, E, G, B♭, and A. The underlying harmony during a thirteenth chord is usually Mixolydian or Lydian dominant (see chord-scale system). A thirteenth chord does not imply the quality of the ninth or eleventh scale degrees.

Can you play A chord without the root note?

Even though we are allowed to omit the root note in a chord, if you're playing in a band often the bass player will play the root note. Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with just leaving it out. The root note isn't really all that important, harmonically speaking. ... For Major and minor chords play: 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th.