What do I call this chord?
During transcription I came across the following chord:
G# C# F
It is followed by another chord that has the same structure
C# F# A#
The song itself features a lot of chords with second inversions so my first thought was that this was also an inverted chord. But then it would be a chord with a sixth with the fifth omitted.
Or if we're looking at the chord as is you could also say its an incomplete C# over G#?
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I haven't seen the sheet music but it sounds and looks like C#/G#-F#/C#. The lowest notes are G#-C# (leapibg doen a fifth or up a fourth).
The first is C♯ major triad.In 2nd inversion. But needs spelling G♯ C♯ E♯. There's no F as such - just sounds like it!
The other is fine as is. F♯ major triad in 2nd inversion.
That is a C sharp major chord and an F sharp major chord with an incorrectly named third on the C sharp chord. And yes they are in second inversion if left to right is ascending.
I agree with Timinycricket that this is most likely just a notation-mangled C? major chord in second inversion. However, it could also be something different where the note names are actually correct: a G? diminished seventh chord in the key of A major. The C? would in this case be a non-chord tone, which is possible if it's part of a melodic voice, something like
X:1
L:1/8
M:C
K:A
%%score T1 T2 B
V:T1 clef=treble
V:T2 clef=treble
V:B clef=bass
% 1
[V:T1] e4 =f2 f2 | e4
[V:T2] B4 cd Bd | c4
[V:B] G,2 E,F, G,2 G,2 | A,4
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