question about chords

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isn't it true that any combination of 3 different notes constitutes a chord?

and that the same is true for any combination of 4, 5 or 6 different notes or even more if you consider a piano?

and isn't it also true that there aren't any names for many of these potential chords?

the musical alphabet consists of 12 different notes - correct?

which means that there are millions of potential chords - correct?

and another thought is that if you bend a D note on a guitar you can produce a tone halfway between a D and D sharp
and if you wanted to give a name to notes such as this then you could expand the no. of possible chords into the billions

thanks

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FallawayJumper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Newbie Joined: 26 Nov 2019 Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote FallawayJumper Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: question about chords Posted: 14 Oct 2020 at 5:31am
	................... isn't it true that any combination of 3 different notes constitutes a chord? and that the same is true for any combination of 4, 5 or 6 different notes or even more if you consider a piano? and isn't it also true that there aren't any names for many of these potential chords? the musical alphabet consists of 12 different notes - correct? which means that there are millions of potential chords - correct? and another thought is that if you bend a D note on a guitar you can produce a tone halfway between a D and D sharp and if you wanted to give a name to notes such as this then you could expand the no. of possible chords into the billions thanks

js Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 35399	Post Options Post Reply Quote js Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Oct 2020 at 8:19am
	The answer to all of those questions is yes. As far as notes between D and D#, that is what is called quarter tones or microtones. Microtones exist in other cultures and are also being explored by many western composers and musicians. I moved this to the Musicians Exchange. Edited by js - 14 Oct 2020 at 8:56am