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   Ever since I discovered the criss crossing of the 6th/13th chords I have been disturbed by odd chords, One has baffled me for years and I even had to go to other sites to get the 'proper' naming of it. The common naming of this chord ('E 7th Sharp 9th') takes on the short naming for major chords, Chords with no indication of the chord type (Major, minor, Dim.) are said to be major...

   This is supposedly an 'E 7th Sharp 9th'

If the chord was minor based then it would be 'Em 7th Sharp 9th'

   I normally look at chords as shapes and this shape does not sit within any normal key, The naming of this chord says that its based on an 'E major' and the tone names of this chord depend on if you are looking at the sharps or the flats...

E G# D G

E Ab D G

   You can see that when you use the sharps then you end up using the 'G' tone twice, By using the flats then you do not use a tone twice but then there's still the issue (at least to us) of what chord was modified, There are two chords that fit within a key that are possibly the base for this chord...

G sus6 - G D E

Unknown Chord - G D E A

   The Unknown chord can be named differently depending on the ordering of tones, (G D E A) suggests that a 'Gsus6' has been extended but chaning the order to (A E G D) says that an 'Asus7' has been extended, Regardless you will find both of these 'patterns' three times within any key...

Sus6 Shapes...

Unknown Shape...

   The common naming 'E 7th Sharp 9th' suggest that an 'E major add9' (E G B D# F#) was hacked up to create this chord, The 'E major' is in three keys (AEB) and the best fit is in the Key of A...

E G# B D F#

E G B D A

   With our theory on 'Ninth' chords we associated the 'add' part of the chord name to mean 'Start with a 7th chord' and then the x is the extension added (9,11,13), The power chords and suspended chords are a result of 'stripping the thirds' and this chord (based on its name) appears to be modifying an extended 7th chord and then 'stripping the fifth'...

   This will be clearer when my more disturbing unearthed theory that the blues pattern follows the minor chords and not the major chords, This means that I think the 'blues' pattern is (VI. II. III.) opposed to the common teaching of (I. IV. V.)...