# Chord naming question

**URL:** https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/chord-naming-question/7434
**Category:** Scaler 2 General Discussion
**Created:** [June 5, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/chord-naming-question/7434 "2021-06-05T05:00:32Z")
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### Author: ![Bernd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/bernd/32/1320_2.png) [@Bernd](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Bernd)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/chord-naming-question/7434/1 "2021-06-05T05:00:32Z")

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At first glance, these two chords looked alike, both being called “A dim11”, but I noticed that they showed different key combinations on Scaler’s virtual keyboard. Then I noticed the small print label on the chord pads. Why is the main label (big font) the same, and the 13 only shown on the roman number subtitle? I understand the significance of the 13, but why wouldn’t it be A dim13 or add 13 in the main label?

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### Author: ![davide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/davide/32/824_2.png) [@davide](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/davide)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/chord-naming-question/7434/2 "2021-06-06T01:32:53Z")

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I think the a13 is an error there, in my translation the second chord is a A dim 7/9/11 The additional F# at the top is just the 7th and octave up not a 13th.