Favourite Chord

[Thermionik]

whaddya mean the ADGB open.....

.....i'm trying to show it the way I see it if I were to look at the fretboard whilst playing.

Only open strings are the E's if the root is also in E.

Imagine you are playing the traditional B7th shape with an additional note on the B string.....

and here I have drawn the frets in:

 

e| - | - | - | - |

B| - | - | o | - |

G| - | o | - | - |

D| o | - | - | - |

A| - | 0 | - | - | root

E| - | - | - | - |

 

| - | is a fret with NO finger on it

| o | is a fret WITH a finger on it

I don't read music, I don't know any tab or tablature systems.

I just use my ears and what other pickers have shown me over the years, so I hope that makes sense to you TW.

[albertjohn]

......or for B7#9

 

X2123X

 

2 on the a string = B (root)

1 on the d string = D# (maj 3rd)

2 on the g string = G (7th dominant)

3 on the b string = D (#9th)

 

Great chord Nik and I can hear Mary Had A Little Lamb straight away. What key is it in?

[Thermionik]

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uh - whatever key you play it in.....

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[TWilson]

Gotcha' Nik, Thanks mate!

[Lucky Boy]

F#m, C#m, A, Am, E

 

Those are what come to mind, but by no means is that all of them..........

 

 

I just thought of something....isn't it awesome when you find the right chord?:)

[albertjohn]

I just thought of something....isn't it awesome when you find the right chord?

 

+1

[John Lee Walker]

Also awesome looking for that right chord, because sometimes you find something you aren't looking for and it works:)

[Andrew]

Bm

 

x2443x

 

"Hello (hello hello...) is there anybody in there?"

[albertjohn]

Bm

 

x2443x

 

"Hello (hello hello...) is there anybody in there?"

 

 

I hear you. I'm nodding.

[ballcorner]

Em9

[albertjohn]

Em9

 

Nice one BC.

 

Opening chord on Hotel California from Hell Freezes Over - the intro - capo on 5th fret. I do this with Robbie but play Emin7+9 (020002) on the 12 er.

[theDeuce]

It's hard to beat an E7.

 

Favorite progression E - E7 - F

 

anyone know what G#+ is? I came across it in the Beatles "Something", but I dunno what + is.

[ballcorner]

 

Nice one BC.

 

 

 

Here it is in my favourite progression - Em Em9 C9 B7

 

Em 022000

Em9 024000

C9 x32040

B7 22120x

 

Try it, you'll like it.

[TWilson]

It's hard to beat an E7.

 

Favorite progression E - E7 - F

 

anyone know what G#+ is? I came across it in the Beatles "Something"' date=' but I dunno what + is.

 

 

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Try this 43111X Here is a great web site. Click on strum and you can hear the chord. Also has a tunerhttp://www.chordbook.com/guitarchords.php

[bs]

anyone know what G#+ is? I came across it in the Beatles "Something"' date=' but I dunno what + is.[/quote']

"+" means augmented, i.e 5th sharp. For example, in G# instead of playing the tonic chord G#-C-D# you'd play G#-C-E. It's dissonant but nice in the right place. Probably the most usual way to play G#+ is xx6554. You can use that shape to play augmented chords in any key. If you can hook the low E with your thumb, you have 4x6554.

 

Inverting G#-C-E gives you C-E-G#, or C+, or E-G#-C, which is E+. Same notes, different chord, like the dim7 chords.

 

I use A+ in Fred Neil's "Yonder Come the Blues" in the progression D7-Ddim7-Em7-A+-D(7). It's a lot easier than it looks, especially effective in drop-D, and very bluesy.

[theDeuce]

Thanks TWilson and BS, I wondered if + meant augmented, but didn't find reference to it. I gotta practice a bit more to play those chords.

 

TWilson- that's an interesting website, I book marked it. Also, I had an Alvarez AD-60S 12-string, it was really nice and solid. But I sold it when I found an Alvarez 5058 9-string. The AD-60S was a much nicer guitar, but the 5058 is so unusual I had to keep it.

[JamesHunterRoss]

As "Magnus" mentioned: E add9, (024100). I just love that chord. And, take that to (044200) and you have some pretty and very easy stuff to play with. My own personal "home" on a guitar is (007600) and I go from there. My hands land there first.

 

I sure like this thread! It's surprising how many folks like plain old Major or Minor flavors.

[Thermionik]

JamesHunterRoss makes a very interesting point in the context of this thread. He said:

 

It's surprising how many folks like plain old Major or Minor flavors.

 

 

Its all down to psycho-acoustics. The further away from the major chord you move, the less 'comfortable' it sounds, the single step to minor is very acceptable, but the next steps lead the western ear into more 'challenging' tonal relationships. The tie-up with mathematical ratios is fascinating (take a listen to my 4Pi-Pie) and the ethnic dimension is worth noting - oriental and eastern ears are much more sophisticated than our western lug-holes.

 

That is why (for example) Arabic or Chinese music sounds so 'weird' to the western ear - they use and are comfortable with micro-tonal scales and dissonant intervals which we find hard to accept. So JHR's comment might actually require the caveat 'in the west' appended to it.

[onewilyfool]

I play a lot of chords that I don't even know the name of. I recently got this program that allows you to highlight the strings and it will tell you what the name(s) of the chords are.....for example, here's a chord I made up.......

 

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3

2

0

2

0

 

 

Here's the names of the chord shown by the program: Bm7, D6/B, Asus 2 add11, Asus 4 add9

 

So I'm not looking for a degree in Musicology, so don't need to know all these names, but it does sound good. Another thing I like to do is to make a regular chord like E, and slide it up the neck til I find something that sounds good....sounds interesting at the 3, 4,6,8, 9,11 fret and so on.....but what would you call these chords....who knows...

[jefleppard]

moveable, i think. i tried it at the 12th and its sweet. thanks.

[Thermionik]

'slide it up the neck til I find something that sounds good'

 

Steady now, onewilyfool.....

 

.....you are giving away the secrets of guitardom there.

[onewilyfool]

Therm.....12th fret....yeah......I do the same with the open A7th chord up the neck, same with D7, even G....fun

[fortyearspickn]

I'm partial to A and E, and E7 on the 4th and 5th frets with the open E & A strings providing a base. I think I read somewhere someone asked Woody Guthrie what chords he liked to play in and he said something like he only liked Greasy G and Easy D.

[Thermionik]

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Stop you fools - the public must never know that all we do is move the same old chords up and down the neck, they think we do magic, and we must not disillusion them, otherwise how can we pull chicks with our awesome guitar talents..... If they know 'tis mere smoke and mirrors, why, they might lynch us !!!!!

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[jefleppard]

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Stop you fools - the public must never know that all we do is move the same old chords up and down the neck' date=' [u']they[/u] think we do magic, and we must not disillusion them, otherwise how can we pull chicks with our awesome guitar talents..... If they know 'tis mere smoke and mirrors, why, they might lynch us !!!!!

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lol. i always thought that harmonics were the best way to wow them. 1st string, 5th fret - PING!!! and they legions of groupies would just stare, gape-mouthed, in amazement. "OMG! how did he make that incredible sound? he must be a god. let's sleep with him."