what is your fav chord??? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

In general I love any kind of maj7 chord, as well as m7 ones, possibly because of the fact that they go together quite well. One of the bands I play in (the more pregressive one) thrives off maj7 chords for a dreamy kind of sound, and I've always thought m7 chords sound very mellow.

I think it depends on your instrument as well, say between guitar and keyboards/piano. For example on the guitar there are these two chords I love, they are the phrasings of maj7 and m7 chords on the guitar, as used in "Deadwing" by Porcupine Tree.

F#m7(sus4)

---0---e (m7)

---0---b (sus4)

---2---a (m3)

---4---f# (root)

---4---c# (5th)

--------x

Fmaj7(b5)

---0---e (maj7)

---0---b (b5)

---2---a (3rd)

---3---f (root)

---3---c (5th)

--------x

But on piano, there is a chord which I am not entirely sure how to name, that my progressive band has come to utilise often. It's something like a maj7 chord in it's sound, but I think the texture is a little more diminished, I actally don't know. The first specimen of the chord that we came up with on the piano, was as follows.

d#

C#

G#

E

Now I can't really decide what that is, and it depends on whether you reverse it to eb, Db, Ab and E because that could also change the way you look at it. But taken in the sharp context, it's almost an Emaj7 just without the 5th and an added 6th.

Or on the other hand it's a C#m/E, another possibility is an Ab(sus4)/E, I'm really not at all too sure. Has anyone got a better name for the chord? I'd be very interested to know.

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I love Em79, and another one who goes like this

--0--
--2--
--0--
--4--
--0--

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Flyingsod wrote:

Djesus seems not to fit into standard chord building theory. at least not in western thinking. D not jesus looks to be a D major chord with an added sharp 11th and No third. I'm not super well versed in music theory either but I have some theory books. I'm about 90% sure Im reading them right :) Dmaj#11 no 3 is how it would be written in short hand.

Funny names by the way. I'd keep using them also. Never heard of a cowboy shape either.

eh.. 'Djesus' is just a D power chord ^^ there is no #11. It is D-A-D-A. 'Dnotjesus' is cool because it has the evil sounding flattened fifth in it.

Maybe, A7sus4, E7(b9), D(+5), and maj7s...

This is wonderful: Emin 7-9-11

---2---------------------

---3---------------------

---2---------------------

---5---------------------

---2---------------------

---o---------------------

It has an "Tango's air"

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I love all maj7 chords, add9, in particular Cm add b6/9, Am add9, all chords with opens string adding tension, chord with an open string doubling a note of the chord like and chord with a minor second and an open string:

0
7
8
9
1
0

Am, at least half of the songs i've written the last couple of months ahve been relying on that chord :D

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Flyingsod wrote:

bah, you just need to take off your shoes and play three or four analog monophonic synthesizers at once. chords will consume you.

In that case, my favorite chord is A. I won't say F#min7/9, I don't have that many synths Wink

bah, you just need to take off your shoes and play three or four analog monophonic synthesizers at once. chords will consume you.

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Djesus seems not to fit into standard chord building theory. at least not in western thinking. D not jesus looks to be a D major chord with an added sharp 11th and No third. I'm not super well versed in music theory either but I have some theory books. I'm about 90% sure Im reading them right :) Dmaj#11 no 3 is how it would be written in short hand.

Funny names by the way. I'd keep using them also. Never heard of a cowboy shape either.

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mystic fred wrote:

Amaj

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