what is your fav chord???
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Topic: what is your fav chord???
Posted By: proger
Subject: what is your fav chord???
Date Posted: December 19 2006 at 15:19
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is intresting to know which kind of chords people like...
my fav chord is Cmaj7\A. whats yours? ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 19 2006 at 15:22
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Uhmm...not any one I should say, but I do like Esus2 and D+5 (augmented 5th), but only if used in the right context. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: December 19 2006 at 15:25
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Amaj -------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: December 19 2006 at 15:41
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B7
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Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: December 19 2006 at 17:36
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A very unusual question this one, but it makes a pleasant change!
I am not a musician, as such, but I do know a few chords on the guitar.
I suppose my choice is boring and basic, but I have always liked E minor.
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: December 19 2006 at 17:41
Mine's boring too, D Minor...
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: December 19 2006 at 17:44
E7#9!
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Posted By: I|I|I|I|I
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 00:03
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Cmsus4-7
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 00:51
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I'll be boring, too. I'm not really a great conoisseur of chords (I play drums, and until recently, completely self-taught), but recently I have been trying to play some keys, and as i thought, my favorite key and chord is Cm.
How many glorious masterpieces were written in Cm... and Dm... and Gm... i'm a sucker for minor chords and keys.
Also a sucker for padlock keys.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 01:09
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There's too many! E7#9, Dsus2, Asus2, AmM7, A7sus4, G#m... |
Posted By: proger
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 08:40
ohh yeah I love the E7#9 too. I love to do e7#9 and then E79 and then B79 come togther very good. ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Abstrakt wrote:Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 08:53
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Dsus4 and.......
E7#9 !!!the "Hendrix" chord!  ------------- Prog Archives Tour Van
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 09:06
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Here's a few lovely chord sequences: Dsus2 Esus2/D DmM7 G/D (Pink Floyd - Us and Them) Am Am/G# C/G D/F# FM7 Am (Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven) I'm only listing things i know and CAN play. Otherwise the list would be way longer. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 09:31
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D minor
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Posted By: Sasquamo
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 10:51
| Gmin6 |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 12:00
I love the end of the chorus of Gary Moore's Still Got the Blues: F79->E7#9 or ------ -8--8- -8--7- -7--6- -8--7- ------  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: proger
Date Posted: December 21 2006 at 04:31
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I love the weird chords too
try this: ---0--- (1st) ---4--- (2st) ---7--- (3st) its very thinking plague. ---0--- (6st) ---7--- (5st) ---6--- (4st) ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: December 21 2006 at 07:33
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Gm - especially if Eb is in the bass so it actually is Ebmaj7. Going
from a major chord to the minor version of it's third, while keeping
the same bass key is actually playing the maj7th and gives for a pretty
progression.
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: December 21 2006 at 07:35
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Too many too choose ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: TeniGray
Date Posted: December 21 2006 at 07:46
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i love G chord...i don't why, but i love it! ------3----- ------------- ------------- ------------- ---2-------- ------3----- ------------- ...tomorrow will be different... |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: December 21 2006 at 07:48
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I love this chord sequence:
FM7 BbM7 EbM7 C7
Originally taken from "Great Gig In The Sky", but i like to use it as an intro to the blues, which i play like this:
F F6 F7 F6 x2
Bb Bb6 Bb7 Bb6 x1
F F6 F7 F6 x1
C C6 C7 C6 x1
Bb Bb6 Bb7 Bb6 x1
F F6 F7 F6 x2
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: December 21 2006 at 07:50
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The Last Chord, obviously. ------------- sig |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: December 21 2006 at 14:25
| D, because it sounds happy. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: December 21 2006 at 14:57
D Minor because of its melancholical undertone  ... I often start to play this chord, followed by A Minor, some twanging and a bit solo to get in the mood 
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Posted By: yaksongs
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 12:46
I have to agree - D Minor is I think generally accepted as the saddest of all keys
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Posted By: freekske
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 18:41
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A minor -------------  Yes it is!!
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 18:49
you mean Lost?  ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 18:53
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Happier moods:
G major
Sadder ones:
Dm, Am ------------- 
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 23:41
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I've been playing some Harmonium songs and they play some really beautiful chords and beautiful arrangements with them. One chord I really liked was F#7sus4 and Em7 ------------- 
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Posted By: yaksongs
Date Posted: December 29 2006 at 05:19
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I have 2 fav's - one is the Augmented 4th (or dim 5th) as you prefer, resloving to the 3rd - i.e. on a piano, F in bass - RH: C,F & B with the B resolving to the A. Not just on F, but anywhere.
Secondly, & I don't really know what you would call this one (Cma9 add6,aug4th) (?huh) but it sounds great IMHO
LH: C,G,E (so you need to be able to stretch to 2 notes over the octave)
RH: A, D F#, A (D major chord)
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Posted By: proger
Date Posted: December 29 2006 at 08:19
Yes I've play that too... You got this from their site, right? amazing chords... very acoustic... ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: December 29 2006 at 08:23
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Hmhm. I love chords you can play around with. basically this'll make my favourite E major, the lowest one. You can play the whole scale with the chord playing there.
Then if I must do minor then it's be Bminor, used to be G minor, but I grew bored of that playing too much Deep Purple years ago. Oh, and depending, when I compose to my band, then it's usually Bb major because of the trumpet, and it's a nice chord. but all in all, E major, that also because most of Flower Kings stuff is in E major. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: December 29 2006 at 08:27
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I like to do a barre B-chord on the 7th fret of the first string upwards, and then move my finger so the second note goes down half a step.
I don't know what that chord is called, but it may be a Bdim.
Also, i like to play Dm-Am, and A-AmM7
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: January 01 2007 at 13:28
Yarly. ------------- sig |
Posted By: red.sector_a
Date Posted: January 04 2007 at 10:26
| im a big fan of 7th chords and all their varieties, but i really have been enjoying the Bbmaj7 chord lately. |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: January 04 2007 at 18:16
Indeed. They have a lot of lovely chords and so beautiful.  -------------
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Posted By: ailgun
Date Posted: January 06 2007 at 13:14
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0 0 Octave chords but another way to play them :D
3 6
2 5
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0
0
And the
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6
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3
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: January 06 2007 at 13:19
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C7sus4+9 edit: no... wait... C#7sus4+9 more edit: this thread is exceedingly silly ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: January 06 2007 at 20:36
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^ not silly ... geeky.
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Posted By: king_pin
Date Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:38
Em, cause it's the most metal chord of all ------------- nou... mag ik het niet nog een keertje overdoen? |
Posted By: docsolar
Date Posted: January 07 2007 at 17:43
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Dsus4 It's complete joy. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: January 10 2007 at 03:03
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D Minor; it's the saddest of all keys, I find.
...In retrospect, the last thing I wrote WAS in Dm. I naturally incline towards Em though. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: January 10 2007 at 22:10
| The chord of life is my fav. |
Posted By: proger
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 08:48
what kind of chord is that? HIIIIIIIII its was my 700 post! ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 21:12
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Posted By: epifreak
Date Posted: February 01 2007 at 13:42
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I'm not actually sure what you call my pair of favorites, as I've yet to find them in any chord book, but I've termed them Djesus and Dnot jesus. Djesus is a standard cowboy-chord D shape, except the pinky finger is stretched to hit the E-string on fret 5. (XX0235). The name comes from me poking fun of my boss, who would always end songs on this chord. (I've worked at a church camp for the past 3 summers). Dnot jesus is identical to Djesus except the 5 drops to a 4. The dissonance is just beautiful, especially when stacked against a syrupy-sweet chord like Djesus. (XX0234) Anyway, if anyone is better at music theory than I am, it would be neat to know what these chords' actual names are, though I'll probably keep using my names. |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: February 04 2007 at 16:21
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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. ------------- This space intentionally left blank |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: February 06 2007 at 19:41
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I play analog monophonic synthesizers. I hate chords.
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Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 18:30
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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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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 08 2007 at 01:25
| I love Amin and most sus/dim chords |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: February 08 2007 at 10:16
In that case, my favorite chord is A. I won't say F#min7/9, I don't have that many synths |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 08 2007 at 10:29
| At the moment it's the Chords in the "Willow Farm Section" of "Suppers Ready" by Genesis |
Posted By: Stars Die
Date Posted: February 08 2007 at 19:27
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Am, at least half of the songs i've written the last couple of months ahve been relying on that chord :D ------------- Du Skojar om att jag Skojar men jag skojar inte alls |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: February 08 2007 at 19:28
| D |
Posted By: pablof858
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 13:17
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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 |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: February 13 2007 at 15:05
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Posted By: Marcos
Date Posted: February 15 2007 at 19:31
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Maybe, A7sus4, E7(b9), D(+5), and maj7s...
This is wonderful: Emin 7-9-11
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It has an "Tango's air"
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Posted By: SolsburyHill
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 21:13
My favorite as well! ------------- "River running right on over my head.." ~Yes, Siberian Khatru |
Posted By: Kid-A
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 21:23
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. ------------- 
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Posted By: MadcapLaughs84
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 21:33
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A minor and E minor, the're very sad chords ------------- 
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Posted By: proger
Date Posted: February 18 2007 at 13:08
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I love Em79, and another one who goes like this
--0-- --2-- --0-- --4-- --0-- ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: February 25 2007 at 03:53
discord 
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Posted By: Wishbone_x
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 12:03
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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)
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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. ------------- Regards, Wishbone "...I'd have to be a warrior, a slave I couldn't be. A soldier and a conqueror, fighting to be free..." Warrior - Wishbone Ash (Argus) |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 12:20
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It seems that every country/region, musical style and instrument utilise their own chord naming. What a mess! Anyway, in my book, your (indeed) lovely chord is C#m9 - regardless of position of d#. ------------- |
Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: February 28 2007 at 21:56
C#m add 9? I love that chord! It's awesome!! Also, Em6 is a lovely chord. ------------- 
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Posted By: BigHairyMonster
Date Posted: March 08 2007 at 03:11
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For me (at least right now) some favorites are: E7b9 (aka that evil Beatles chord) B9aug11 Bm6add9 / F# (as a passing chord in a song I'm working on) Cb9#11 Yes, I am a keyboard player. ------------- Big Hairy Monster's debut CD "View" coming soon! www.bighairymonster.com |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: March 08 2007 at 11:26
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Posted By: EssentialFaris
Date Posted: March 08 2007 at 12:01
| D add9 |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: March 08 2007 at 12:27
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Gotta lova this chord sequence (played in slow 6/8 time):
| Am Am | Dm Am | Dm Am | E7 Am |
Or this:
| Am Am | Dm Em7 (or E7)| Very swedish folk
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Posted By: BigHairyMonster
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 02:19
C Flattened 9th Augmented 11th C E G Bb Db F# although I typically play it without the third. ------------- Big Hairy Monster's debut CD "View" coming soon! www.bighairymonster.com |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 11:05
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 12:34
| E flat, I use that a lot when I'm improvising. |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: March 09 2007 at 23:04
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I love maj7s, personally. I can't really tell keys apart, as I have HORRIBLE pitch. -------------   |
Posted By: proger
Date Posted: March 16 2007 at 16:02
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new cool chords I have:
Bbmaj7#11,fmaj7#11, D79,G#maj7,Bb,Eb7. ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: March 16 2007 at 16:36
BTW: What tuning and/or instrument is that? On a 6 string guitar in standard tuning Em79 would look like this: -2- -3- -0- -4- -2- -0- ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: FruMp
Date Posted: March 19 2007 at 05:25
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I love jazzy chords, I'm all about minor 7ths they are so versatile and sound so good if used right, dominant 9ths and minor 6ths too, just any of those jazz chords that you bar off with your 3rd finger on a guitar,
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Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: March 21 2007 at 02:15
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I love the simple yet sadly beautiful Em add9. It's a very common chord for bands like Opeth cause of the 2nd and minor 3rd being rite next to each other. I love how it's used in the song "Windowpane" by Opeth. for those who wanna see what Im talking about: -0- first string -0- -0- -4- -2- -0- sixth string quite a lovely chord for those of us who like prog metal and acoustic guitars |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: May 04 2007 at 11:55
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I drop the low E down to D and play this:
-0- (first string)
-0-
-8-
-9-
-7-
-7- (sixth string)
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Posted By: purplepiper
Date Posted: June 20 2007 at 16:37
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any diminished chord!!! I also like sus 4's In truth though, I'm a lead guitarist so I spend more time running the scales. ------------- for those about to prog, we salute you. |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: June 20 2007 at 16:42
I absolutely love using that chord, though I haven't used it in any songs because my friend says it sounds too much like Windowpane to use and I think in Windowpane that chord is up a whole step, not totally sure though-------------
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: June 20 2007 at 16:49
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You people with your complicated jazz chords! Give me a good old fashioned F# minor triad any day! Music school has been trying to drum these five and six note chords into me, but I try to resist, although I find the major 9/7 chord quite charming. ------------- 
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Posted By: puma
Date Posted: June 21 2007 at 02:48
| the Petrushka chord is my favorite |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: June 21 2007 at 03:47
I think it's played with a capo on the second fret. Windowpane is a great song but it reminds me of Rush (they used the chord on The Fountain of Lamneth). ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: June 21 2007 at 22:02
Ya they do use a Capo on that song, 2nd fret, but it's still the same basic idea. The same chord structure is also used in the beginning of The Drapery Falls (just with C as the root), and I'm sure a bunch of other songs too. Back on topic, I also enjoy any chord with the augmented 4th in it ...Ok maybe I don't, but it can be used well. I like a lot of chords used by modern composers, although I don't normally understand what they are. Odd chords sound good. |