Favorite chord?

lucylespian

DOSW wrote:

x
3
2
-
x
x

Don't even know what it's called... Asus or something? Love it.

Dear me, that's Dsus2.
My favourite for character are major 7th's, like the Fmaj7/Cmaj7 progression in JJ Cale's "Magnolia".

For guts, a slammin' A power chord pops up in so much White Stripes, Gunners, and esp the end of the phrase in Black Dog, so it definitely just some crunch time around here !!!!!

MInd you, you can just sit andd jam on the Jimmy chord for a ridiculous amount of time and have it still sound suspiciously like actual music. Hendrix did that a bit !!

All Those Yesterdays

DOSW wrote:

x
3
2
-
x
x

Don't even know what it's called... Asus or something? Love it.

Even though the E power chord is my favorite, I tend to use that form of a D a lot. I like to do lots of open chords over bar chords.

ledvedderman

I'm a big fan of m7 chords...

E-X
A-4
D-6
G-4
B-5
e-4

MichaelMcKevin

I was told it's called D#9. Not sure about the name but it is a nice one too. Good for jazzier stuff.


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B--6--
G -5--
D -4--
A -5--
E

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Nullifidian

Bb ?

casper leblanc

Am

simply because it's the first chord my hands automatically, without thinking, form when I pick up my acoustic

dimitriherreman

Gm chord
Just like the sound of it .......

ianvomsaal

GivenToCarve wrote:

I was told it's called D#9. Not sure about the name but it is a nice one too. Good for jazzier stuff.
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B--6--
G -5--
D -4--
A -5--
E

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X-D-F#-C-F-X
You'd probably be most comfortable with D7#9 (with 3rd but no 5th)
Funny but AKA - (F6 b9 no 3rd) or (F#Maj7 b5 +5) or (Cadd9 b5 sus4)

- Ian

sennin

I always start off with a D.

PissBottleMan

I like the sound of a basic E chord. Nothing fancy.

PBM

gue_barium

Definitely E and/or e-minor.

MLB5150

G chord (its said just G is to short of a response lol)

Mike_Muse_Rage

This chord (I can't remember what it's called):
E-2
B-0
G-0
D-4
A-2
E-0
I call it the "mystery chord".

BinFrog

Mike_Muse_Rage wrote:

This chord (I can't remember what it's called):
E-2
B-0
G-0
D-4
A-2
E-0
I call it the "mystery chord".

E, B, F#, G, B, F#

That could be a few chords.

It could be a Bsus4 with a flattened 6th which to me seems like the most likely candidate.

ianvomsaal

Mike_Muse_Rage wrote:

This chord (I can't remember what it's called):
E-2
B-0
G-0
D-4
A-2
E-0
I call it the "mystery chord".

E – B – F# - G – B – F#

E-Minor-add9

G-Major-13

These two chord descriptions are a bit easier to digest.

- Ian

BinFrog

ianvomsaal wrote:

E – B – F# - G – B – F#

E-Minor-add9

G-Major-13

These two chord descriptions are a bit easier to digest.

- Ian

Nice. Good calls.

Fintin

i love this progression
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0

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b]--10---5---7---7

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g]--0----0---0---0

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d]--9----4---0

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a]--10---5

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5

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7

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GM9 |Em9/D |G7M/B | G7M

Mike_Muse_Rage

ianvomsaal wrote:

E – B – F# - G – B – F#

E-Minor-add9

G-Major-13

These two chord descriptions are a bit easier to digest.

- Ian

Awesome, thanks. I got a merit on Grade 5 theory but I'm too lazy to work these things out.

Novawind

Ian how did you come to know so much about music, did you study music theory since you were a little kid?

I should have taken band or something in junior high... here I am a sophomore in college mucking about on my guitar and the only music theory I know is my major chords, minor chords, basic scales, some pentatonic scales.

ianvomsaal

Novawind wrote:

Ian how did you come to know so much about music, did you study music theory since you were a little kid?

I should have taken band or something in junior high... here I am a sophomore in college mucking about on my guitar and the only music theory I know is my major chords, minor chords, basic scales, some pentatonic scales.

No, not "since I was a little kid".
I actually started playing guitar very late (17), but didn't take it seriously.
Then at age 20 I ended up getting a FULL Music Scholarship, so I had to take it seriously (I'm now 33 - so 13 years).
I ended up getting a Music Degree (Jazz Guitar and Classical Guitar Studies - Minor in Guitar Performance).
I'm a guitar instructor - I focus on a practical approach to understanding the instrument (meaning a big emphasis on Music Theory, NOT songs)
I'm also a session artist for Sony® (among others), so I need to know and understand music and music theory to play what's handed to me.
I've been fortunate enough to play/record with many bands/people over the past years.
This is all I do - I make music for a living -- Hope this clears things up for you
If you check out my MySpace site you can hear a couple things I've recorded, and read a bit more about me and what I do:
http://www.myspace.com/ianvomsaal

Cheers . . .

- Ian