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Post by Rustee on Apr 17, 2008 0:21:17 GMT -4
So I figured we might share some of our more obscure yet favorite chord shapes we use and/or come across.
It's a regular Gmaj7 chord, but what's unusually different is this particular voicing, which is great for strumming and/or plucking individually. It's not in my Mel Bay chord encyclopedia, nor did it come up in the interactive online chord references like chordbook.com, chordie.com, or chordfind.com.
Gmaj7 = G - X - D - B - D - F#
|----2------- (index) |----3------- (ring) |----4------- (pinky) |----0------- |----X------- (middle finger mutes) |----3------- (middle finger)
It's essentially this more common (and movable) form... |------2----- |------3----- |------4----- |------5----- (root) |------------- |------------- Hell, if you have a Hendrix thumb, you might be able to get some bass in that one too, but you'll still have to mute that open A string somehow or make an effort not to hit it.
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Post by earthman on Apr 17, 2008 0:46:41 GMT -4
I can play the G and mute the A with my thumb...does that make me SUPER-Hendrix? I wish I could contribute to this thread, because I think it's a cool idea, but even chord-recognizing things on the internet refuse to recognize some of the chords I play. But....here's the chord progression for a song I'm workin' on....I just like to show it off because it makes me look like I'm very musically learned. Gmaj7 / F#aug / Dmaj7 / G5->Gadd9->G5 E9(no5th) -> EEG#DEE / A Bm7 / G7 (x3) A#7 / F / G7sus4->G A / C /G A#7 / F / C / G7 / A# / F7 / G
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Post by thesmitchens on Apr 17, 2008 13:09:08 GMT -4
Here's an oddball Dominant chord I'd pieced together in an attempt to find the least economical way to fret a chord.
|---5--- (Index) |---7---(Ring) |---8--- (Pinky) |---7--- (Ring barres 7th fret) |---X--- (Middle Finger Mutes) |---7--- (Middle Finger)
It's a tad tricky to just bust this one out on the fly. Some chords like this go a bit easier for me because the tips of my fingers bend bad a bit... This one's not one of those because my ring finger doesn't bend as far back as my other fingers do and that makes it hard to properly barre the 7th fret without either missing one string or muting the high E.
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Post by earthman on Apr 17, 2008 13:31:00 GMT -4
Cool, I like that one. My ring finger on my fretting hand has these insane back-bending capabilities, because I sprained it twice in the same week. So I was actually able to do it first try.
Yay deformity!
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Post by Skeleton Keys on Apr 17, 2008 15:52:19 GMT -4
Here's a Dmaj... |---5--- (Pinky) |---3---(Middle) |---2--- (Pointer) |---4--- (Ring) |---0--- (Useable, as A is the 5 of Dmaj) |---X--- An Em9.... |---2--- (Ring) |---3---(Pinky) |---0--- (Open) |---2--- (Middle) |---2--- (Pointer) |---0--- (Open) An Maj9, just in E for simplicity. |---0--- (Open) |---7---(Ring) |---8--- (Pinky) |---6--- (Pointer) |---7--- (Middle) |---0--- (Open) And Finally a weird Emaj that I found out of Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry |---4--- (Pinky) |---0---(Open) |---4--- (Ring) |---2--- (Barred by Pointer) |---2--- (Barred by Pointer) |---0--- (Open)
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Post by earthman on Apr 17, 2008 16:28:31 GMT -4
I just remembered this one I used in a song that I always liked...it's basically just a Cmaj7 up two frets. The chord progression went C/C7/Cmaj7/[this chord] and looked like this:
|---x------x------x-------x---- |---1------1------1------3---- |---0------3------4------6---- |---2------2------2------4---- |---3------3------3------5---- |---x------x------x------x-----
Oh, and another I've never seen anywhere:
|---x---- |---1---- |---3---- |---0---- |---1---- |---x----
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Post by Rustee on Apr 17, 2008 21:02:25 GMT -4
Here's an oddball Dominant chord I'd pieced together in an attempt to find the least economical way to fret a chord. |---5--- (Index) |---7---(Ring) |---8--- (Pinky) |---7--- (Ring barres 7th fret) |---X--- (Middle Finger Mutes) |---7--- (Middle Finger) It's a tad tricky to just bust this one out on the fly. Some chords like this go a bit easier for me because the tips of my fingers bend bad a bit... This one's not one of those because my ring finger doesn't bend as far back as my other fingers do and that makes it hard to properly barre the 7th fret without either missing one string or muting the high E. Cool man...very tough for me to hold that barre. I was able to get it with some effort, but being reminded of the previous "Hendrix thumb" discussion, I found that way much easier (comparatively, though normally I don't play with my thumb). |---5--- (Index) |---7---(Ring) |---8--- (Pinky) |---7--- (Middle) |---X--- (Middle Finger Mutes) |---7--- (thumb)
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Post by Rustee on Apr 17, 2008 21:08:55 GMT -4
And oh yeah, glad to see you contributed Brendon regardless of not knowing the names of the chords (I'm no expert myself either!)...that's certainly not mandatory to sound good. I like those you posted as well.
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Post by thesmitchens on Apr 17, 2008 23:42:00 GMT -4
Yeah, I wasn't blessed with blessed with a Hendrix thumb... or super long fingers at that. Seems as though I'd be completely fucked if it wasn't for the bending ability my fingers have. Go figure the only one that doesn't bend back is the one I need to barre that.
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Post by Mr. G. on Apr 18, 2008 16:18:44 GMT -4
It's easier for me to play the chord using my thumb to fret the low E and mute the A. I have pretty long double jointed thumbs though.
I really enjoy playing different sounding chords. Here's a couple that I like playing around with (no idea of thier names though):
|---0---- |---4---- |---4---- |---2---- |---0---- |---x----
|---0---- |---0---- |---4---- |---2---- |---2---- |---0----
I also like making a major F shaped bar chord, but leaving the high E and B strings open, and move it around. Like...
|---0---- |---0---- |---6---- |---7---- |---7---- |---5----
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Post by thesmitchens on Apr 18, 2008 18:57:33 GMT -4
Leaving the high E and B open for things like that does yield a good sound, doesn't it?
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Post by Rustee on Apr 18, 2008 19:06:48 GMT -4
Yep, that's a definite classic Eric.
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Post by Rustee on Apr 19, 2008 1:38:30 GMT -4
Here's a shape I've come across more than once in some of the classical studies. The fingering is pretty obvious, so instead, next to the tab are the scale intervals. X7sus4 |----2----- (5th) |----5----- (4th) |----2----- (7th) |----4----- (5th) |----2----- (Root) |----x----- - Note that this is totally a movable shape, I just tabbed it as a B7sus4...otherwise just find your root of choice on the A string, or even make the open A string your root to make it an open position A7sus4. Every thing you'd barre becomes a lovely sustaining open string...nice.
- Also notice the pinky holding down the 4th...slide that bad boy down a fret to the 3rd, and you've got a regular 7th chord. Switch between the two for substitutions, variations, and melodic phrasing.
- You might just make this an inside chord by refraining from using that redundant 5th on the 1st string. At times, less is more.
- But on that same note, you could also theoretically add an extra bass note 5th on the 6th string by just adding it to your barre. Even if not used to ring out with the chord, know that it's there for bass-line thumps or whatever.
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Post by earthman on Apr 19, 2008 4:35:25 GMT -4
That second one in Eric's is an E5, but played with all six strings rather than the typical three-string powerchord deal. I was actually gonna bring that one up myself just now. It sounds cool when you make a chord progression of six-string 5ths like that...very powerful, yet more subdued: |---0-----3----0----- |---0-----3----4----- |---4-----0----2----- |---2-----0----2----- |---2-----X----0----- |---0-----3---(0)----
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Post by Skeleton Keys on Apr 19, 2008 20:01:02 GMT -4
On the sunject of power chords, here's one that I like, and usually use for a drone-kind-of-pedal-tone thing or rather in DADGAD. This from memory, as I don't feel like going to the closet for a guitar, but you think that I should know by know...
|---0---- |---0---- |---7---- |---7---- |---5---- |---0----
E5, ladies and gentlemen
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Post by Mr. G. on Apr 22, 2008 13:31:58 GMT -4
Could you explain to me how that is an E5? I thought it would have been some form of a D5. Even in DADGAD, wouldn't it still be some form of a D?
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Post by earthman on Apr 22, 2008 14:46:43 GMT -4
Yeah, it would be. The notes are DDADAD.
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