What is your favourite chord?

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

Originally Posted by FatJeff

That sharp-11 is a great sound, isn't it?

I love 'em, too. Major7#11 is one of those chords that say "I'm playing modern jazz", versus, say, Maj6th which says "I'm playing swing". I sometimes wonder if I'm playing too many Major7#11s ... nah!

[Bigmagic]

I have Becks chord workout so I already knew a ton of voicings I did discover stacked 4ths long before I knew how handy they could be. My favorite chords are a Cmaj7 and Dm7b5 I use then a bunch.

[elrond]

sorry I just couldnt resist
I love these 3 note forms with or without the open string
3,x,0,4,3,x G
5,x,x,6,5,x A
7,x,0,7,7,x Bm
7,x,0,6,7,x can also be barred on the 4th fret B2?

2,2,4,4,2,2, Bsus2/F#(think Im just a sus2 kinda guy)
5,4,x,6,x,x, A third in octave (thankyou incubus)

x,5,3,5,5,x Dm9

x,5,x,x,5,x

[phil.guitarnut]

lately digging this one

8-10-x-8-10-x

[Hoopskidoodle]

Originally Posted by Goofsus4

8x876x, which is what I call a C11, but I guess is also a C9sus4 or something.

When I look at that, I see Bbadd9/C.
Albeit, I am no expert in the field of naming chords.

[GuitaRoland]

Originally Posted by Uli

I have a terrible weakness for Dominant 13s and Major 7/9s. I admire their open character. Use them far too often...

I have the same taste when it comes to chords, in a dominant situation I like the 13s and the major 9s are also chords that turns me on - used in the right situations that is!

/R

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

Forgive me if a prattled about this before, my memories going:

x56563

(you can play that by barring the 5th fret with your middle finger and lifting its bottom up to fret behind it on the 3rd fret. I also cheat and alternate between x5658x and x5656x to get the same notes.)

You could name that chord:

AbMaj13#11
Dmin11b5
Bb13
E7#5b9#9

So it can function as a major, minor, dom or altered chord! I like using it in all four ways in a VI-ii-V-I progression:

x45452 (A13)
x56563 (Dmin11b5)
x89896 (G7#5b9#9)
x9109107 (CMaj13#11)

I like how that slides up a fret, twice.

[hooker4186]

|.(0).11.x.11.12.9.|

E7 9 13 - sounds a lot more vague without the low E in the bass - I like it.

[timscarey]

in the key of F....

4X555X (a major7#5 built on the b3 of the key)

[cosmic gumbo]

I asked Buckwheat what his favorite chord was, and he asked me if I'd like to hear it. I said that would be awesome, so he knocked my guitar out of my lap onto the floor. It made a loud sound when it hit, so I asked him WTF?! Em11 is all he said.....

[Goofsus4]

Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo

I asked Buckwheat what his favorite chord was, and he asked me if I'd like to hear it. I said that would be awesome, so he knocked my guitar out of my lap onto the floor. It made a loud sound when it hit, so I asked him WTF?! Em11 is all he said.....

Aw, he learned that joke from Son House, 'ceptin Son would slap your single cone out of your hand when you were playing slide an' say "G."

He tried it on Robert Johnson one time, though, and Son were the one to say "WTF" that day...

[alwaysfretting]

Crikey! There's a year of practice on this thread.

I like this E altered chord in a I-VI-II-V movement in G.

3x345x (G13)
x5666x (E13b9)
5x555x (Am7)
4x456x (Ab13)
which slides nicely back to G13.
Very jazzy and voice leading.

[Rawbert]

Bb7#11th 6x675x i think haha

[medblues]

I like this one but I don't know what it is:

5x456x

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

Originally Posted by medblues

I like this one but I don't know what it is:

5x456x

D7#9
or
Ab13b9
or
...

[jazzyjman]

Ive ben using a m11 shape in the key of g, Am11 and Bm11, thanks joe pass

[TrakaVobla]

I like this Em11
024035

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

Amin6/9: x09570

[JohnW400]

A sus2 sus#4

x 12 11 8 0 0 (A C# D# B E ) sounds A B C# D# E


or the minor version Ami sus 2 sus 4

x 12 10 7 0 0 (A C D B E) sounds A B C D E

[Rawbert]

Originally Posted by medblues

I like this one but I don't know what it is:

5x456x

I would call that D7#9/A