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I'm sure, this happened to all of you: You mess around with voicings and end up being totally overwhelmed by the sound of the chord you just invented and that nobody ever has played before (the last part is obviosly not true, but the thought of having discovered something is just too flattering). So what is -right now- your favourite chord voicing you discovered? Please share your experience. Risking that someone says "oh how lame, that chord is obvious/in book xy/being played by zz", I'll start with:
G7b9/F: X8678X
Your turn, please.
GonzalesLast edited by gonzales; 12-03-2009 at 03:55 AM. Reason: typo
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12-03-2009 03:54 AM
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hhmmm...i would just call that a Fm69, but a very tasty chord!
this week i'm enjoying X8X9.10.7 ; G13.
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Very true that this is Fm6/9, but it works beautifully as a substitution for G7.
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Am11.
One string, one note. The C major scale without the F.
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x32422 = CMa7#9#11
2X3300 = GbMa7add11
007700 = AMa9
X3312X = Db/C
X3444X = CdimMa7
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I play that and it sounds like a Fmaj7#11 to me.
Originally Posted by randalljazz
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Definitely D minor. It's the saddest of all keys. Originally Posted by gonzales
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A F C# D# F#
See below
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A B C G D
Ami11Last edited by JohnW400; 12-03-2009 at 01:55 PM. Reason: to correct mis posting
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yup. well, that's how rootless voicings work, amigo. Originally Posted by fep
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Originally Posted by nado64
Am11
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whew!!! try those puppies on my box! Originally Posted by JohnW400
(think ya got a typo in the first one, 4th string.)
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Gmin9 3573xx
AbMaj#9 xx6547
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Originally Posted by Jake Hanlon
first chord shows a b9...but nice either way.
second chord...#13?
third chord shows sus2 (or 11 add 9 or something)...maybe you mean C# third string...
fourth chord...i love m9 between outer voices, especially nice on upper strings!
fifth chord...alias B/C...love it...was my introduction to the haunting world of the dimMA7...so many cool chords...
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Yes it should be F. So the chord is really:
F7 #9 #5/A
B9#5/A (omit root)
F# mi MA13
However the :
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is easier to play an is the A lydian sound
I can imagine on a 10 string these would be quite difficult.
I'll give you one I stumbled on that may be easier
I call it C "infused" with D
. Nice Lydian sound
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C F# G D E A.
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err...F7 b9 #5/A Originally Posted by JohnW400
Yes it should be F. So the chord is really:
F7 #9 #5/A
B9#5/A (omit root)
F# mi MA13
However the :
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is easier to play an is the A lydian sound
I can imagine on a 10 string these would be quite difficult.
I'll give you one I stumbled on that may be easier
I call it C "infused" with D . Nice Lydian sound
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C F# G D E A.
and B9 b5/A no root (sorry)
love that last chord
D
C
or C6/9 #11...beautiful!!!
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John, just how big are your hands, yikes? Stretch your left hand and measure from the thumb tip to the pinkie tip, please.
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This is my progression signature on the Tele forum, and it has some nice chords in it (take that! chicken pickers):
x77787 [Emin11]
x66678 [Ebmin13]
x55565 [Dmin11]
x43453 [G13b5]
x32442 [Cmaj7#9#11]
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How about this one:
8x8755 (C9add13??)
I use that in conjuction with this chord as well:
8x876x, which is what I call a C11, but I guess is also a C9sus4 or something.
Anyhoo, both of those are pretty, yet still interesting sounding chords to me, especially when used in conjunction with each other.
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BDLH - a hair under 10" on the left hand. I can't get the same stretch on the right
Randall. I should probably stop posting while I'm at work. Too many things going on at one time makes me prone to these things
Here's one more. I remebered this one after reading a post about a minor major 9 b5 and would have posted it there but the OP never responded to my reply so.... Anyway, one more with a Van Eps barre
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F Ab B E G G13b9/F or an almost Em/Fm
If the reach is a problem , move them up to around the 10th fret. Except in Randalls case since I think the neck gets fatter there on the 10 stringer.
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I like that one, too. I'd just call it C13 and be done with it. My goto C13 used to be Originally Posted by Goofsus4
8x89(10)(10)
but 8x8755 has that D-E second interval that sounds so nice and piano-like.
Just call it a C11 and be done with it Originally Posted by Goofsus4
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My favorite chord is the one that works well in the right place. My least favorite chord is the same chord in the wrong place.
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Not a particular chord but a family of chords- I LOVE the sound of sus4 chords. That suspended sound is just beautiful to me- a much 'happier' sound than a major chord, in my opinion.
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wow thanks for sharing I can see this thread could grow fast, heres some I always come back to.
I still have trouble blending creativity with theory so Iv been alright with not mixing the two, one day I just hope they'll find each other! (my wife(a drummer
) thinks theory takes the magic out of creating music but I love theory) I have worked out some names but have just treated some as shapes really,any analysis would be appreciated as I notice I have chord 'families' that sometimes mix well and am still trying to determine the style that I have often I end up with a droning A,D or E when I jam out by myself.
0,11,9,11,12,x, or 9,11,9,11,12,x ,
x,0,11,9,12,x,
x,x,0,11,10,12,
x,0,7,6,9,x
x,0,9,6,7,x
x,0,6,9,7,x
x,0,9,9,0,7,
x,0,9,9,7,x
x,0,9,8,x,7
x,0,7,6,0,0,
x,x,x,7,10,8,
x,x,x,7,10,7
x,x,0,5,5,1
0,2,2,3,0,0(havnt found a jam for this one yet but its an interesting and ugly b5)
Ill stop it there! I have heaps that Ive found but some of these ones are not so easily pigeonholed for me
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Maj13 5thless, can drop that low 1 for a 9thless voicing too
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i never tried measuring like that, did it just now and it's 11" and a couple "micromillimeters" lol i hadn't thought about my stretch before... with my 1st and 3rd finger i can stretch from the 1st to the 6th fret. crazy stuff... Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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I have a terrible weakness for Dominant 13s and Major 7/9s. I admire their open character. Use them far too often...
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