Difficult Chord of the Day

GuyBoden · February 2020

First in (hopefully )a new series of difficult chords to play.

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viz · February 2020

Nice!

CeeJay · February 2020

GuyBoden said:

First in (hopefully )a new series of difficult chords to play.

How in Gods name do I play that!. Just as I thought I was starting to get the hang of this guitar lark, you come up with a chord that requires a spare hand and 10 minutes to fret it!

GuyBoden · February 2020

CeeJay said:

GuyBoden said:

First in (hopefully )a new series of difficult chords to play.

How in Gods name do I play that!. Just as I thought I was starting to get the hang of this guitar lark, you come up with a chord that requires a spare hand and 10 minutes to fret it!

You only need to play the "Green" notes, not the "Grey" notes on the fretboard diagram

CeeJay · February 2020

GuyBoden said:

CeeJay said:

GuyBoden said:

First in (hopefully )a new series of difficult chords to play.

How in Gods name do I play that!. Just as I thought I was starting to get the hang of this guitar lark, you come up with a chord that requires a spare hand and 10 minutes to fret it!

You only need to play the "Green" notes, not the "Grey" notes on the fretboard diagram

Probably easier to play the grey ones

viz · February 2020

For all those without a 1/4 size guitar to hand you just might find this fingering easier!!!

X 3 5 x 6 0

GuyBoden · February 2020

The pic below shows a "BMaj add 11th", the notes are: B F# D# E

It has the same voicing as "CMaj add 11th", the difficult chord of the day.

Modellista · February 2020

viz said:

For all those without a 1/4 size guitar to hand you just might find this fingering easier!!!

X 3 5 x 6 0

Or just x3x060 or 8xx060 for a two-finger version.

viz · February 2020

Modellista said:

viz said:

For all those without a 1/4 size guitar to hand you just might find this fingering easier!!!

X 3 5 x 6 0

Or just x3x060 or 8xx060 for a two-finger version.

Oh yes lol

GuyBoden · February 2020

Difficult Chord of the Day

This is easier than yesterday's and has a beautiful sound.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/GCDPcP8/Chord-of-the-Day-20-02-2020.png

Rocker · February 2020

Without wishing to piss on your sandwich, apart from the improvement in the control of fretting fingers, what actual use is such a chord. Give me a song where it is used. Thanks.

GuyBoden · February 2020

Another nice sounding Lydian chord, this one has no 3rd.

Really it's just a stack of fifths with a Major third on top.

I've put it in F Lydian, so it has no sharps or flats and at the 13th fret, so it's easier to finger.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/MNXR9Jt/Chord-of-the-Day-21-02-2020.png

Have fun, they are nice sounding chords.

JerkMoans · February 2020

What fresh hell is this thread? Aargh.

GuyBoden · February 2020

Another Lydian Chord with a bit of string skipping.

It's at the 13th fret for easier fingering.

Again, I've made it easier in F Lydian, so no sharps or flats.

A nice sounding chord for those lydian moments.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/fFdkZkw/Chord-of-the-Day-24-02-2020.png

GuyBoden · February 2020

In Modal harmony, each mode contains a so-called characteristic note that helps to distinguish it from major and minor, and from the other modes.

In Aeolian it is the 6th note, so a good modal chord to use with this scale is one that includes this characteristic note.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/wgFdRLm/Chord-of-the-Day-25-02-2020.png

GuyBoden · February 2020

Today's chord is a Gdom with an added 4th and no 5th, but with the 3rd. The 7th in the bass.

Another nice sounding modern chord.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/xf6mM8h/Chord-of-the-Day-27-02-2020.png

GuyBoden · March 2020

Here's a nice sounding Melodic minor 6th chord and it's easy to play.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/2F8RtC7/Chord-of-the-Day-04-03-2020.png

Slash'N'burn · March 2020

GuyBoden said:

In Modal harmony, each mode contains a so-called characteristic note that helps to distinguish it from major and minor, and from the other modes.

In Aeolian it is the 6th note, so a good modal chord to use with this scale is one that includes this characteristic note.

I accidentally found a nice sounding barre chord the other day, then worked out that it was ' D6 '

X X 12 14 12 14

sounds quite good when moved further down the fretboard -

X X 7 9 7 9

X X 5 7 5 7 etc.

Bezzer · March 2020

Rocker said:

Without wishing to piss on your sandwich, apart from the improvement in the control of fretting fingers, what actual use is such a chord. Give me a song where it is used. Thanks.

Surely the use is "it sounds nice", and if it sounds nice why not use it. I'm certain there are plenty of songs using a <chord of choice>MajAdd11.

GuyBoden · March 2020

Here's a nice Melodic minor chord with the 5th in the bass, that works well with the Melodic minor scale.

The chord is shown in three positions on the fretboard.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/Wc8GCXG/Chord-of-the-Day-05-03-2020.png

GuyBoden · March 2020

This is one of my fav Quartal (4ths) chord voicings.

It's every 4th note from the D Dorian scale.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

D E F G A B C

Then the DGCF chord is rearranged to CFGD, so it's an inversion of a Quartal chord.

It includes a 4th, a 9th and a fifth interval, which sound nice to my ears.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/MGXzTbJ/Chord-of-the-Day-06-03-2020.png

midiman1962 · March 2020

GuyBoden said:

Here's a nice Melodic minor chord with the 5th in the bass, that works well with the Melodic minor scale.

The chord is shown in three positions on the fretboard.

I can see a green version and a yellow version - i am colourblind so can't see the other

GuyBoden · March 2020

midiman1962 said:

GuyBoden said:

Here's a nice Melodic minor chord with the 5th in the bass, that works well with the Melodic minor scale.

The chord is shown in three positions on the fretboard.

I can see a green version and a yellow version - i am colour blind so can't see the other

Good point, the other chord's notes are: G C Eb B.

GuyBoden · March 2020

A nice sounding EbMaj7#5

The 3rd mode of the C Melodic minor scale, the Eb Lydian Augmented sounds good with this chord.

GuyBoden · March 2020

Today's chord could have a few names, it could be a G/C slash chord inversion (GMaj with C in the bass), a GMaj add 11 inversion or depending on context, a CMaj7 add 9 no 3rd inversion.

This chord has a beautiful sound, IMHO.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/tbg5Fnx/CMaj-add-11-no-3rd.png

Ché · March 2020

GuyBoden said:Today's chord could have a few names, it could be a G/C slash chord inversion (GMaj with C in the bass), a GMaj add 11 inversion or depending on context, a CMaj7 add 9 no 3rd inversion.

This chord has a beautiful sound, IMHO.

I feel with some of these chords you'd need a root bass underneath to get the chord feeling stated as the chord name.

This one to me is a D dorian chord as without a third it doesn't have any grounding to C major and the 9 isn't stacked as a regular extension in the higher octave. (as far as my theory knowledge goes, I could be wrong).

Really enjoying this thread, thanks for taking your time to post and share your knowledge

Bezzer · March 2020

Ché said:

GuyBoden said:Today's chord could have a few names, it could be a G/C slash chord inversion (GMaj with C in the bass), a GMaj add 11 inversion or depending on context, a CMaj7 add 9 no 3rd inversion.

This chord has a beautiful sound, IMHO.

I feel with some of these chords you'd need a root bass underneath to get the chord feeling stated as the chord name.
This one to me is a D dorian chord as without a third it doesn't have any grounding to C major and the 9 isn't stacked as a regular extension in the higher octave. (as far as my theory knowledge goes, I could be wrong).

Really enjoying this thread, thanks for taking your time to post and share your knowledge

I think I'm with you there, with no other context I think I would just hear that as D7#5

GuyBoden · March 2020

Yes, I agree, the CMaj add 9 no 3rd chord is very ambiguous and could have many uses, which I see as a good thing. The name depends on the context.

Inversions of GMaj/C is probably the easiest name, because the notes are GBD/C.

Here's a few more inversions of the CMaj add 9 no 3rd chord.

GuyBoden · March 2020

Here's some Lydian chord inversions, using FMaj7#4 with no 5th.

I'm omitting the 5th in the chord, because I feel it interferes with the Lydian's #4 sound.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/HFtpX62/Chord-of-the-Day-20-03-2020.png

GuyBoden · March 2020

This is my fav sounding Lydian FMaj7#4 chord.

I think it sounds good because the 3rd and 4th notes of the chord are next to each other and there's no 5th.

If a 5th was in the chord, it would interfere with the Lydian chord's character note 4th sound, IMHO.

The chord is shown in all positions on the fretboard diagram.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/KqXfRgW/Chord-of-the-Day-23-03-2020.png

GuyBoden · April 2020

Here's a fourth voicing (Quartal), that's an inversion of the standard fourth type chord.

It's not very difficult to play and can easily be played as a shape moved along the fretboard.

The concept of inverting 4th voicings creates a more interesting sound (IMHO).

As an easier alternative to playing the shape at the 15th fret, you can play the shape starting on the "G" bassnote at the 3rd fret.

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