Chord Of The Week 29/11/14 - The 'James Bond' chord

bigjon · November 2014

Used as the last chord before a scene change in the films, including at the end of the main theme in early films:

Emmaj9: 0 10 9 8 7 x

Its constituents are:

Root E at 0xxxxx

b3rd G at x 10 x x x x

5th B at xx9xxx

maj7th D# at xxx8xx

9th F# at xxxx7x

And there you are, the fast route to being an international man of mystery on the guitar!

As a bonus quiz, the prize for which will be the award of a 'wow' from me, what is the most famous mmaj9 chord in rock? Answer in next week's chord of the week!

bigjon · November 2014

Chord Of The Week index updated with a suggestive 69 discussions at http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/598/chord-of-the-week-index

viz · November 2014

EC on S's IPM?

Roland · November 2014

bigjon said:
what is the most famous mmaj9 chord in rock? Answer in next week's chord of the week!

Fame is subjective. Are we talking Message in a Bottle?

bigjon · November 2014

Roland;429288" said:

Fame is subjective.

I disagree. The more people have heard of something, the more famous it is. It may be empirically difficult to establish, but that doesn't render the assessment invalid in principle. For the purposes of this prestigious competition, my decision is final, and so far my wow remains un-awarded!

EricTheWeary · December 2014

There is a TheFB associated link with the JB chord, if we're ever on a long train journey together I'll tell you.
When I played a ska version based on the Selecter version ( in turn based on the Skatelites) to a couple of bemused audiences I played a slightly easier to grab ( although technically incorrect ) version.
From low E up: root at 0xxxxx, B at 2xxxx, octave 2xxx, G at 0xx, B at 0x and F# at 2.
That's missing the major 7th D# but you can play that on the first fret of the D string instead of the octave if you like. Either way strum from the high E down. I'd probably add the open high E to @bigjon 's version ( although I don't know if it belongs or not).

TheMarlin · December 2014

I use this chord sometimes. It's best when a little Bigsby shimmer is added at the end

lento · September 2021

Another way to call this chord is GM7#5 over E ....

viz · September 2021

Nice reminder of the great man who was BJ (not JB), God rest his soul.

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