Difficult Chord of the Day

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GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
edited February 2020 in Technique
First in (hopefully )a new series of difficult chords to play.






 
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  • vizviz Frets: 10647
    Nice!
    Roland said: Scales are primarily a tool for categorising knowledge, not a rule for what can or cannot be played.
    Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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  • CeeJayCeeJay Frets: 455
    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!  :#
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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
    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 :)


    "Music makes the rules, music is not made from the rules."
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  • CeeJayCeeJay Frets: 455
    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  :)
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  • vizviz Frets: 10647
    For all those without a 1/4 size guitar to hand you  just might find this fingering easier!!!

    X 3 5 x 6 0
    Roland said: Scales are primarily a tool for categorising knowledge, not a rule for what can or cannot be played.
    Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
    edited 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.








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  • 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. 
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  • vizviz Frets: 10647
    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
    Roland said: Scales are primarily a tool for categorising knowledge, not a rule for what can or cannot be played.
    Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
    edited March 2020
    Difficult Chord of the Day

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






    "Music makes the rules, music is not made from the rules."
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  • RockerRocker Frets: 4947
    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.
    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. [Albert Einstein]

    Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
    edited 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.


    Have fun, they are nice sounding chords.










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  • JerkMoansJerkMoans Frets: 8775
    What fresh hell is this thread? Aargh.
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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
    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.





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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
    edited 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.






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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
    edited 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.





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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
    edited March 2020
    Here's a nice sounding Melodic minor 6th chord and it's easy to play.

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  • 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.

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  • BezzerBezzer Frets: 581
    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. 

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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
    edited 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.




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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
    edited 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.


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