What's your favorite chord?

[Wizard]

The Deftones rule.

oh, and VDP, It's not an Emi7b5, it's your mom.

[Eric!]

The Deftones rule.

oh, and VDP, It's not an Emi7b5, it's your mom.

Your mom's (a) minor and flat(-chested)

[Wizard]

The Deftones rule.

oh, and VDP, It's not an Emi7b5, it's your mom.

Your mom's (a) minor and flat(-chested)

siq burn

[spacelordmother]

A C, an E-flat, and a G go into a bar. The bartender says: “Sorry, but we don’t serve minors.” So, the E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished: the G is out flat. An F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough.



Some of these chords are hard.

[bubstance]

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[Eric!]

I've been fond of Em7 lately, as well as whatever C-type chord this is: x32000

I'm gonna go ahead and call that C7

And you are wrong. But we love you anyway. It's Cmaj7. Look at the notes:

C-E-G-B-E. C to E is a major 3rd, G is the 5th, and B is the major 7. A C7 in the open position would be something like x32310.

Well that's what i meant. I didn't know you had to explicitly state having to be major. Dumb.

[bubstance]

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[bigchiefbc]

We've had quite a few of these threads before, here is my standard answer.

One of my favorites is used a lot in the Deftones' "Root", which is an E maj 7 flat 5. Sometimes I actually tune my guitar to this chord (it's also cool because it has the "devil's interval" in it):

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Isn't that an Emi7 flat5? Not trying to be snooty, just trying to see if I know any theory at all ever..

Well the D# is a major 7th to the E. A minor 7th would be a D instead. So that would be:

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EDIT: Ah, I see what you mean though. The open G is a minor 3rd, not a major. Hmm. So this is a fucked up chord then

[bubstance]

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[bigchiefbc]

Actually, if we want to get REALLY technical, the "Root chord" is an Em/maj7 b5. It has E-A#-D#-G-B-E in it. That's E as the root, b5 (A#), maj7 (D#), and m3 (G).

Yeah, I was just gonna edit my post to say that it was an Em (maj7)(b5), but ya beat me to it

[bubstance]

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[bigchiefbc]

Yeah, and I had to edit mine because I forgot about the B! Damned b5/5 together in one chord!

Actually, I went to ask my girlfriend what she would call it (to get a different opinion) and her response was "You mean besides ugly?".

Oh yeah, I forgot about that too!

fucking deftones!!

[unownunown]

Ah, I see. I made the same mistake for a long time. Yeah, each is different. Cmaj7, Cm7, and C7 are three totally different chords (major, minor, and dominant).

wtf, C7 means dominant? D; i thought the capital C implied that it was major. ah well, it makes sense that way. Cdom looks kind of silly.

[bigchiefbc]

Actually, I went to ask my girlfriend what she would call it (to get a different opinion) and her response was "You mean besides ugly?".

hehe
ugly for a reason, that is a fucking pissed off song

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA3yvxPTMRM[/youtube]

BTW - to anyone who's curious, the chord is thrown in a bunch of times throughout the song, but he hits it a few times from 0:20 to 0:30

[CBA]

I get a lot of mileage out of F# in standard tuning.

I like:

244300

and

242222

...whatever those are.

I also like

x00211

However, perhaps my favourite ever chord is this Cmaj7:

332000

That with your fuzz on is a monster.


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