awesome guitar chords?

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Bongolation, I guess the one I posted must be a close relative of the one you just mentioned, now I think about it, roots and 5ths on as many strings as possible. You could make the Rainbow G I mentioned into a six stringer by fretting the 6th string on the 3rd fret with your thumb, I guess. Definitely ones for the Les Paul and the Marshall stack ;)
 
I play this one alot...

Yeah this chord is pretty bad ass.

E-x
B-x
G-x
D-5
A-5
E-3

lol....

seriously though my fav, although I've never found a good place to put it is this baby...

E-7
B-5
G-6
D-7
A-0
E-x
 
wx3 said:
Yeah this chord is pretty bad ass.

E-x
B-x
G-x
D-5
A-5
E-3

lol....

seriously though my fav, although I've never found a good place to put it is this baby...

E-7
B-5
G-6
D-7
A-0
E-x
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That's an Aadd9. It shouldn't be too difficult to use. You could substitute it for a I chord in A or a IV chord in E. The second instance is probably the most likely.
 
Garry Sharp said:
You're absolutely right Beag, I realised after I'd posted it was a power chord.

The song I referred to was a huge early '80s (?) hit for Rainbow, which was some of the ex Deep Purple guys, I think. David Coverdale? I am sure somebody will correct me.
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that would be richie blackmore, you are corrected
 
dragonworks said:
that would be richie blackmore, you are corrected
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and Graham Bonnett not Coverdale! ....you are further corrected :D
 
I saw a book that I want to go find and get. It was about open string chords. For every chord it had about ten voicings up and down the neck with open strings involved- very cool!
 
I like this one...

-7-
-7-
-6-
-5-
-X-
-5-
 
The classic Randy Rhodes G

3
3
0
0
x (thumb mute)
3 (thumb)
 
this one is pretty awesome:

--24--
--24--
--24--
--24--
--24--
--24--

:p
 
patlang12 said:
I saw a book that I want to go find and get. It was about open string chords. For every chord it had about ten voicings up and down the neck with open strings involved- very cool!
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Those kinds of chords are really the acid test for your guitar's intonation, and you usually fail, but if you tweak them into tune they can be impressive.

I haven't used a barre chord in ages. I need those open-string voicings, and I'll use a capo if I have to to transpose keys. As a songwriter, I'm finding I need to use guitar more like piano, and that means some pretty spread-out, complex chords.

But...why do you need a book for this? Just get a fretboard chart and build your own wack chords. The next thing you know, you've learned the fretboard and a lot of theory.
 
famous beagle said:
That's an A13 chord.
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Do you like it beagle? This one sounds good too:

-12-
-12-
-11-
-11-
-0 -
-0 -
-X -

or this one:

-3-
-3-
-2-
-2-
-X-
-3-
 
This one sounds great on a twelve string or a clean electric!

3
3
0
0
2
3

A good country chord if you like country! :eek:
 
Monkey Allen said:
Do you like it beagle? This one sounds good too:

-12-
-12-
-11-
-11-
-0 -
-0 -
-X -

or this one:

-3-
-3-
-2-
-2-
-X-
-3-
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Yes these are 6/9 chords. Like a 13th chord but without the b7th, so they're a little more open and arid sounding.
 
I love the sound of these 2 cranked right up with some overdrive for some hard rock:

X
X
7
7
0
X


and this one


X
X
9
7
7
0
 
My favorite is Em7 as well:
E 3
B 3
G 0
D 2
A 2
E 0

This particular Em7 has the minor 3rd on top in the voicing. I don't know why I like it so much, but I do.
 
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