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Location: Chicago | We all have one or two "CHORD things we do" that we absolutely LOVE. The two or three (or more) chords set up THAT SOUND that "sends us" somewhere else....
So: What is YOURS? |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | There are a bunch, but I fell in love with this one the moment I heard it; the song it belongs to is slow and meditative.
It's fairly long, but I just love the way it unfolds; I play it both from the barred D at the 10th fret, and also in the position closest to the nut. I really like the way the bass notes descend, especially when you work your way down the neck. It's for a song that's in 4/4, and each chord is 4 beats, except for the Asus to A (2 beats each.) It justs sound so nice finger-picked....
D - A/C# - C - G/B - Gmin/Bb - D/A- E/G# - D2/A -Asus4 - A7 - D
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Location: Sydney, Australia | I've always wondered, How do you do a A/C#? I can never get the little finger to stretch all that way. |
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Location: closely held secret | I mute the 1st string and barre across the second fret while reaching the C# with my ring finger.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | F, Edim, Dm, G9
Gm7, A7.
F, Edim, Dm
G7, C, C#, C, Gaug.
The chorus to my "Broken Gospel Band"
my current fav. It will change in time. |
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Location: NJ | If the above IS the chorus to the tune, y'just saved me from sending you an e-mail regarding that particular piece of music . . . |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It is.
The verse is
Gaug
C, Gaug, G7, C, C7
F, C, C7,
F, Ebdim, C, Am
C, G, G7, C |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Just been listening to No Reply by The Beatles and I love the chords that begin with the line....If I were you.... C E7 A Dm F C
Nice and simple but it appeals to my melodic tastes. |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | Am - G - F - G - Am as used in 'All Along the Watchtower' - a cliche or a classic depending how you look at it.
Also the Beatles have lots of great ones e.g. G -D - F - C in 'Hide your love away', and D-G-A-C in 'Norwegian Wood' |
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Location: GA USA | When I brought the Tornado home I was messing with the trem and came up with a great sounding piece. Then I was playing through the Otto book and found out it was Breathe by Pink Floyd. |
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Location: Chicago | The chord changes to "Spain" keep Jeff and me going for a long time:
G - F#7 - Emin - A7 - D - G - C#7 - F#7 - Bmin - Bsus (with the usual alterations/extension) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Jas,
"Hide..." is one of my first favorites. Here's what I use for the verses, adds a bit more of the Beatles touch...
G D F C
3 3 3 3
3 3 1 1
0 2 2 0
0 0 3 2
2 0 0 3
3 x x x
I love the D walk down, G and C walk ups and Dsus4 and 2s. It's the progression I use to 'test' a new guitar. It works the top and bottom of two octaves nicely.
And yes, "...Wood" is another I use.
BTW, I love the thread. Bring on more progressions! |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Smoke on the Water. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
I mute the 1st string and barre across the second fret while reaching the C# with my ring finger. I do the same, but barre with the pointer and hit the C# with the pinky. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Not really a "chord progression" but the first song I ever really learned to fingerpick was "Julia" by the Beatles. The LH fingering is basically the chord shapes C - Am - Em - G.
The problem is that the RH picking of Julia is permanently memorized into my fingers. My brain can no longer contol it. I try to disguise it, and have actually gotten pretty creative in some ways, but the truth is that almost everything I play is a subtle variation of this same picking pattern.
Dave |
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Location: south east Michigan | I know what you mean Dave. I got the same muscle memory thing going myself.
Though this thread us informative I'd learn alot more if I could hear what you guys are playing.
So... next Sunday... everyone come on over. I'll order lots-o-pizza. |
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Location: Yarmouth, ME / Houston, TX | I particularly like this progression I use for endings to slow "jazz standard" type songs. Use it in many keys, but as one progression:
E-7b5 Eb-7 D-7#5 F#7 C-/Bb Eb-7b5/Ab Eb-7b5 Bb96
6 6 6 6 6 4 2 1
8 7 6 5 4 2 2 1
7 6 5 6 x 2 2 0
x x x 4 5 1 1 0
7 6 5 x 3 x x 1
x x x x x x x x
Chord names may be subject to interpretation. |
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Location: Yarmouth, ME / Houston, TX | Or a very pretty ending to an arrangement of "Nights in White Saturn":
E-/F# E- D(add 2) D E-
14 12 12 10 7
12 12 10 10 5
12 12 11 11 4
14 14 12 12 5
x x x x x
x x x x x |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | I'm working on a song called Alone With You by The Sunnyboys (an Australian band) which has a couple of solos. I've just worked out the chords behind the first solo and I always find with things like these that I would never imagine putting these chords together.
F#m D G# C#m A Dm E
It sounds great when each chord is strummed just once behind the lead break. |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | D to F#M for a song in D Major e.g. Dylan's 'Forever Young'.
If playing the song in C, this becomes C to Em which but for some reason it doesn't have the same 'mood' |
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your FAVORITE chord movement