Topic: how would you play the chord that's being riffed on in this song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXp9N5YSr9E
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- Detman101
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Re: how would you play the chord that's being riffed on in this song?
Sounds like they're just relaxing their finger-grip on the chord to get that "Chunk" sound.
Chord is F# I think...not a lot of bass in that audio sample...that or they're only playing on the higher 4 strings and leaving out the E &A strings.
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Re: how would you play the chord that's being riffed on in this song?
For some reason my post was deleted.
The chord is an F or F5 but it's only the higher strings. By higher I mean pitch, not location.
They've got some kind of distortion on there and like Detman said, they're just muting the strings with the left hand for the un-pitched sound. I'll edit this when I figure out the kind of distortion.
Re: how would you play the chord that's being riffed on in this song?
Thanks all - I'll give it a try!
Re: how would you play the chord that's being riffed on in this song?
Both above are correct. He is using a "chop" rhythm with a lot of distortion. I hear him rocking back and forth from F to Bb back and forth.
Chop rhythm is very effective using all covered chords (barres).
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Re: how would you play the chord that's being riffed on in this song?
I've been trying this:
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with a muffled A and low E and it sounds OK