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Topic: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

In fact:
1) what are the chords you love very much
2) what are your favorite chords "switching"

One of my all time favorite chords is G, followed by D (because in that little D you can create great sounds by changing a finger, like D, D7, Dm)
My favorite switching is going from C to E7, and from E7 to Am back to C.

SO WHAT'S YOURS?

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

Anything that doesn,t buzz..lol

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

G to Em, C to Am or C to G7 works for me.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

I tend to like a lot of the 7th chords, E7,A7, D7, B7.  They have a bluesy sound.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

I like all of them, no favorites I tend to stick with chords that are in my vocal range for composing but on instrumentals anything go's there are no restrictions ive even experimented with a G demolished augmented 13th lol

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

i love the minor chords.... Am being my favourite... i like the kinda 'sad' sound that it has.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

Minor chords will do that to you evoke emotions, major chords have the opposite effect and the combination of both sell records smile

Radchael1975 wrote:

i love the minor chords.... Am being my favourite... i like the kinda 'sad' sound that it has.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

I'm partial to # minor and minor 7ths but love them all...

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

D-A-G.  Three chords and the truth, baby!

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

Gsus4, Csus4, Dsus4.  Beautiful.  I also love playing D, hammer on pulloff on the e string (F#-G-F#-D) to Dsus4.

e  3  3  3    2  2h3p2
B  3  3  3    3             3
G  0  0  2    2
D  0  2  0    0 
A  2  3  x
E  3  x  x

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

I dug this up from an earlier thread on the same topic. Cmaj7 is still my best bang for the buck chord.

In my mind (at least presently) the Cmaj7 x32000 delivers the most bang for the buck. Such a simple chord, yet it seems to say so much. If it is present in a song - nothing else can substitute it is absolutely unique and identifiable. I love the melancholy tone - I just don't think any other chord delivers so much and it has such a simple fingering to boot. (OK maybe I've had 1 too many to be in love with a chord).

http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6666

It might be interesting to visit the old thread and see if some users have changed their opinion.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

ab11 any F or b chord.[only joking]. I like the e7 b7 dm a7chords as I can do a lot of blues finger picking with them.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

I love sustained chords for acoustic; primarily Asus and Dsus ... I'm also partial to 2-note Powerchords (thinner sounding) as opposed to 3-note Powerchords (fuller sounding)

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

I love tuning the 1st E string to D and playing ordinary chord shapes C,G,Am,D they produce some wonderful changes and the harmonics produced at the 12th fret are simply divine!

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

Indeed I see great answers.
I often use minor chords because you find a lot of melancholy in it, also the 7th chord like A7, B7, E7 and this = BLUES or ROCK.
I don't use often POWER CHORDS, but playing some "heavier stuff" they are useful..

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

this is the best chord ever B-)

d-0
a-0
g-7
d-9
a-9
d-0

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17 Reply by Headcase (edited by Headcase 2008-10-03 19:22:53)

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

Hey, Just noticed this post, the answer is simple, any chord I can Play?

Although I must admit I love songs with minnor chords in them, like : Em Am Dm Gm, also some seventh chords like : A7 D7  E7 ?

There you go.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

Try this one out by the fantastically named Vic Flick , its a Em [maj9]  in tab form from low E 0,10,9,8,7 let it ring out and tell me what film it`s from, trust me you`ll love it

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

G C G D its sexual

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

I am also partial to minor chords, especially the Am.  It has such an eerie type of ring.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

Purlnekless wrote:

Try this one out by the fantastically named Vic Flick , its a Em [maj9]  in tab form from low E 0,10,9,8,7 let it ring out and tell me what film it`s from, trust me you`ll love it

Hmmm, Psycho?

That's either you for the chord or my guess for the film - you choose!

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

try this Bm/A7/D also Bm followed by F#m another combo I like is open G follwed by Bm  then a repeat phrasing of G Bm C.

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Cadd9 C/G Dsus2 G

Ooooh yeah!

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

bonedaddy wrote:

G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Cadd9 C/G Dsus2 G

Ooooh yeah!

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Re: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GUITAR CHORDS?

Strum G Em A7 then a quick C D and back to G . Thats the one.


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