Your favorite "weird" chord

[MCChris]

Which one and why?

Chords without a sharp, flat or number in them are not allowed. Nor are chords that don't exist.

[Guest teefus2]

i always liked those 7sus4 chords that alex lifeson and andy summers used alot. i like using inversions where the third is on top too. it fills everything out nicely in a two guitar band.

[ac15]

Minor 6/9 chords especially as ending chords.

[Brooks]

i like the ol' miles davis "so what" chord, "6/9 no 3rd".

from low note, its 6, 9, 5, 1. the lack of a 3rd makes it open & ambigious sounding.

---3

---3

--2

--2

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[DaveL]

I don't know what it's called but it's

the one during the slow part of Weezer's

Undone (sweater song)...

[hardheartedbill]

shit, no contest, the E7#9! ( the purple haze chord )

[anotherfreak2]

G

[paul_wag]

Fmaj7 -> Cmaj7

[jujisque]

7 (+11) because then you can get your lydian dominant groove on

7 (+5)9 hooray for the whole tone scale!

[savethematches]

Don't know whatcha call it, but it goes something like this here . . .

e--3

b--3

g--o

d--2

a--o

e--x

I see it as an A power chord with a G power chord stacked on top. I use it in place of Am in a G progression.

[Brooks]

Don't know whatcha call it, but it goes something like this here . . .

e--3

b--3

g--o

d--2

a--o

e--x

I see it as an A power chord with a G power chord stacked on top. I use it in place of Am in a G progression.

looks like you could call it Em7/A,

or A7 add 11 no 5 (ick, too long)

[Guest teefus2]

that d with the f# on the low "e" string is pretty cool too. there is a neat chord after it in e costello's "peace, love and understanding" that is some sort of f/c thing, that is cool too.

[Monacosis]

i always liked those 7sus4 chords that alex lifeson and andy summers used alot. i like using inversions where the third is on top too. it fills everything out nicely in a two guitar band.

i dig those shapes too. The sus4 and 7sus4 shapes support quartal harmony, which I am really into at the moment. Very open sounding.

Really interesting things starting happening when you invert stacked fourths. Sometimes hard to grab, but cool sounding .

mike

[Submariner85]

all my chords are weird......i think it's a personal problem

[tomteriffic]

Agumented add 9. Adds a little kick to yer basic augmented chord, especially when resolving from the dominant to the tonic (the V to the I). Easy to grab and impresses the other guitar players in the audience

F'rinstance, an Eaug add9 just dying to resolve to an A6

--------x

-----------7

--------5

---------6

----------7

-------x

Edit to add: Other than that, my fave is the Q27 Demented over the square root of -1.

[elduave]

Major 7ths (I use them in Carpenters, Elton and Chigacgo tunes) always make it sound like I actually have some talent. Open tunings have the same effect...

[SteveE9C6]

I got yer chords! Being a pedal steeler, I just live for big ol' fat 6th chords. The Pedal Steel is a chord junkies haven.

[Eric Weston]

shit, no contest, the E7#9! ( the purple haze chord )

+1 LMAO, It's the one I immediately thought of when I saw the thread title.

[mattsmith]

----2

----4

----4

----5

----0

----x

A13b5

SPY CHORD!!!

[tomteriffic]

----2

----4

----4

----5

----0

----x

A13b5

SPY CHORD!!!

Oooh, cool one! Next time Most Esteemed Redhead and I get into an inter-song patter that wanders into "life's little mysteries" territory, that one's getting used for sure!

[mattsmith]

here's another one!

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--------------------0-----4---------

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----------------4-------------------

--------------7---------------------

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spy lick!!! Emi add9 /maj7

[killerteddybear]

Back in Saskatoon when I was a sprout the favorite weird chord was F demolished.

[ArnieZ]

shit, no contest, the E7#9! ( the purple haze chord )

+2 it never fails to grab my attention and... I even recognize it!

ArnieZ

[atquinn]

Why play a regular chord when a "weird" one will do? One of the chords that finds it's way into many of my songs is:

e-0

b-3

g-2

d-0

a-0

e-3

In fact, the

e-0

b-3

g-2

d-0

(Dsus2?) sounds great with all sorts of root notes on the fifth and sixth strings.

-Austin

[bach]

Sus2, as used by Jimi:

3 / 5 --- 5 / 8 --- 8 / 10

1 / 3 --- 3 / 6 --- 6 / 8

X / X --- X / X --- X / X

3 / 5 --- 5 / 8 --- 8 / 10

X / X --- X / X --- X / X

1 / 3 --- 3 / 6 --- 6 / 8