Your favorite chord to STRUM

[LiveMusic]

Just curious... is there a chord that sounds coolest to you when strummed? To me, it's "A." (x02220) I probably play G (320033) more than any chord. My favorite chords are minors but just to slam down on a chord, something cool about "A." I think it's the sound made by the 5th and 4th strings.

[Mudcat]

Easy. First position G with the third muted. Looks like this: G (3X0033)

 

Once I discovered this chord I became somewhat fixated on it.

 

I also like plain old E (022100) particularly on a highly resonant flattop. But the G chord above is still my favorite.

[Corner Pocket]

A Maj9

 

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But the axe has to be perfectly intonated and in tune.

 

Paul

[blackpig]

This one (Eadd9): 024100. Play it through a nice fat chorus with lots of reverb for a cheesy, eighties folksy vibe.

[Guitr777]

My fav - Cmaj7/G

 

332000

[The Geoff]

I love to mess around the standard D maj. There's so much you can do with lift-offs & sus 4ths etc.

[LeftyBlues]

A minor always sounds good to me, I'm writing down some of the other suggestions to try. Always up for something new, and I missed my lesson this week because my mom had surgery (she's doing great). D minor sounds good too but I have more trouble playing that as an open chord, drives me (more) nuts.

[Dylan]

Originally posted by Guitr777:

My fav - Cmaj7/G

 

332000

Hey, that's my chord ! Get your own damn chord .

[Guitarzan]

A x022xx, not a full chord but when you use the first finger you have three left for riffing! of course i move this around the neck leaving the root out when i move up the neck for some nice chord riffing anywhere. rock and roll!!!!!

i also love D Minor!

[NMcGuitar]

I still like E7#9 (the "Hendrix" chord).

And you can't go wrong with a first postition E or G chord. They all make me want to strum.

[Blue Strat]

G major (320033)

[musicalhair]

G major 7 "drop 3" voicing root position, fifth on top:

 

String, frets, fingers

6, 3, 1

5, x

4, 4, 3

3, 4, 4

2, 3, 2

1, x

 

 

Although I'm digging leaving out the fifth, and when I play the fifth, play it flatted

 

String, frets, fingers

6, 3, 2

5, x

4, 4, 3

3, 4, 4

2, 3, 1

1, x

[LiveMusic]

Originally posted by Mudcat:

Easy. First position G with the third muted. Looks like this: G (3X0033)

That's IT! That is the opening chord to Travis Tritt's "Here's A Quarter." 320033 does NOT cut it. Yours is the one. Man, that makes all the difference in the world. I could hear something not right but that solves it.

 

This is why I like to ask seemingly goofy questions. You never know what you'll learn.

[Gifthorse]

E minor 7

[Tedster]

Eb13#9dim7

[mwestenberg]

All of them!! Sorry, couldn't resist!

[doug osborne]

It depends on the guitar.

 

I dig deep on any instrument to find what vibes with the guitar - acoustic/solidbody/whatever. My Goodall had a nagging issue at first - a woolyness when anything G was played. After it got a trip to the factory in Maui (and I didn't...lucky guitar), the as-suspected truss rod buzz was gone and this guitar lives and breathes G. Before the fix, I recorded a bunch of stuff, and most of it live in A, but after the fix, it's G.

 

My strat does E.

[Billster]

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slide these forms around to your heart's content

[Dave da Dude]

Originally posted by Geoff Byrne:

I love to mess around the standard D maj. There's so much you can do with lift-offs & sus 4ths etc.

I agree, and it is a very close second to my first choice; open position (first position) G.

 

It's very *vanilla*/plain chord, but I could play it all day long

... and nearly have upon occassion

 

btw, I lift a finger (off the open G chord) and do some other *special* things with it; but I can't remember what they are w/o a guitar in my hands

[NMcGuitar]

Originally posted by Tedster:

Eb13#9dim7

So show us the fingering!

[Danzilla]

Aminor in 1st position, or any type of 9th chord (i.e. F9 x87888 The Crunge chord!)