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Did you discover chords in your yourney that were a sort of thrill or suprise to your ears?

Lately I found this one very suprising and sounded so nice xx3210,also this one with lot of E in it..076750..

Willem

Hey willem,
That is an Fmaj7 and an E7 respectively.
john

kelemenj wrote:

Hey willem,
That is an Fmaj7 and an E7 respectively.
john

Thats right..


Willem

if you want, you can leave the b string open. that will give you your 5th, I think it rings nicely (E7)

john

I know what you what you mean Willem.

Everytime I work on a Billy Joel song, it becomes an exercise in chord construction. I worked this morning on Joel's "And So It Goes", and by the time I settled on the main riff, it is a treatment of the C chord similar to Fur Elise followed by a F6add9 and a G6 on the top strings. It sounds interesting and quite unusual, but every time I work on BillyJoel songs, unusual stuff happens for me. It could be interesting stuff, but more likely, I'm just not good enough to be trying Billy Joel's music.

wrench wrote:

I know what you what you mean Willem.

Everytime I work on a Billy Joel song, it becomes an exercise in chord construction. I worked this morning on Joel's "And So It Goes", and by the time I settled on the main riff, it is a treatment of the C chord similar to Fur Elise followed by a F6add9 and a G6 on the top strings. It sounds interesting and quite unusual, but every time I work on BillyJoel songs, unusual stuff happens for me. It could be interesting stuff, but more likely, I'm just not good enough to be trying Billy Joel's music.

Of course its the combination of chords that brings you to the thrill or something,,I was for fun trying Lionel Richie's song ''Hello'' and found that Fmaj7 very special sounding,But I think also its something with the vocal harmony,,,,Am /G6 /Fmaj7 /G6-Fmaj7 etc for the verse..can't find my vocal/voice for this song yet,,

That E7 was in a bleus tune...very full sound..

Willem

Willem:

I find chords from time to time that really do just sound perfect... Fmaj7 has been one of my favorites for a while. If you take that same shape and slide it up two frets, it becomes a G6, and it also sounds very nice. There is a great old Firefall song that uses those, along with C, G , Am and Em. It is called "Just Remember I Love You", and I have always liked that song. Firefall used the Fmaj7 and the G6 combo in a lot of their songs..

Jason

Music Junkie wrote:

Willem:

I find chords from time to time that really do just sound perfect... Fmaj7 has been one of my favorites for a while. If you take that same shape and slide it up two frets, it becomes a G6, and it also sounds very nice. There is a great old Firefall song that uses those, along with C, G , Am and Em. It is called "Just Remember I Love You", and I have always liked that song. Firefall used the Fmaj7 and the G6 combo in a lot of their songs..

Jason

MJ thank you for G6 slide up,,I will listen to Firewall,,

Willem

I like:

024100 Eadd2
x02420 Aadd2

Those are sweet sounding chords. I love the open string jangle. Here's a couple you might like.

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