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a couple weeks ago i discovered that if you invert your index finger and ring finger on a D chord it makes a kind of dissonant E minor droney chord.

in other words

D
x
5
7
x
x
x

to this

E minor?
x
7
5
x
x
x

furthermore if you go up a half step with your ring finger and put your middle finger down in natural postion it makes kind of a weird F sounding chord

F?
x
8
7
x
x
x


then you can keep alternating between the two positions and slide right the neck.

anyone got a name for this shit?

your second chord is kind of E7, which sounds more like a minor chord without the third.

the third chord you mentioned is in most cases an F (major).

but, given that you use only two notes for each of these, depending on context they can be completely different chords, because just two notes can not give full definition of a chord. percieved harmony will depend on what notes are played on other instruments.

btw, i think these are called not chords but intervals.

Those are minor thirds and major thirds. You might recognise the major third from the bottom of open G and C chords.

You know the way you can make an A major chord into an A minor chord by moving one of the notes lower down? That's the difference between a major third and a minor third.

Chords, are usually made up of a root note, or first, a third (major or minor) and a fifth. Powerchords get rid of the third leaving just the root and the fifth. Hence them being called fifth chords.

blacktaxi wrote:your second chord is kind of E7, which sounds more like a minor chord without the third.

I'm not sure where you're getting confused here, but that's entirely not true.

blacktaxi wrote:btw, i think these are called not chords but intervals.

Interval describes the distance between any two notes, and is sort of a loose term that can be used all over the place, whether the two notes are in a chord, in a melody, or even just being talked about. A chord is when any two notes are being played at the same time.

Chords with three notes are usually called triads. Chords with two notes are usually called diads.

BacchusPaul wrote:

blacktaxi wrote:your second chord is kind of E7, which sounds more like a minor chord without the third.

I'm not sure where you're getting confused here, but that's entirely not true.

looked at rob's transcription once more, and you are right. somehow i saw that as Em7, mostly because i use it often

Why is your tab lefty? Weirdo.

Yeah, as Paul said, major and minor 3rds.

I sometimes play an Amaj/min chord like (from low to high) X - 0 - 7 - 6/5 - X - X. Major/minot 3rd with the open A string for extra beef.

Or Emaj/minor like 0 - 7 - 6/5 - X - X - X.

these are literally the only kinds of chords I ever play.

I've started playing chords really high up the neck, with lots of open strings. Especially E and A:

E: 0 11 14 13 0 0

A: X 0 11 9 10 0

DanHeron wrote:I've started playing chords really high up the neck, with lots of open strings. Especially E and A:

E: 0 11 14 13 0 0

A: X 0 11 9 10 0

I really like playing C-shape chords up the octave because of the beating you can get with the intonation being slightly out. Actually, I like sliding that shape all over the place and have done for years. I never seem to get bored of it.

I don't like the look of that E chord, too many thirds. If it works, it works, mind.