John Frusciante taught me a new chord...

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A new chord for my Opeth arsenal...

I was learning a song today and check this shit out:

Minor chords look like this sometimes, right?:



Here's Dm for an example

1:--5-
2:--6-
3:--7-
4:----
5:-----
6:-----


Well you can add two notes to that same form and turn it into a different chord.



1:--5--
2:--6--
3:--7--
4:--8--
5:--x--
6:--6--



Add those notes on the D string with your pinky and the low E with your thumb. Sounds pretty fuckin' cool.

So it's like a Dm with a Bb octave chord underneath, which is probably related some how in some scale...shoulda learned theory...

Really, this a major chord form without the fifth and the high root flattened....hmmmm....sounds cooler than a regular major chord though.

(Okay, so this might not be new to some of you, but I just figured it out and I like it so eat my poo...)

 

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That's a Bbmaj7 chord (R-3-5-7). The fifth is still there, though it's an octave up (6th fret on string 2). Another voicing of this chord would look like:

1:-----
2:-----
3:--7--
4:--7--
5:-----
6:--6--

This one is simply R-3-7 with the fifth omitted. I usually use finger positions like these to play bass chords, or when I can't use the "traditional" positions properly on guitar.

 

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Ummm...okay.