rabidmonkey4262 wrote:
Katatonic wrote:
I have no idea what the chords actual name is but I stumbled upon it probably 10 years ago and I've loved it ever since. You just bar the first fret with your pointer finger, ring finger on 3rd fret and pinky on the 5th fret. Then just either strum the top 4 strings or do an arpeggio. Or you can just leave out the 4th string and play the top 3. It can be moved anywhere on the fret board and it always sounds beautiful.
Which strings on the third and fifth fret? I could probably figure out the chord you're talking about if you give me more info. I believe if you use the second string from top with the fifth fret, then third string from top with the third fret, you get F, D, F, Ab. That would be a "D diminished triad." If you take out the top string it doesn't change much because the third string is doubling the root. If you go ahead and throw in the fifth string from the top, you're playing a C and you get a a very ethereal quality that comes from playing the minor seventh from the D.
I love all the diminished chords because they have that oh-so-pleasing dissonance. Diminished seventh chords are even better.
Sorry about that. Pointer finger on the first fret, E string. Ring finger on the 3rd fret, A string. Pinky finger on 5th fret, D string.
I wish I knew more chord names so its be easier to explain things to people, but its always easier to pick up the guitar and say "it goes like this" *shrugs*
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