mnealtx 0 #1 January 20, 2008 G-B-C-G (G chord with C (5th string) added) Name, please? I'm working on transcribing (arranging, whatever the hell it's called) a song and can't remember the name of the chord.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misternatural 0 #2 January 20, 2008 http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/index.php?ch=G&mm=&get=Get hmmm, what kind of song would you be writing on a sunday morning? "-yes were now in the the heart, where the food is digested." Dr. ZoidbergBeware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #3 January 20, 2008 Quotehttp://www.all-guitar-chords.com/index.php?ch=G&mm=&get=Get hmmm, what kind of song would you be writing on a sunday morning? Thanks for the link - been there already tho, no luck. I'm nowhere near talented enough to WRITE a song... just writing down the words/chords so I've got it for when I want to play it...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Misternatural 0 #4 January 20, 2008 check out ejamming.com lots of musicians there, and you can jam with them in real time around the world in your skivvies without lugging any gear, or dealing with the beer bottles, cig butts and attitude.Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DSE 5 #5 January 20, 2008 If you're listing notes from the high E string backwards, then it's simply a G chord with suspended fourth, that likely resolves to G? You can also suspend the fourth/C on the B string/second string at the first fret. The resolve is the same, but it has a different feel at the higher octave. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #6 January 20, 2008 QuoteIf you're listing notes from the high E string backwards, then it's simply a G chord with suspended fourth, that likely resolves to G? You can also suspend the fourth/C on the B string/second string at the first fret. The resolve is the same, but it has a different feel at the higher octave. Bass G - B - C - G G add4, or G sus4 ?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DSE 5 #7 January 20, 2008 QuoteQuoteIf you're listing notes from the high E string backwards, then it's simply a G chord with suspended fourth, that likely resolves to G? You can also suspend the fourth/C on the B string/second string at the first fret. The resolve is the same, but it has a different feel at the higher octave. Bass G - B - C - G G add4, or G sus4 ? Yes. Use the designation that means most to you for future recall. On your B string, instead of leaving it open, put a finger on the 3rd fret, changing the open B to a fretted D. This will add a second 5th to the chord, allowing it not only to be more open/airy, but will also bring out the suspended C because there no longer is a B/C conflict in the chord. Or, maybe you want the conflict, dunno what your melodic structure sounds like. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #8 January 20, 2008 QuoteQuoteQuoteIf you're listing notes from the high E string backwards, then it's simply a G chord with suspended fourth, that likely resolves to G? You can also suspend the fourth/C on the B string/second string at the first fret. The resolve is the same, but it has a different feel at the higher octave. Bass G - B - C - G G add4, or G sus4 ? Yes. Use the designation that means most to you for future recall. On your B string, instead of leaving it open, put a finger on the 3rd fret, changing the open B to a fretted D. This will add a second 5th to the chord, allowing it not only to be more open/airy, but will also bring out the suspended C because there no longer is a B/C conflict in the chord. Or, maybe you want the conflict, dunno what your melodic structure sounds like. Wow... Doug, you got WAAAAAAY over my head with that!!! I'm not quite sure what it is you're describing, to be honest... If I go to a G-B-D-G, then it's not a G add4 anymore, is it? Or am I lost?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Misternatural 0 #9 January 20, 2008 that is one folksy sounding chord you got there. does that conflict get resolved in the next chord shape? if you release the C it sounds kind of Phish- ishBeware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jsaxton 0 #10 January 20, 2008 G -4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kschilk 0 #11 January 20, 2008 I tried a chord finder and I'm coming up with Gsus2...wouldn't lay money on it, though.....keeps kickin' up a Cmaj7 too. "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kschilk 0 #12 January 20, 2008 Quote check out ejamming.com lots of musicians there, and you can jam with them in real time around the world in your skivvies without lugging any gear, or dealing with the beer bottles, cig butts and attitude. ....but....but....how d'ya pass the joint?!! "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #13 January 20, 2008 Quotethat is one folksy sounding chord you got there. does that conflict get resolved in the next chord shape? if you release the C it sounds kind of Phish- ish It resolves back to G - intro to the song ("If You're Reading This" by Tim McGraw)Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Misternatural 0 #14 January 20, 2008 aha, i figured it went to G Phish.....or Tim McGraw - I guess you can tell where we're both from by this.Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #15 January 20, 2008 Quote aha, i figured it went to G Phish.....or Tim McGraw - I guess you can tell where we're both from by this. Right.... I listen to other stuff, too... but mostly country and older rock.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Misternatural 0 #16 January 20, 2008 >...but....but....how d'ya pass the joint?!! tape it to your mike stand. listen man, I have gotten way to paranoid at my age to be smokin' the ganje, ever tried to play bass whist the drummers drunk girlfriend is over in the corner giving you the evil eye? whats that all about? i have enough shit to think about like -where the fuck is the bridge in this tune. does anyone remember where the bridge is? fuck- the singer is gonna forget when to cue us. is my car getting broken into?...and shit like that besides drugs make your strings look all weird.. Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kschilk 0 #17 January 20, 2008 Quote ..... ever tried to play bass whist the drummers drunk girlfriend is over in the corner giving you the evil eye? I have no idea, as to what you may be referring to.........."T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Misternatural 0 #18 January 20, 2008 nice Rickenbacker! always wanted one of those! very 70's- very Chris Squier like.Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kschilk 0 #19 January 20, 2008 Every bass wants to be a Ric, when it grows up. I was always partial to the growly, trebley sound...big fan of Gary Thain (Uriah Heep), Glenn Hughes (Whitesnake/D. P.) & Geddy Lee (Rush). Nothin' does it, quite like a Ric. Yeah, veeeerrrry '70s....I think this was '75 or '76....and we played that kind of stuff, too (Yes, Kansas, ELP, eetc.)! No wonder we were always broke. The Music Man stack had two 12"s on top and one 15", on the bottom. I used to combine that with a Fender Bassman 100 head and an ARP cabinet, with two 15"s.....using the "Ric O' Sound" box. It split the pickups...ran the neck (bass) through the Fender and the bridge (treble), through the MM stack. It sounded good but damn, too much equipment to lug around! I had an old '50s Mosrite, before the Ric....I miss 'em both. "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DSE 5 #20 January 20, 2008 Bite your tongue! You'll never see a guy like Rudy Sarzo playing a Rick. Every note starts with "M" And Rudy, not Glenn, is the "real" Whitesnake bassist.MnealTX Make a standard G chord with your: Pinky finger on High E string/3rd fret (High G) Ring finger on B string/3rd fret ((high D) G string open D string open Index finger on A string/2nd or 3rd fret (third fret is the suspended C/4th) Bird/middle finger on the low E/3rd fret (low G) Hope that helps ya? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Misternatural 0 #21 January 20, 2008 Jumping Geezacrap that is one phat setup! yeah I don't play much anymore, band politics and tendonitis did me in, my last band was a Zeppelin, Rush,Sound garden,Rage, Peppers mix with a little Dream Theatre thrown in- the guitar player was a monster riffmaster and insisted that I play all the sick bass chops...carpel tunnel county, what am I- an alien? I only have four fingers and a thumb on each hand. Still have my rig though...its a Hartke 400W racker with a hartke four ten cab over an 18" EV, built the bass myself out of an old Gibson grabber ,talk about 70's axes ...yeah, good times.Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kschilk 0 #22 January 20, 2008 Quote Bite your tongue! You'll never see a guy like Rudy Sarzo playing a Rick. Every note starts with "M" And Rudy, not Glenn, is the "real" Whitesnake bassist. Yep, got me! I confused "Phenomena" with Whitesnake....Neil Murray was another good one. As for Sarzo..maybe he's worked his way up to a Ric, by now. Coverdale, Lord, Paice, Moody, Murray & Marsden were the "real" Whitesnake....ya' know, before they got perms, broke their wrists and re-did "Here I Go Again"....badly. "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kschilk 0 #23 January 20, 2008 Geeziz, 400 watts....you can crack dams, with somethin' like that!! Yeah...when playin' became a "job", I quit the "band scene". At home and by myself, bass was kinda' boring so I've moved to six & twelves. I enjoy it but bass was more fun, absolutely. "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #24 January 20, 2008 I think so - it's just a different voicing of the chord, right?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DSE 5 #25 January 20, 2008 Exactly. But the different voicing removes the tension between the high B and the low C you're using for suspension, and it allows the suspension to feel more smooth and organic. You'll have to play them both ways to decide which you prefer. I tend to like "clean" suspension vs "dissonant" suspension. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. 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Misternatural 0 #4 January 20, 2008 check out ejamming.com lots of musicians there, and you can jam with them in real time around the world in your skivvies without lugging any gear, or dealing with the beer bottles, cig butts and attitude.Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #5 January 20, 2008 If you're listing notes from the high E string backwards, then it's simply a G chord with suspended fourth, that likely resolves to G? You can also suspend the fourth/C on the B string/second string at the first fret. The resolve is the same, but it has a different feel at the higher octave. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #6 January 20, 2008 QuoteIf you're listing notes from the high E string backwards, then it's simply a G chord with suspended fourth, that likely resolves to G? You can also suspend the fourth/C on the B string/second string at the first fret. The resolve is the same, but it has a different feel at the higher octave. Bass G - B - C - G G add4, or G sus4 ?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #7 January 20, 2008 QuoteQuoteIf you're listing notes from the high E string backwards, then it's simply a G chord with suspended fourth, that likely resolves to G? You can also suspend the fourth/C on the B string/second string at the first fret. The resolve is the same, but it has a different feel at the higher octave. Bass G - B - C - G G add4, or G sus4 ? Yes. Use the designation that means most to you for future recall. On your B string, instead of leaving it open, put a finger on the 3rd fret, changing the open B to a fretted D. This will add a second 5th to the chord, allowing it not only to be more open/airy, but will also bring out the suspended C because there no longer is a B/C conflict in the chord. Or, maybe you want the conflict, dunno what your melodic structure sounds like. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #8 January 20, 2008 QuoteQuoteQuoteIf you're listing notes from the high E string backwards, then it's simply a G chord with suspended fourth, that likely resolves to G? You can also suspend the fourth/C on the B string/second string at the first fret. The resolve is the same, but it has a different feel at the higher octave. Bass G - B - C - G G add4, or G sus4 ? Yes. Use the designation that means most to you for future recall. On your B string, instead of leaving it open, put a finger on the 3rd fret, changing the open B to a fretted D. This will add a second 5th to the chord, allowing it not only to be more open/airy, but will also bring out the suspended C because there no longer is a B/C conflict in the chord. Or, maybe you want the conflict, dunno what your melodic structure sounds like. Wow... Doug, you got WAAAAAAY over my head with that!!! I'm not quite sure what it is you're describing, to be honest... If I go to a G-B-D-G, then it's not a G add4 anymore, is it? Or am I lost?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misternatural 0 #9 January 20, 2008 that is one folksy sounding chord you got there. does that conflict get resolved in the next chord shape? if you release the C it sounds kind of Phish- ishBeware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kschilk 0 #11 January 20, 2008 I tried a chord finder and I'm coming up with Gsus2...wouldn't lay money on it, though.....keeps kickin' up a Cmaj7 too. "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kschilk 0 #12 January 20, 2008 Quote check out ejamming.com lots of musicians there, and you can jam with them in real time around the world in your skivvies without lugging any gear, or dealing with the beer bottles, cig butts and attitude. ....but....but....how d'ya pass the joint?!! "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #13 January 20, 2008 Quotethat is one folksy sounding chord you got there. does that conflict get resolved in the next chord shape? if you release the C it sounds kind of Phish- ish It resolves back to G - intro to the song ("If You're Reading This" by Tim McGraw)Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misternatural 0 #14 January 20, 2008 aha, i figured it went to G Phish.....or Tim McGraw - I guess you can tell where we're both from by this.Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #15 January 20, 2008 Quote aha, i figured it went to G Phish.....or Tim McGraw - I guess you can tell where we're both from by this. Right.... I listen to other stuff, too... but mostly country and older rock.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misternatural 0 #16 January 20, 2008 >...but....but....how d'ya pass the joint?!! tape it to your mike stand. listen man, I have gotten way to paranoid at my age to be smokin' the ganje, ever tried to play bass whist the drummers drunk girlfriend is over in the corner giving you the evil eye? whats that all about? i have enough shit to think about like -where the fuck is the bridge in this tune. does anyone remember where the bridge is? fuck- the singer is gonna forget when to cue us. is my car getting broken into?...and shit like that besides drugs make your strings look all weird.. Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kschilk 0 #17 January 20, 2008 Quote ..... ever tried to play bass whist the drummers drunk girlfriend is over in the corner giving you the evil eye? I have no idea, as to what you may be referring to.........."T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misternatural 0 #18 January 20, 2008 nice Rickenbacker! always wanted one of those! very 70's- very Chris Squier like.Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kschilk 0 #19 January 20, 2008 Every bass wants to be a Ric, when it grows up. I was always partial to the growly, trebley sound...big fan of Gary Thain (Uriah Heep), Glenn Hughes (Whitesnake/D. P.) & Geddy Lee (Rush). Nothin' does it, quite like a Ric. Yeah, veeeerrrry '70s....I think this was '75 or '76....and we played that kind of stuff, too (Yes, Kansas, ELP, eetc.)! No wonder we were always broke. The Music Man stack had two 12"s on top and one 15", on the bottom. I used to combine that with a Fender Bassman 100 head and an ARP cabinet, with two 15"s.....using the "Ric O' Sound" box. It split the pickups...ran the neck (bass) through the Fender and the bridge (treble), through the MM stack. It sounded good but damn, too much equipment to lug around! I had an old '50s Mosrite, before the Ric....I miss 'em both. "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #20 January 20, 2008 Bite your tongue! You'll never see a guy like Rudy Sarzo playing a Rick. Every note starts with "M" And Rudy, not Glenn, is the "real" Whitesnake bassist.MnealTX Make a standard G chord with your: Pinky finger on High E string/3rd fret (High G) Ring finger on B string/3rd fret ((high D) G string open D string open Index finger on A string/2nd or 3rd fret (third fret is the suspended C/4th) Bird/middle finger on the low E/3rd fret (low G) Hope that helps ya? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misternatural 0 #21 January 20, 2008 Jumping Geezacrap that is one phat setup! yeah I don't play much anymore, band politics and tendonitis did me in, my last band was a Zeppelin, Rush,Sound garden,Rage, Peppers mix with a little Dream Theatre thrown in- the guitar player was a monster riffmaster and insisted that I play all the sick bass chops...carpel tunnel county, what am I- an alien? I only have four fingers and a thumb on each hand. Still have my rig though...its a Hartke 400W racker with a hartke four ten cab over an 18" EV, built the bass myself out of an old Gibson grabber ,talk about 70's axes ...yeah, good times.Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kschilk 0 #22 January 20, 2008 Quote Bite your tongue! You'll never see a guy like Rudy Sarzo playing a Rick. Every note starts with "M" And Rudy, not Glenn, is the "real" Whitesnake bassist. Yep, got me! I confused "Phenomena" with Whitesnake....Neil Murray was another good one. As for Sarzo..maybe he's worked his way up to a Ric, by now. Coverdale, Lord, Paice, Moody, Murray & Marsden were the "real" Whitesnake....ya' know, before they got perms, broke their wrists and re-did "Here I Go Again"....badly. "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kschilk 0 #23 January 20, 2008 Geeziz, 400 watts....you can crack dams, with somethin' like that!! Yeah...when playin' became a "job", I quit the "band scene". At home and by myself, bass was kinda' boring so I've moved to six & twelves. I enjoy it but bass was more fun, absolutely. "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #24 January 20, 2008 I think so - it's just a different voicing of the chord, right?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #25 January 20, 2008 Exactly. But the different voicing removes the tension between the high B and the low C you're using for suspension, and it allows the suspension to feel more smooth and organic. You'll have to play them both ways to decide which you prefer. I tend to like "clean" suspension vs "dissonant" suspension. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
