Distortion Chords And Voicings! |
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Distortion Chords And Voicings! |
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Aug 17 2014, 08:01 PM |
Not modern metal sounds at all but... I love these chord voicings and they're just really comfortable to play.
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Aug 18 2014, 07:46 AM |
Hey mate
Pretty much all my metal lessons have chords which involve 7s, 9s 13s or sus4 based on drop C tuning. I recommend these ones if you want to have an in depth look on both chords used and the context: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Metal-Metrics-1/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Chord-Melodies/ - this one is mellower, but you will like the chords https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Breaking-Benjamin-Style/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Pillar-Style/ Most of these chords are arpeggiated, so that they helped be into building atmospheric themes, but some are also used as 'riff chords' as you call them What would be your favorite ones? |
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Aug 18 2014, 05:04 PM |
It depends on exactly how much distortion we're talking about.
If it's the mega/maxi gain, wall of shredding paper type of OD then not a lot of options other than R 5 R unless you have a 2nd guitar part that's a little cleaner playing actual triads or 7th chords etc. If you clean it up a bit (with one guitar) then you really do have a lot of options. I favor these 'moveable' examples below with a pretty healthy amount of gain ... C2 (or Cadd9) - X35533 F2 (or Fadd9) - XX3563 D2 - X579XX A2 - 5799XX Amaj9 - 577600 Amaj9 - 579999 G7sus4 - X(5)5768 Dm9 (no 3rd) - X57555 Fmaj9 - 1X3010 *only in this (first) position -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Aug 18 2014, 07:42 PM |
This is a cool topic. You can take every power chord progression and give it a different feeling by adding some extra notes to the chords. There is an interesting list of possibilities and these are my favorites:
Please check out this lesson where I explain my approach to use uncommon chords in distorted guitar situations: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Pop-Punk-Lesson/ -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 19 2014, 07:28 AM |
Uh oh Almost forgot about this one:
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Post-H...g-And-Melodies/ In here, the first chords I played in the main theme are arpeggio versions of some interesting chords - the whole idea here, is that there are two static notes over which the bass notes are always changing, thus creating a sense of movement. |
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Aug 20 2014, 01:08 PM |
A lot of chords can sound good with distortion, for me it's all about how you voice them I suppose. A lot of more modern djent bands have nice big chords at times.
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