Question about chords
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Question about chords
Anybody knows how this guitar trick that Ace uses in almost all of his songs is correctly called? The one where root note of the power chord is moved down one fret then back again.
It's the first thing that is played on Insane, on One Plus One, it's the second/third chord in Cold Gin, etc.
Thanks.
It's the first thing that is played on Insane, on One Plus One, it's the second/third chord in Cold Gin, etc.
Thanks.
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Re: Question about chords
It's an old technique used back in the early days of rock and roll by people like Chuck Berry. I don't think there is a name for it, it's just sliding
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Damn. 2020s fast approaching, one'd think they'd name it something by now!
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Im sire there is a name for it....ive just never been one of them book learning types of guitarists lol
Lower third/octave slide bar chord thingy maybe?
Lower third/octave slide bar chord thingy maybe?
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Re: Question about chords
It's an inverted power chord.
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I call that chord above the KISS chord. You can move it up and down the neck anywhere and it’s in like 90% of KISS songs. Has nothing to do with the OPs post just something I find interesting lol.
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I call that chord above the KISS chord. You can move it up and down the neck anywhere and it’s in like 90% of KISS songs. Has nothing to do with the OPs post just something I find interesting lol.
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As in A chord, yes, the shape is featured in Talk to Me and Gimme A Feeling for example.farmertom311 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:53 pm3
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I call that chord above the KISS chord. You can move it up and down the neck anywhere and it’s in like 90% of KISS songs. Has nothing to do with the OPs post just something I find interesting lol.
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Music theory -wise, it’s adding a (major) 7th. So you could accurately refer to it as a major seventh chord, although it lacks a third note
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Re: Question about chords
No, a inverted power chord is exactly what the name implies, the second note of the power chord is lower than the root note.
I'm talking about the slide of the root note itself one fret down, so the chord effectively turns into...hey it turns into an iverted major chord! Okay that's more like it. Thanks. Basically G turns into an inverted D major.
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stutterer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:59 pmAs in A chord, yes, the shape is featured in Talk to Me and Gimme A Feeling for example.farmertom311 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:53 pm3
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I call that chord above the KISS chord. You can move it up and down the neck anywhere and it’s in like 90% of KISS songs. Has nothing to do with the OPs post just something I find interesting lol.
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Also shock me at the A position. Oh and lick it up
Then at the 7th fret it’s RARAN
4th fret it’s the chorus to shout it out loud
It’s even in love gun albeit very sparingly
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Funny enough my #AceRootSlide and your #KissKhord along with the #ShockMeLowG-bend are all featured in Vinnie's music but it sounds nothing like Kiss or Ace.farmertom311 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:07 pmAlso shock me at the A position. Oh and lick it up
Then at the 7th fret it’s RARAN
4th fret it’s the chorus to shout it out loud
It’s even in love gun albeit very sparingly
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Re: Question about chords
A major chord with the third on the bottom. It's often used as a passing chord, but can still be called a major chord IMO.
For example, if you move the root of the G power chord one fret lower, it's a D/F# chord. It doesn't have the fifth, but chords don't have to have all the notes.
Check out Queen's One Vision, for example. One guitar plays the verse riff this way. Another guitar (I think) plus keyboards play full chords.
For example, if you move the root of the G power chord one fret lower, it's a D/F# chord. It doesn't have the fifth, but chords don't have to have all the notes.
Check out Queen's One Vision, for example. One guitar plays the verse riff this way. Another guitar (I think) plus keyboards play full chords.
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For example, the C major chord has the notes c, e and g. But the c note doesn't have to be the lowest. If the e note or the g note is played as the lowest note, it's called a chord "inversion". That's what this "Ace chord" is
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Thanks for the input guys.
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I remember an article that refereed to Ace's technique as "Tripiling". However the same article kinda implied that its some sort of cheap trick to make you seem like a better guitar player than you really are. Now, I am not condemning, I am not a guitarist, much less a musician. Any guitar players here care to weigh in? To me if it sounds good, that's all that really matters, but what do I know?
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It's not a trick. It's a chordal technique used by a zillion rock guitarists:Going Blind wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:59 amI remember an article that refereed to Ace's technique as "Tripiling". However the same article kinda implied that its some sort of cheap trick to make you seem like a better guitar player than you really are. Now, I am not condemning, I am not a guitarist, much less a musician. Any guitar players here care to weigh in? To me if it sounds good, that's all that really matters, but what do I know?
Queen - One Vision
38 Special - Hold On Loosely
AC/DC - What Do You Do For Money (verse)
Those are just off the top of my head.
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Wiped Out 78 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 7:18 amIt's not a trick. It's a chordal technique used by a zillion rock guitarists:Going Blind wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:59 amI remember an article that refereed to Ace's technique as "Tripiling". However the same article kinda implied that its some sort of cheap trick to make you seem like a better guitar player than you really are. Now, I am not condemning, I am not a guitarist, much less a musician. Any guitar players here care to weigh in? To me if it sounds good, that's all that really matters, but what do I know?
Queen - One Vision
38 Special - Hold On Loosely
AC/DC - What Do You Do For Money (verse)
Those are just off the top of my head.
All great examples! Hold on Loosely is probably my favorite out of that group. Also the last part of the intro riff to Hells Bells before it repeats. (AC/DC)
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Kiss knew about chords even back in '73. Look at the Cold Gin riff. It's basically A, G, D, G, D, G, A. (The D is the "Ace chord"). The G chord in Ace's riff lacks the 3rd and Paul plays it. Ace's D chord lacks the 5th and Paul plays it. Paul's guitar part intentionally adds the "missing" notes to make those chords full triads between the two guitars. Not that Paul was necessarily thinking of "3rds" and "5ths", but he knew which notes were "missing".
This is VERY basic stuff and I don't even consider it "theory" yet. IMO it's about knowing the basics of an instrument and playing music. Now, whatever all those things are CALLED is often beside the point, but knowing it tends to make communication go faster. That's why Ezrin put the guys "to school".
So the most simple answer to the original question: It's a major chord with one note missing.
This is VERY basic stuff and I don't even consider it "theory" yet. IMO it's about knowing the basics of an instrument and playing music. Now, whatever all those things are CALLED is often beside the point, but knowing it tends to make communication go faster. That's why Ezrin put the guys "to school".

So the most simple answer to the original question: It's a major chord with one note missing.

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That's exactly why I was asking, to tell people what to play in a matter of several digits per chord. I knew both parts to Cold Gin but didn't put two and two together so to speak. Thanks for the insight, this is valuable to me.