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01.30.20, 10:05 PM #1
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What Chord Is This?
I feel stupid asking this, but I have no one to ask; in the below clip, at mark 1.36-1.37, what chord is that please?
It's a sound that's prominent on many Van Halen songs, and I want to learn this chord, so as to get a better feel for how I want my guitar and amp to sound.
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01.31.20, 07:03 AM #2
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Can't tell by ear, could play and see. Sounds like either slide down 8th to 7th to 6th frets, fingering the g/d strings, and one step up on the b string, at least on the final chord. So 88 dg, 77 dg, 667 dgb. Anyways, just the two strings.
Might be wrong, though. Chord name? Don't know haha. Just use a tuner for that, or look up the fingering to get the name based on frets.
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He's playing a slight variation to Outta Love Again
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Riiiiight.
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Sounds like he was incorporating the b string on the final chord with the vibrato.
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I don't have a guitar in my hands, but it sounds like he's playing major thirds. Probably the same frets Tyler pointed out, but G and B strings instead.
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"when I heard Me Wise Magic on I-81 in 1996...I am thinking "what a fucking waste of time the last ten years were for Van Halen." - Dave's Dreidel
"Eddie may have passed, but he will NEVER die!"
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