what chord is this???

[fenderrules]

found this chord in the song Fake Tales Of San Fransisco by the indie band Arctic Monkeys

e--7-------------------
B--7-------------------
G--8-------------------
D----------------------
A----------------------
E----------------------

thanks :wink:

 

[Cupcorn]

looks like a B triad based on the 3 notes on the 1st 3 strings...

 

[teleholic]

it's a first inversion B major triad i.e its third as the root..you could also view it as a fragment of a barred B major in 7th position..

 

[fenderrules]

a triad inversion?? so its made out of an arpeggio?

 

[teleholic]

a triad is made up of root note, its third and its fifth. So when we talk about a first inversion of a chord, the third becomes the root and for second inversion the fifth becomes the root..arpeggio means playing the notes of a chord, hence the term 'broken chord'..

 

[letterhead]

adding on, if the chord is CEG, its first inversion will be EGC or ECG and its second inversion will be GEC of GCE...

 

[Kole]

Since this is from an indie band it is most likely the B Major Triad in First Inversion. There are some other possibilities, but thats getting into deeper Jazz esque theory and my guess is that they wouldn't use it.

Peace.

 

[bluepowder]

ideally it would not be in the first inversion....there is no bass note to really account for :lol:

 

[Beefy]

Go invest in lessons/instructions or buy the guitar encyclomedia!

 

[Guest]

wad's this then?

e|--------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------
D|-9-----------------------------------
A|-9-----------------------------------
E|-9-----------------------------------

 

[DarknessFury]

A Drop D tuning of B5...I think...