Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

[ArtieToo]

I can't. I hope someone can help me figure out what chords are being played here. I looped this about a half a dozen times, then let the last loop slide back into the mix. I wasn't sure if hearing it in the context of the bass and drums would help or hinder.

Velocity of Love - segment.mp3

Here's the link to the full song if anyone's interested. The guitar part I'm interested in starts just past the 3-minute mark.

Grace Rose - Velocity of Love

Thanks all. And, BTW, any idea what kind of guitar/pickups this might be? I'm thinking Strat.

Artie

[BrianS.]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

Damn. I think it is:

Fmaj7-Am7-G(of some kind)-Dm7-Em7

Listening to the whole song helped me (I think!).

Hopefully someone else tackles this too!

Cool groove.

Edit: also think the tone sounds like it could be the middle position of a 2 humbucker guitar.

[Chickenwings]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

put it up on soundcloud or another sound file hosting site and ill have a listen.

[BrianS.]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

The second link is to a soundcloud page...

[Securb]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

I ran it through RiffStation for you. It sucks at picking up 6th, 7th and 9ths but is should give you a jumping off point.

[beaubrummels]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

I can't do tab in this chat box, but I'll put the fret numbers across under the chord name, from low E to high E. This is what I got from the looped sample:

Fmaj7
X-8-10-9-10-8

Am7
X-12-14-12-13-12

G
X-10-12-12-12-10

Dm7
X-5-7-5-6-5

Em7
X-7-9-7-8-7

[ArtieToo]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

Thanks for the effort guys. I'll give this a go when I get home from work tonight.

[BrianS.]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

Fmaj7
X-8-10-9-10-8

Am7
X-12-14-12-13-12

G
X-10-12-12-12-10

Dm7
X-5-7-5-6-5

Em7
X-7-9-7-8-7

Those were the chord shapes that I came up with, too. Thanks for taking the time to type them out, Beau!

[ArtieToo]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

Wow Beau! I think you nailed it. It sounds perfect. Now . . . if I can just nail that funky strumming.

Here's how I "charted" it out:



P.S. When doing those barre-chords, what technique do you use to mute the bottom E string?

Thanks;
Artie

[jon the art guy]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

I like to aim my pick attack a little towards to bottom of the guitar at an angle to clear the bassy strings. Play up towards the neck too, as it rounds out the sound a little more. Soft, like petting a cat.

Or if you have a hair scrunchy laying around, you could just djent it up and put that scrunchy at the nut.

[ArtieToo]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

Thanks jon. I'll try that.

[GuitarStv]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

P.S. When doing those barre-chords, what technique do you use to mute the bottom E string?

Poke the top string with the tip of your barring index finger just enough to keep it from ringing out.

[ArtieToo]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

Yeah. I thought about that too. But that will take some practice. (Doesn't it all?) I'm accustomed to reaching across, when I barre.

(Would we call this . . . barre-hopping?)

[GuitarStv]

Re: Who's good at identifying a chord by ear?

It'll be easier with this song because you're keeping the same barr down for teh whole piece