what chords are these ?!

I came up with these today when I was playing,
but since I know nothing about theory I have no idea what these are:

E-----0--------
B-----8--------
G-----0--------
D-----9--------
A----10--------
E-----0--------


E-----0---------
B-----3---------
G-----0---------
D-----4---------
A-----5---------
E-----0---------

Thanks!

The 1st one is Eminor, the 2nd E9.

yes yes ofcourse its an Em, what the hell am I smoking here?

Sorry, the 2nd chord is an Eminor 9th (not a dominate like I notated before). That shape is most commonly played as
E-9/D, just leave off the 6th str.

The second chord is used in a song by Fuel called "Shimmer." Not that had anything to do with this post, but I thought I'd point it out. :)

Yeah that chord is used alot. It's got a nice sound to it if you play it like chris said.


e--0--
b--3--
g--0--
d--4--
a--5--
e-----


how do you guys know all of these chords ?

AFI, you can either tell it by spelling it out. "Spelling it out" is taking all the notes in order and using alittle theory so you can properly name the chord. You got to understand how chords are structured to be able to do this. The other way is just by visually memorizing them, so you can identify them. This usually comes after studying the first one and understanding it.

i get what your saying but how do you know if its a minor or major?

Originally posted by afiwise1020
i get what your saying but how do you know if its a minor or major?

From the notes intervals ... A major third interval is 2 whole steps (4 frets) , a minor third is 1.5 steps (3 frets).

i need to learn me some music theory..half the time people are talking here and im cmpletly lost even when they attempt explain..any good "beginners" theory books

http://www.zentao.com/guitar/ - Just start at the first lesson, most of that will be repetition and go slow and try to learn as much as you can. It gets pretty detailed, so don't try to cram it all in.

You'll catch on eventually, it will just be like a lightbulb going off all of the sudden, like oh yeah, I see now. There's a lot to learn about theory so don't try to learn it all in one night, just take learn it slow and understand it.

[Edited by Pantallica1 on 06-22-2003 at 01:34 AM]

Thanks for that site, looks like i found something to do over summer

Originally posted by ketsueki15
..half the time people are talking here and im cmpletly lost even when they attempt explain..

If you mean people like "noticingthemistake" & "griphon" , then chill out ... I think have a reasonable knowledge of theory and I feel lost most of the time when they get into these really massive theory discussions :D .
If you wanna reach an advanced level in theory , I think you have to take it academicaly (some courses in any small institute would be cool enough ).

Anyway, all you need to know about practical theory is how to make and identify scales/modes & their chords , which you can easily learn through websites ... Go to yahoo ,and look for the "theory" category under the "music" link from the homepage ... There should be a bunch of enough good sites for the rest of the summer ;) .

[Edited by SLY on 06-22-2003 at 09:53 PM]

Yeah just check out that site Pantallica posted. It covers all the basic theory you would need to know about guitar. Make sure you know your scales and chords on the guitar, and how they are structured. Learn the intervals on guitar, like which is a major third and which is a minor third. Stuff like that is what you basically need to know about guitar theory. Then if you want to know more, and I think curiousity is the best way to persue this. Don't do it because you think you need to know it, if you do it do it cause your interested. If not it will be like learning High School History again. But if you do what to step into more advanced stuff, learning how to read and write music is your best move. And just hearing something really cool that someone did, and then just trying to figure out everything you can about why that sounded so kool. That's probably the funniest and easiest way to learn about it, that's all I did. Theory is a instrument for understanding.