Which chords ?

[megadeth]

i was playing a little guitar piece in G major. I want to make a full song out of it. aLL i know is that i played something in G major. what all cool chords can i add to diverse my soloing space? maybe use lydian mode or something ? I WANT TO GET OUT OF PENTATONICS

[sindlei]

well that takes creative thinking.

[megadeth]

i know...but i want to know what all chords i can play if playing Gmajor

[ivan]

Try this (three notes per string)
G, A, A#, C#, D, E, G, A, A#......
and play all its combinations

[ivan]

sorry, you were asking for G Major! .. . this is commonly used for A Min but you can use it as an example...

[megadeth]

what about those 6th and 7th chords ? how and when can i use them here in Gmajor

[hal james]

Originally Posted by megadeth

i was playing a little guitar piece in G major. I want to make a full song out of it. aLL i know is that i played something in G major. what all cool chords can i add to diverse my soloing space? maybe use lydian mode or something ? I WANT TO GET OUT OF PENTATONICS

go from a :g major: to an :a major: and keep the note in the bass :g: on both chords. You will then be in the key of g lydian. Use several different forms of a :g major 7#11 arpeggio: with the :g lydian mode: and you are good to go. Be careful not to make it sound like the theme from the Simpsons.

The other way to create great chordal harmony against a mode is to not use chords based on triads. Instead of harmony based on diatonic root, III, IV's......try diatonic root, up a diatonic II, and then up a diatonic V.

[megadeth]

^^
sweet.

[shader]

I think you want the chords in G major???

G, Am, Bm, C, D, Em, F#dim

or 7th chords

G^7 A-7 B-7 C^7 D7 Em7 F#-7b5

[pawel]

E: x|-|x|x|-|x|-|x|x|-|x|-|x|
B: x|x|-|x|-|x|-|x|x|-|x|-|x|
G: x|-|x|-|x|x|-|x|-|x|-|x|x|
D: x|-|x|-|x|x|-|x|-|x|x|-|x|
A: x|-|x|x|-|x|-|x|-|x|x|-|x|
E: x|-|x|x|-|x|-|x|x|-|x|-|x|
.......I..........V................XII

This is the G-major scale on the fretboard, first 12 frets. You can then take this notes and create chords from them, regardless what they are called, as long as they sound good to you, you're fine, and they are bound to go with G-major, since they're in the G-major scale. You can see that in the first position, you have your familiar G, Am, Em, Em7, C shapes...Take these notes, and experiment, then if you're feeling adventurous you can try adding some passing chromatic notes, etc...