But BC calls it out as a specific chord, not just any guitar chord. I tried to tie it to the “sacred chord” from “Hallelujah”, but the lyrics don’t support that specificity.
Chemgal, the same thought crossed my mind. It doesn’t exactly make sense, as Philip and Boise Ed observe, but I could see how an artist under a deadline might think it makes enough sense (it does not).
I guess you could play a chord on one string if you could hold a point partway along it rigidly, so the two segments vibrate at different frequencies. Which he couldn’t, of course.
There is an article in Wikipedia about major seventh chords, which lists a large number of songs that contain them, but none of those titles seem to be relevant here.
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Well, there is the ol trope about chicks digging guitar players, so maybe the Cute Chick heard the twang as a a guitar chord?
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But BC calls it out as a specific chord, not just any guitar chord. I tried to tie it to the “sacred chord” from “Hallelujah”, but the lyrics don’t support that specificity.
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Eric Satie’s Gymnopedie number 1 opens by alternating a G major seventh chord with a D major seventh chord. If that helps. Which it doesn’t.
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Chemgal, the same thought crossed my mind. It doesn’t exactly make sense, as Philip and Boise Ed observe, but I could see how an artist under a deadline might think it makes enough sense (it does not).
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Tristan chord… yer doin’ it wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_chord
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I guess you could play a chord on one string if you could hold a point partway along it rigidly, so the two segments vibrate at different frequencies. Which he couldn’t, of course.
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I thought that might strike a chord.
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There is an article in Wikipedia about major seventh chords, which lists a large number of songs that contain them, but none of those titles seem to be relevant here.
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