Battle of the chords: GDA vs. CFG

[Idaho]

Both have thousands of songs, and many hundreds of classic songs to their name, but if you had to choose which 3 chords have the best to their names, which would you choose?

CFG just pips it for me.

 

[gabi]

Depends on my mood....

my fingers just seem to naturally go into the GDA sequence tho

 

[Nigel]

Depends on my mood....

my fingers just seem to naturally go into the GDA sequence tho

Thats what I was thinking.
Unless your using bar chords, then CFG may be more instinctive?
However same could be said fir GDA.

 

[fractionMan]

I don't understand

 

[Idaho]

Most Dylan stuff is GDA, as is Creedance Clearwater.

Not sure of how many well known bands base all their stuff around CFG, certainly lots of music in my collection seems to be.

 

[Lord Camomile]

While I understand the principles (sort of ) I can only wish I was musically inclined enough to have a preference

Which one's Pachelbel's Canon

 

[fractionMan]

Why is there no H?

 

[gabi]

Most Dylan stuff is GDA, as is Creedance Clearwater.

Not sure of how many well known bands base all their stuff around CFG, certainly lots of music in my collection seems to be.

GDA has a far more uplifting feel to it. If I'm in a good mood thats where I'll go.

CFG - melancholy. Thoughtful.

 

[Idaho]

Which one's Pachelbel's Canon

I don't think that uses a rock progression

 

[Idaho]

Why is there no H?

There is - it's the same as E#

 

[fractionMan]

I'm going to invent H and you'll all have to pay me royalties to use it.

Mwaaahahahahahahaaa.

 

[Nigel]

I think if you are playing basic chords then GDA is more likely to be your instinctive sequence, possibly using accoustic and orwide necked instrument.

If you are playing electric and/or thin necked instrument possibly being a lot easier to play bar chords you will go for this choice.

Many popular songs have this Riff.
I am not a musician so perhaps not the best person on this subject!

 

[Tacita]

cfg ftw it's so lazy; it's easy to play around with.

 

[Idaho]

cfg ftw it's so lazy; it's easy to play around with.

I'm only a beginner and thought I had made up a fine little ditty of odd chords. I looked up what I was playing at is was basically CFG but with a few sus 4's and other bits tagged on. There is no escape!

 

[Nigel]

GDA has a far more uplifting feel to it. If I'm in a good mood thats where I'll go.

CFG - melancholy. Thoughtful.

There's that as well

 

[Lord Camomile]

I don't think that uses a rock progression

It uses THE progression

cfg ftw it's so lazy; it's easy to play around with.

I only got to Grade 3, they never taught us about ftw

 

[ericjarvis]

Actually my favourites are A Bm G and E C#m A.

 

[Idaho]

Actually my favourites are A Bm G and E C#m A.

Did I ask about your favourites? Did I? No I didn't. Answer the fucking question

 

[boing!]

I'm more of a GDC person, which is basically every country song ever.

 

[boing!]

It's pretty similar to CFG though so I'll vote for that, for the sake of the poll.

 

[audiotech]

A song I'd written was so spoiled by having a CFG chorus added to it by a band member.

 

[jiggajagga]

GDA ring nicer I feel

 

[Corax]

BFG has big, hospitable tones to it.

 

[ericjarvis]

Generally I actually use Cmaj7 Fmaj7 G. Think I've done three songs that use that as a basis of either verse or chorus.

 

[joevsimp]

Can't do bar chords and can't do F (especially not on my 12string) plus, bad moon rising is not CFG is it now

 

[Spion]

Not sure of how many well known bands base all their stuff around CFG.

CFG is a 1, 4, 5 progression, IE the same as is in all 12 bar blues, so, like 70-90% of all post-war western popular music?

 

[Spion]

I'm mucking about with an FBC blues progression on the piano lately, btw.

 

[joevsimp]

CFG is a 1, 4, 5 progression, IE the same as is in all 12 bar blues, so, like 70-90% of all post-war western popular music?

yeah, but so's DGA, and EAB, and ADE, all of which are better than CFG unless you're sat at a piano and aren't afraid to stick some Aminors, sus4s and 7s in there

Alternatively, fuck chords altogether and go pentatonic

 

[ericjarvis]

Can't do bar chords and can't do F (especially not on my 12string) plus, bad moon rising is not CFG is it now

It could be. I've got a tab of it as CFG for a mate who's just started learning and who is concentrating on getting used to moving between those three chords.

F isn't too bad if you don't play all the way across the strings. Doesn't have to be a barre chord.

 

[Mungy]

GDA is usually what I end up playing on either guitar or uke.