Polychords

To my understanding, Polychords contain 7 or more notes.
My question is. How do you build those chords and how do you place those chords on the guitar?
Also; does anybody know a chord progression, which includes a polychord?

I know this question is a hard one, and I hope someone can post the answerers, so we all can learn a bit more.

I can't see how you can play seven notes on a six string, perhaps poly chords are for keyboard instruments ??

You can play em on a 7 string though. Do you have a 7 string?

Polychords are just 'more than one chord' chords.... :D

The most common use of them in Guitar is the 'slash' chords - playing one chord with a different note in the bass. Best example I can think of right now is playing an open C Major chord with the bass on G (Third fret of sixth string instead of third fret of fifth).

That's a poly chord. Pianists use them differently - playing a different chord with each hand. We can do that too by tapping triads with both hands. Bumblefoot does this with some interesting results...

A Polychord does not need to have more than 7 notes...

I did some research on the topyc of polychords, and this is what I`ve found so far:
-Slash chords are not the same as Polychords.
-A Polychord is big chord made out of at least two small chords, for example
two triads.
So, if you stack a triad over a seventh chord, you get Polychord containing
seven notes.
-It is difficult to play a polychord on the guitar, but we can simulate those
chords; in the fallowing ways:

01._Playing one of the small chords and allowing other instrument to play
the other small chord, classic examples would be the combination of
guitar and bass; or guitar and piano.
02._Playing a small chord fallowed rightaway by the arpeggio of the other small
chord.
( I really like this one, becouse you don`t have to depend on any other
instrument)
03._Placing a small chord with your freting hand, and then tapping the notes
of the other small chord.
Isn`t that crazzy?

Here is a Polychord for you to try.
C13#11=[C,E,G,Bb,D,F#,A]
You can group the notes in two different small chords:
C7= [C,E,G,Bb]
D= [D,F#,A]

Other option would be:
C= [C,E,G]
BbMaj7aug=[Bb,D,F#,A]

This stuff is crazzy.

Originally Posted by: zreynoldspPolychords are just 'more than one chord' chords.... :D

The most common use of them in Guitar is the 'slash' chords - playing one chord with a different note in the bass. Best example I can think of right now is playing an open C Major chord with the bass on G (Third fret of sixth string instead of third fret of fifth).

That's actually an inverted Cmajor. C in 2nd inversion.

Originally Posted by: zreynoldspPolychords are just 'more than one chord' chords.... :D

The most common use of them in Guitar is the 'slash' chords - playing one chord with a different note in the bass. Best example I can think of right now is playing an open C Major chord with the bass on G (Third fret of sixth string instead of third fret of fifth).

That's a poly chord. Pianists use them differently - playing a different chord with each hand. We can do that too by tapping triads with both hands. Bumblefoot does this with some interesting results...

A Polychord does not need to have more than 7 notes...

If im not mistaken ( and I may be because this is a new concept to me) it sounds like what your describing is really called the first inversion of a triad in theory?

does 1st inversion invert the 5th or 3rd interval? Who can tab out this legandary poly chord?

Originally Posted by: HambergIf im not mistaken ( and I may be because this is a new concept to me) it sounds like what your describing is really called the first inversion of a triad in theory?

does 1st inversion invert the 5th or 3rd interval? Who can tab out this legandary poly chord?

he's talking about 2nd inversion. 1st has the 3rd in the bass.