The Hardest Chord Ever
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The hardest chord ever appears in an easter egg in the strong bad e-mail Privileges. After the paper comes down if you click on the Fretmagic magazines Homestar is holding an article(most likely from the magazine) appears detailing Gary Palaroncini of Limozeen and his discovery of the chord. It reads as follows:
The Hardest Chord Ever
Staten Island fretmaster Gary Palaroncini discovered
the 'hardest chord ever' last week in his basement studio.
Palaroncini had been in hot pursuit of the chord for the
better part of 6 years. "I finally got it!" said Palaroncini.
The chord is a combination of a diminished 9th and a
demonished 10th. "This chord is going to land me a
sweet record deal
with Shrapnel and
hopefully some
fine honies, too.
The chord was
perfected on a
Ibanez G800-XV.
Palaroncini's mom
is reportedly very
proud.
- The hardest chord ever uses 11 fingers and Looking closely reveals seven of the eleven fingers are used to depress strings, and some of the strings must be depressed in multiple places behind the fretted point (which alters the pitch by only a few cents). Thus, a shortcut chord could actually be played using only four fingers.
*Assuming the guitar is in standard tuning, the chord demonstrated is structured around an open fifth, with a flat 7 and a major 4 in the bass. The actual chord is an A5b7/D.
