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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2016 18:18:31 GMT
.....but probably a bit old hat for the more accomplished players here. Anyway, I'm nurdling away, trying to learn something that doesn't involve my head being stuck in a chord book. I play an Emaj chord in first position but don't play the thickest E string (x22100). Then I move the chord fingering up a fret at a time right up to the 12th fret.....and all of the 'chords' that play sound really pleasant! (ok.....a couple might sound a bit discordant but that's ok with me as it sounds a bit 'jazzy'). I tried it with the first position Amin chord missing out the thickest E and A string (xx2210). Moving this chord shape up to the 12th fret seems to have more discordant sounding notes but I kinda like them anyway! Next stage is to work out what notes and types of chords I'm actually playing which should keep me out of bother for a while.
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Post by vikingblues on Jul 28, 2016 22:36:54 GMT
Nice one Stan. I love those 'light bulb' moments. They make all that hard work and pain worthwhile. I love when moving those chord fragments along the fretboard work out. Like with Open G tuning when moving up a chord shape of A, A7, A minor, or Am7 on strings 2 to 4 produces some beautifully voiced chords when strings 1 to 5 are played. X00000, X02210, X04430, X05550, X07770, X09980, .... or X00000, X02010, X04030, X05050, X07070, X09080, .... I don't pretend to understand the theory of it - just like how it sounds. Maybe a piece of software called 'Guitarator Toolbox' might help in your chord identification. It works for a number of preset tunings or any custom tuning you throw at it. You can tell it a chord you want and it'll show you, or you can show what notes on what frets are being played and it'll tell you the chord. It also shows you scales. It's a great help when exploring a new tuning. 'Guitarator Toolbox'Mark
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Post by ocarolan on Jul 29, 2016 0:07:16 GMT
@stanleyaccrington, in standard tuning you might like to try the same thing with a C chord - x32010 and/or x32013.
Don't worry too much about what the chords might be called - enjoy the sounds!
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Post by ourmaninthenorth on Jul 29, 2016 8:39:34 GMT
@stanleyaccrington , in standard tuning you might like to try the same thing with a C chord - x32010 and/or x32013. Don't worry too much about what the chords might be called - enjoy the sounds!
Keith Pretty much that. I know thousands of chords....I know the name of 3 1/2 of them..
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Post by leoroberts on Jul 29, 2016 9:06:32 GMT
Damn! They have NAMES?
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Post by lavaman on Jul 29, 2016 10:18:01 GMT
Yes, but the beauty is you can invent your own names. For years I used to call the 07678x Hendrix chord "E f***ed up diminished"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2016 10:39:05 GMT
@stanleyaccrington, in standard tuning you might like to try the same thing with a C chord - x32010 and/or x32013. Don't worry too much about what the chords might be called - enjoy the sounds! Keith Moving the Cmaj chordshapes works great too. 👍
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Post by ourmaninthenorth on Jul 29, 2016 10:42:10 GMT
Yeah, it's a right bloody rum do.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2016 10:46:11 GMT
Maybe a piece of software called 'Guitarator Toolbox' might help in your chord identification. It works for a number of preset tunings or any custom tuning you throw at it. You can tell it a chord you want and it'll show you, or you can show what notes on what frets are being played and it'll tell you the chord. It also shows you scales. It's a great help when exploring a new tuning. 'Guitarator Toolbox'Mark Thanks for the suggestion. I use a gizmo on my mob where I just input what strings/frets are used and it gives me all the chord possibilities for it.
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Post by colins on Jul 29, 2016 11:09:26 GMT
Yes and they go past the third fret!
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Post by leoroberts on Jul 29, 2016 12:06:09 GMT
Yes and they go past the third fret!
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