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Post by minorkey on May 10, 2021 20:22:01 GMT
We all know that when playing C, if you play the 6th string it sounds wrong, even though it plays a note that's part of the C major scale. So I tried something. I fretted the 6th string at the 3rd fret, playing a G, (332010) and it sounded quite nice, bigger than a normal C. Anyone else do this? Also on the chord analyser site I use it lists that fingering as a G 6th sus.
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Post by delb0y on May 10, 2021 21:17:13 GMT
Playing the sixth string open on a C doesn't sound wrong to me (no more than playing the 6th string second fret on a D, which I do all the time). Not as strong as the G note that you mention, but still perfectly acceptable, in my opinion.
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Post by ocarolan on May 10, 2021 22:03:23 GMT
332010 is indeed a Cmajor chord. Different ways of fingering it put different notes on the bottom but so long as the notes are CGE in whatever order it is still a Cmajor chord.
Your chord analyser perhaps illustrates the idiocy inherent in some software. It has assumed (or you have told it?) that the G on the 6th string is the root note of the chord, in which circumstance you could make a case for describing it as a G 6 sus - a legitimate name, but not a particularly helpful one. since as any fule kno that fingering forms a C major chord. To be strictly accurate, in guitarist terms it is a C/G chord - ie a C chord with a G in the bass.
If the software lets you, try telling it very sternly that C is the root note! Actually it does list C as one of the possible alternative names for the fingering, and also Emb6 which describes the fingering as if E were the root.
032010 is also a C major chord and sounds just grand in most circumstances. and should properly be noted as C/E - a C chord with an E in the bass. Try playing x32010 for two beats, then 032010 for two beats then 133211 for four beats and you'll see what a useful inversion this is, esp if you emphasise the bass note. Just as Derek mentions with playing D as 200232.
You might also experiment if you haven't already done so, with playing a third fret G on the first string with these variants of C. Still a C chord, but an alternative voicing and sound.
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Post by minorkey on May 10, 2021 22:25:07 GMT
You might also experiment if you haven't already done so, with playing a third fret G on the first string with these variants of C. Still a C chord, but an alternative voicing and sound. Keith Funnily enough that is the C chord for a standard tuned ukulele-0003 (on baritone uke it plays a G chord)
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Post by ocarolan on May 10, 2021 23:01:32 GMT
You might also experiment if you haven't already done so, with playing a third fret G on the first string with these variants of C. Still a C chord, but an alternative voicing and sound. Keith Funnily enough that is the C chord for a standard tuned ukulele-0003 (on baritone uke it plays a G chord) Ah, no, perhaps I wasn't clear - the 3rd fret top string is ADDED to the C fingerings used before to get x32013 or 032013 and if you play alternate bass dum chings, or fingerstyle, then keep alternating your LH 3rd finger between 5th and 6th strings 3rd fret to get X32013 and 3x2013. These are all still C chords. Keith
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