EPT[Guide] Learn to PLAY Guitar (Chords) - Page 3
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Flow.of.soul
United States210 Posts
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Valio
Finland77 Posts
On June 12 2009 07:39 Flow.of.soul wrote: For your guide you might want to mention that with barre chords you are not pushing all the strings down with the flat part of your finger but that you slightly tilt the finger so that the bone pushs down on the strings. I was trying to teach myself how to do barre chords and that saved me alot of trouble once I learned that. On electric and nylon stringed guitars this doesn't really matter but i'd imagine it makes it easier for beginners to do barre "using bone" while playing a steel stringed acoustic since it requires surprising amount of strength if you haven't played barre before. | ||
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Wangsta
United States776 Posts
On June 12 2009 07:51 Valio wrote: On electric and nylon stringed guitars this doesn't really matter but i'd imagine it makes it easier for beginners to do barre "using bone" while playing a steel stringed acoustic since it requires surprising amount of strength if you haven't played barre before. IMO, it's not so much about strength as it is technique. When you first try barre chords, what happens for most people is that you push very hard on a couple of strings but too lightly on rest. If you push evenly and with proper technique (takes practice), you don't have to press much harder than you would for any other chord | ||
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
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ilistis
United States828 Posts
I'm a little bit confused with the C Major Chord Diagram. First, what does the x mean? Second,if it's C,E, and G, then why is the third note not on the first string of the third fret which is G but on the second string of the third fret? Please halp.  | ||
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ilistis
United States828 Posts
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
the third note on the first string is G also, and you could play that one, but generally putting a 5th in the highest register makes the chord so hollow sounding and bell-like, while having the 3rd at the very top usually emphasis's its chord quality (in this case, E on the very top makes it apparent its a Major chord) If you mean, the low G on the thickest string (shoulda mentioned, the low/thick string is the sixth string, the thinnest string is the first string) then you can do that, but generally you want your root note on the bottom. In this case, C is your root, so you want that as your lowest note. it just makes it easier to find (when you think of a C chord, you dont want to have to find a G first then work your way up, you want to start with C) but you can voice them however you want if you are writing your own song obviously. Playing with a bass player tho, he might not dig the fact that you're playing a low G note while hes playing a C though. Hope that helps. | ||
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ilistis
United States828 Posts
On June 14 2009 05:43 Skyze wrote: the X means that you do not play that string. the third note on the first string is G also, and you could play that one, but generally putting a 5th in the highest register makes the chord so hollow sounding and bell-like, while having the 3rd at the very top usually emphasis's its chord quality (in this case, E on the very top makes it apparent its a Major chord) If you mean, the low G on the thickest string (shoulda mentioned, the low/thick string is the sixth string, the thinnest string is the first string) then you can do that, but generally you want your root note on the bottom. In this case, C is your root, so you want that as your lowest note. it just makes it easier to find (when you think of a C chord, you dont want to have to find a G first then work your way up, you want to start with C) but you can voice them however you want if you are writing your own song obviously. Playing with a bass player tho, he might not dig the fact that you're playing a low G note while hes playing a C though. Hope that helps. It helped a little. Now I know that it starts from bottom to top.  But I'm still a little confused. Maye this pic will help.pic Shouldn't the third one be G? | ||
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HooHa!
United States688 Posts
Those are real cool. 1st inversions are 351 right? then 2nd is 513. I think but basically its the same chord just well...inverted. Like ceg is the major triad, then its inversion is egc then the second inversion is gce Some cool facts. Diminished triads are their own inversions, the patterns anyways. same with augmented. That's why those 3 string arpeggios are commonly used, because its easy to do and they sound cool. It may not sound like much but inverted chords are very important in making you THAT much better. Just start with C and learn everything from their and you will figure out the patterns transpose perfectly to other root notes. Oh actually that C on the B string is just the octave. Since B and C are a semi tone apart,(one fret.) The triad which is the Major tone is C (a string) E(d string) and a open G. So thats the MAJOR sound. That c is just cool. | ||
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wanderer
United States641 Posts
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