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#936578 - 12/14/11 11:25 AM
Re: trying to find out about a guitar chord
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Kevin Emmrich
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The chorderator is almost right LOL. That's an old folky chord, Paul Simon, along with the rest of the folksong army, used the old x54030 It functions as a D chord with two drone strings. I would call a Dadd9add11. (As a general rule, folks use the numbers 2 and 4 when they are replacing a 3, which suspends the chord from being major or minor. ... I wouldn't bother with the "no 5" because the chord would not be changed in effect if you added the 5: 554020 ...
I guess if I had to be strict about it, I would call it a Dadd4add9 since the "4" is really in the chord as played. But Dadd9add11 works for me, too. If I see an "add4", I infer that the "3" is in there somewhere. That F# and G sitting together does give it an interesting sound when strummed.
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#936596 - 12/14/11 12:56 PM
Re: trying to find out about a guitar chord
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Ray E. Strode
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Mike, I wonder if Harlan Howard had that Guitar made up on purpose. Basically all Chords are just variations of the 7 Basic Chords. Anything that sounds pleasing to the ear is all that matters.
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#936610 - 12/14/11 02:34 PM
Re: trying to find out about a guitar chord
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Mike Dunbar
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Ray, the story, as I heard it, was that Harlan had the frets taken off a guitar just for that purpose.
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#936646 - 12/14/11 06:34 PM
Re: trying to find out about a guitar chord
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Bill Robinson
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I bought a Mel Bay Chord book. Those Guitar Chords look so easy! But when I tried to S-t-r-e-c-h my fingers to make those chords I discovered I am a few lengths short! So I reverted to Three Chords and the Truth! Who needs more chords anyway!
Tell me about it. I decided to start playing some more "Difficult" chords. I wanted to play like the Artists do. In the Beatles Video of I Want To Hold Your Hand John plays the G5 then hits the 5th string 7th fret with his pinky. Plays G5 D5 Em B7 progression on Acoustic Guitar. I was determined to play it the same way. I spent two weeks trying to build up my left hand to reach that 7th fret on the G and the 9th on the D with my Pinky. It should be easy. I am now wearing a wrist brace on my left hand. I have tendonitis so bad I can't hold a cup of coffee. I guess I'll just play the G5. I guess these 67 year old fingers just ain't going there without pain.
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#936699 - 12/15/11 08:00 AM
Re: trying to find out about a guitar chord
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John Voorpostel
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Bill, just like football quarterbacks tend to have hands the size of coal shovels (allows them to handle the ball well), and long distance runners tend to be tall and thin (the build gives them the internal and external physiology to run efficiently for long periods of time), really good guitarist tend to have long fingers.
Ever seen pictures of Robert Johnson? Great case in point. His hands ended in long thin fingers that could span a several frets.
Maybe, just maybe, country music is three chords because, as music "of the people", you don't need especially long fingers to play it.
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#936710 - 12/15/11 09:03 AM
Re: trying to find out about a guitar chord
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PopTodd
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Bill, just like football quarterbacks tend to have hands the size of coal shovels (allows them to handle the ball well), and long distance runners tend to be tall and thin (the build gives them the internal and external physiology to run efficiently for long periods of time), really good guitarist tend to have long fingers.
Ever seen pictures of Robert Johnson? Great case in point. His hands ended in long thin fingers that could span a several frets.
Alan Holdsworth, anyone?
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#936906 - 12/16/11 11:32 AM
Re: trying to find out about a guitar chord
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Kevin Emmrich
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just a bump to clean up the spam title in the "What's Going On" section
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