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What chord is this
Posted by Spectre-16 on April 18, 2021 at 8:23 amPlay the C chord now drop you middle finger down one string to the G what are we playing.
jumpinjeff replied 3 years, 10 months ago 8 Members · 10 Replies -
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It depends on context. I think of it as an Am7/G, i.e. an Am7 with a G (the flat 7) in the bass position.
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Thank you
It sounds pretty. It’s just been 3 weeks since that I have been playing and this old man enjoys it.
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@Spectre-16 , check out this link https://www.oolimo.com/guitarchords/analyze
It helps me put a possible name on different chord shapes I come across or make up, and like Dr. Dave said, it sometimes depends on the context. Have fun….
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I love this website, been using it for about a year now, helps me figure out difficult chord shapes in songs I am studying. But the thing I absolutely love about it this tool is, not only the variety of potential chord names (which of course depends on the context), but also the ability to show the note intervals (degrees). Since guitar is so pattern oriented, the actual notes matter little if you know the root note and the degree positions, then you can make just about any chord on the fly.
Check out this really cool sounding E♭sus2(♭6) chord which resolves nicely into E♭7sus2. Jazzy stuff! The images shows the fingerings as note degrees.
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Hi @Spectre-16 , the link that @William-S is providing is an extremely useful tool and you might want to “bookmark” it. Based on the notes being fretted, I believe the answer that Stan S. has provided is the best choice because the index and ring fingers are both fretting C notes. Now what @dr_dave is saying is also true – it depends on the context – which chords you are using in the progression and what note you want to be the intended root.
I think if you drop both the middle and ring fingers down one string each (from the C Major chord), you’ll find a nice sound also!
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Oh, I see I mis-interpreted what Spectre was originally saying. I was starting with an open C chord, but I was confused about what was moving and I did not have a guitar in hand. Instead of mentally “dropping” the middle finger (to a higher-pitched string) to fret an A on the G string, my mind was “dropping” the ring finger (to a lower-pitched string) to fret a G-note on the A string. I now understand Stan’s reply, which had me really confused since I was picturing a G in the bass position. No doubt Stan was equally confused by what I offered. I was analyzing the wrong chord! I’m a bit of a visual learner, and once I had the wrong picture in my mind, I was doomed.
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physical descriptions of guitar playing, notes, string locations etc., has always confused me. At the top of the guitar we have the headstock so when I go up the neck am I going toward the head or am I going toward the direction of the tail block and yet raising the pitch. And I can’t even imagine what it would be like talking to Elizabeth Cotton on her string choices….
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“I can’t even imagine what it would be like talking to Elizabeth Cotton on her string choices….”
Now that’s funny! Yeah to play up the neck, you go down the neck. I hadn’t thought about that before. Having to play a higher string tonally, by moving lower vertically is confusing enough. “Play the next higher string. No, not that way, the other higher.” “What?” “Just give me the blasted guitar, I’ll show ya.”
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