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MWoody
Posted 2013-09-23 9:38 AM (#475310 - in reply to #475105)
Subject: Re: Modified G chord: what's it called?



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Location: Upper Left USA		Now what if I tune to DADGAD or use a cut/partial cappo?

No, please don't answer... I just think it sounds good and I don't have to move my ring and pinky fingers.
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DaveKell
Posted 2013-09-23 1:36 PM (#475314 - in reply to #475105)
Subject: RE: Modified G chord: what's it called?


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Location: Fort Worth, TX		Jon (dwgpreacher), this will help a LOT
http://leadworship.com/acousticguitar.pdf
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2013-09-23 2:40 PM (#475315 - in reply to #475105)
Subject: Re: Modified G chord: what's it called?


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Location: Boise, Idaho		I tried that 320203 fingering this weekend and it required a lot of contortions. Good thing I only use it for fingerpicking, so I can skip the notes that I don't pick.
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alpep
Posted 2013-09-24 2:59 PM (#475364 - in reply to #475105)
Subject: Re: Modified G chord: what's it called?


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Location: NJ		wrong
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BanjoJ
Posted 2013-09-24 8:45 PM (#475380 - in reply to #475364)
Subject: Re: Modified G chord: what's it called?



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Location: Thredbo, NSW, Australia		This site may be useful:

http://jguitar.com/chordname


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rick endres
Posted 2013-09-30 12:33 PM (#476586 - in reply to #475105)
Subject: RE: Modified G chord: what's it called?


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Location: cincinnati, ohio		It's called the "Take It Easy" chord - lol!

I've heard it called G modal and G5drone(no 3rd). Most of the time when I play a G, I play that chord (320033). The nice thing about it is you can go back and forth between the G5 (230033); C9 (X32033); Fmaj7mutant (XX3233); and Dsus4 (XX0233) without lifting your ring and pinky fingers off the 1st and 2nd strings. Lots of country rock songs turn on those chords. I always thought the G you're asking about has a nice "rock 'n' roll-y" sound to it. Nice and ringy, like the first chord of Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown." which is E5drone(no 3rd). With a capo on the 3rd fret, that's...G5drone(no 3rd).

Edited by rick endres 2013-09-30 12:34 PM
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Jimmer
Posted 2013-10-03 9:19 AM (#476667 - in reply to #476586)
Subject: RE: Modified G chord: what's it called?


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It's called the "Take It Easy" chord - lol!


That's funny. We always used to refer to the 320033 G chord as a "Pink Floyd" G chord. Seems that they use it a lot like for "Wish You Were Here" and "Pigs On The Wing".

I think it's the same G chord that Warren Zevon used for "Keep Me In Your Heart".
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rick endres
Posted 2013-10-03 2:12 PM (#477664 - in reply to #476667)
Subject: RE: Modified G chord: what's it called?


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Jimmer - 2013-10-03 9:19 AM

It's called the "Take It Easy" chord - lol!


That's funny. We always used to refer to the 320033 G chord as a "Pink Floyd" G chord. Seems that they use it a lot like for "Wish You Were Here" and "Pigs On The Wing".

I think it's the same G chord that Warren Zevon used for "Keep Me In Your Heart".


It IS the "Wish You Were Here" chord as well - and probably the Zevon chord too. It gets used a LOT - I use it whenever I need a "G" chord...
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dwg preacher
Posted 2013-10-03 4:46 PM (#477666 - in reply to #475105)
Subject: Re: Modified G chord: what's it called?



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Location: Denver, CO		I saw it noted again as G/B on another chord chart.
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rick endres
Posted 2013-10-03 6:55 PM (#477669 - in reply to #475105)
Subject: Re: Modified G chord: what's it called?


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Location: cincinnati, ohio		Interesting; G/B is usually X20030, or X20033. I think the first of these would be more accurately called G6/B...

Edited by rick endres 2013-10-03 6:56 PM
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2013-10-03 7:36 PM (#477671 - in reply to #475105)
Subject: Re: Modified G chord: what's it called?



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		It's a Bluegrass G...

As opposed to a Normal Hippie Pot-Circle Freebird G...

Not to be confused with the I'm-gonna-confuse-people G...

Cuz I am going to a C or a D7 after this.
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FlySig
Posted 2013-10-04 1:31 PM (#477690 - in reply to #475105)
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Location: Utah		I do the "I'm-gonna-confuse-people G" because it is the easiest form to transition to/from. It also feels much more relaxed than the hippie pot circle form, which confuses me when I see someone play it that way.
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dwg preacher
Posted 2013-10-04 4:26 PM (#477702 - in reply to #475105)
Subject: Re: Modified G chord: what's it called?



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Location: Denver, CO		I've never done the "I'm gonna confuse people" G. I do like a G6-G7 transition sometimes though. I'll try that one on those G-Dm or G-D7 transitions. The one I most often use is the hippie G. OMA GREAT chart!
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