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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | I have been playing for 35 years and I still hate a B chord. It never seems to sound good and full. Does anybody have a better way to play it other than the standard barr chord? |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | Try chordfinder.com, I also hate the "B" cord or any variations of it, But it's one of those things ya just gotta do. :( |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | OOOOOPS, my bad, it's chordfind.com, sorry! :rolleyes: |
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Location: closely held secret | F# sus4 maj7 |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I just play it mostly as a barre 7th, and occasionally as an A9 at the 4th fret. I don't know if I'm using the proper nomenclature for this, but that's what I do. It seems so much new music is written in E flat and B these days that you just have to get used to it. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I often slide my "A" up two frets and play and barre it or just play the top 4 strings
I also play a first position "E" form at the 8th fret and play the middle 4 strings- GREAT Sounding Chord... |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I either play it as a B7 or as a power chord using the A like jeff, otherwise I avoid it. |
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Location: NJ | Eb. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Everybody laughs at the way I play most chords, I were, (sorry)...was self taught. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Ya beat me to it Cliff.
E-flat. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
It seems so much new music is written in E flat and B these days that you just have to get used to it. Capo? |
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Location: Reno, NV | I think that Bb is the worst. Just that much farther to tweak your wrist.
So let me ask this. Do you play a Bb Barre with 2 fingers(index barring 1st fret and ring barring 2nd 3rd 4th string on 3rd fret)? or do you play it like an A with middle, ring, and pinky fingers and the index with the bar. |
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Location: East Tennessee | moody beat me to it. CAPO :D |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | F, Eb and Bb... which leads to what Moody said... Capo! On the third fret.
I also occassionally have issues with Dm7. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | B, Bb, anything else that's in my way at the time..
....just hit the strings that are convenient.
B? slide the 1 finger A (forefinger)up two frets and you've got lots of fingers left for noodling. Looks like you're really a guitar player without having to play out-of-the-box at all! (don't forget to mute 5, 6 strings....what're you, a bass player?)
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Hate a chord?
Hate is for the untrained mind, greasehopper.
Now peel me a grape. |
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Location: Hong Kong | Originally posted by cliff:
Eb. x2 :( |
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Location: North Carolina | The D chord.
It's at just about that place where the root as a bass note doesn't have that much low end to it. You either have to settle for the A or F# to get low end, or retune the 6th string to D, something I tend to do only if the song is in D.
So yeah, for me the D chord is the biggest pain in the ass. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | F.A...That's one of the reasons I like a cut off capo. It gives the D a really nice bass note. My favorite just has one string cut off the end. It's also why I like my DS-768 tuned down to C. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by cliff:
Eb. I thought that too, Cliff. But D# is harder. :D
Originally posted by First Alternate:
The D Chord I don't have a problem with playing the 'D' chord, but after I tune a guitar, the first chord I strum is a 'D'. If it's not exactly in tune, that chord seems to pick it up straight away.
I also play my 'D's different to most folks. I reverse my first and second finger. No reason other than that was the way I was taught. Plays havoc when people are trying to follow me. "What was THAT chord??" |
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Location: chicago | great site for chord alternatives alternate tunings and all scales known to man. Jeff
www.looknohands.com
www.guitarsoffire.com |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I learned a long time ago to play the A and B etc with the first finger barred and the pinky hitting the D,G,B strings. Optional to hit the high E. Makeds all those chords easier. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Noticed you doing that Beal at the bowl. I thought your pinky was going to fall off. |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | The worst part about Eflat is that it seems to be a natural key for piano which usually dominates standard print music. Capo one.
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Location: North Carolina | Originally posted by willard:
F.A...That's one of the reasons I like a cut off capo. I've fooled with a cut off capo in specific applications. Problem for me is it does exactly that - cuts off access to notes on the open strings behind the capo or at the fret where the capo is sited. I've never seen much of an advantage to it except as in interesting toy. I'd just as soon retune and use alternate fingerings while maintaining my options. |
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