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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by gh1:
For you folks with the three finger A chord problem -- assuming you are trying to i,m,a on strings 4,3,2 -- try m,i,a instead. May help
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gh1 Try as I might, I can only "barre" an 'A' |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Three fingers for an A chord?
Try
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Whichever you can bend easiest. Major bonus!..it leaving many fingers free for flailing a other strings. |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | The chord is piano's gift to guitar E flat. I know I can capo one and transpose but usual when I am playing praise band easier to just bar it up high and suffer through.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | that's wud I'm saying, Greg....
I can do all those.... bend all but the last ;) |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | I just cheat and modify the chord.... ;)
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
that's wud I'm saying, Greg....
I can do all those.... bend all but the last ;) Whoops. That should read "Phil" not "Greg" ... My apologies Mike. |
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| I might be way off base but it works for me. play all first postion chords without the index finger.. Only use middle ring and pinky unless you need it. . The nut is basically your index finger so playing an A-maj is easier as well as B-maj if you get use to it.. More room cause those fingers aint so fat. Heres the only pic I could find with the old index in the air???
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| Originally posted by Jeff W.:
I have to advocate some wisdom here, however reluctantly, imparted to me by my friend, Schroeder:
"If three strings make a chord, Why do you strum six?
...the implication of this philosophy leads to jazz Lawksamercy momma, he was listening. :eek: |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Originally posted by luthier444:
I might be way off base but it works for me. play all first postion chords without the index finger.. Only use middle ring and pinky unless you need it. . The nut is basically your index finger so playing an A-maj is easier as well as B-maj if you get use to it.. More room cause those fingers aint so fat. Heres the only pic I could find with the old index in the air???
That's good advice, its the only way I can go from A5 to Amaj. Otherwise, its a one finger A for me, which, I guess, really is poor technique. |
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| Its only bad technique if you need the open E.. I need my E MAN!!!!!!! But on electric of cource its a whole nother ball game.. |
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Location: south east Michigan | E-flat
Definate buzz kill. |
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Location: closely held secret | B m sus4 flat5
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Brian, try playing a g7 like this and see if you like it better...
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Bm sus4 b5 = Bdim add4 or maybe Bdim add11 |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Now you realize that those of us that play Praise/Worship gigs have a preference for Gsus, right?
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Location: San Bernardino, California | I know more about how to build chords then play them. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | My least favorite chord???? The one I just messed up on..... :D
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Location: North Carolina | I like 'em all. |
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| C#/Dflat...or most anything in that key (except when I have to play the entire arrangment of classical gas, where the trumpets come in..) |
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I didn't know Spock played six-string? :cool: |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Old Applause Owner:
[QB] My least favorite chord???? The one I just messed up on..... :D
I will eventually get Bm without looking!
Favorites: E, Em, E7. I can really ring them out. |
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Location: Tucson, AZ | ...hint: Bm7 (at the nut) looks suspiciously "just" like middle 4-string E11, ie:
E|---- x
Bo---- R
G|-o-- 7
Do---- m3
A|-o-- R
E|-@-- 5 (optional, contra-bass note)
...just two fingers and two open strings! |
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Whats your least favorite chord..
