On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 4:37 AM, Oli Glaser <oli.glaser@talktalk.net> wrote:
> They don't really, they are the same notes played in a different shape -
> (e.g. a major chord is a major chord wherever you play it)
> There are so many different chord shapes, it would be a very big chart
> that covered them all.
> Those are the most "common" barre shapes, based on E and A shapes. Some
> times it can be convenient to play e.g. a D using an A shape barre on 5
> if you are already in that position (e.g you just played a A using an E
> shape barre on 5 or something) rather than shifting back to an open
> string shape or up to 10 with an E shape barre. This is a good reason to
> know how to play the same chord in many ways.
> When you start getting into inversions, diminished, altered chords they
> can become ambiguous, and what you would call the chord can depend what
> key you are in, the harmonic movement (sometimes the root is only implied=
)
> For instance take Cmaj6 and Amin7.
>
>> I know the C type chord is the 1 3 5 1 3 positions of a major scale.
>> I've been sitting here writing out letters to figure out the major
>> scale positinos. My theory is in piano, not guitar, so it seems I have
>> to write things out to see them the *guitar way*.
>
> The C chord is simply C E G, or 1 3 5 - Root, Major Third, Fifth. You
> don't have to repeat notes, you just do it on the guitar as it is often
> easier to strum all the strings. It also adds strength to the chord.
> I would get a book (or tutor) rather than work it out, as there are many
> ways to play the scales and depending on your reach it can be better to
> play one way or another. A book on theory is good too, I found my
> students would improve a little more quickly if they studied some theory
> in parallel.

Hey!

Thanks. That makes a whole lot more sense. I studied piano and theory
for 5 years in a class/tutor/books and so on. Funny thing is, I still
can't play the piano. I can regurgitate theory, and play scales, but I
still can't make /real music/. I picked up guitar for about a year and
learned it *my* way, and now I can just go to UltimateGuitar, find a
tab, and play it in a day. I never found the aid of a tutor useful, or
books really. I best learn by example and practice. Same thing with
Verilog. I've been reading Pong Chu's book, and yes, I can regurgitate
facts from the book, but none of it has any meaning to me or made
sense to me until I messed around with my board and made something out
of it.

I've been learning guitar by playing what bands play and trying to
understand why they play the positions they do. Everything makes a
whole lot more sense now, such as the pentatonic scales and barre
chord positions. For the barre chords, I did need to write them out
and prove it to myself that there are many ways to play the same
chords though. But now it makes sense.
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