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#254419 - 17/04/09 12:17 PM
Re: Wolfe's Beginners guide to chord theory
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Arc
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A bit of a question-any good ways to make yourself remember chords, shapes, etc...?
Its not the most natural thing in the worldf.
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#254423 - 17/04/09 12:37 PM
Re: Wolfe's Beginners guide to chord theory
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Wolfe
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Well, as mentioned in the guide, there are only basically five chord shapes, so there really isn't that many to remember. Your better off teaching yourself to make those five shapes at the start of the neck, using standard fingering as well as trying to do them with your last three fingers (which comes in handy when it's time to start using them in barre chords).
There is no recognized way of fingering them. I sometimes do the "A" shape chord using my first three fingers across the second fret of the D/G/B strings, sometimes with my last three fingers (typically when sliding it up and down the neck in a barre chord), sometimes with just my index finger laying across all three strings, sometimes with my pinky finger laying across all three strings and sometimes with my index finger where the nut is and only my last two fingers resting on the G/B strings at the second fret (abbreviated barre chord or simple three finger powerchord). Developing different ways to finger those five chord shapes improves your overall versatility and gives you more options.
After that, if you've also remembered the numbers of the notes your strumming (1st,3rd,5th,1st,3rd, for the C shape for instance) you can start experimenting with moving one or two of the notes out of position to get all the other chords that have ever been invented.
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#254476 - 18/04/09 08:36 AM
Re: Wolfe's Beginners guide to chord theory
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Arc
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Oh I can play chords no problem- barrs and mega stretchy ones et al. I can just never remember whats what afterwards. I remember one looks a bit like a inverted power chord but what it is actually called escapes me for instance ('tis E)
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#261321 - 20/08/09 08:00 AM
Re: Wolfe's Beginners guide to chord theory
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Richard - Richards Guitars
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Do you want me to DE Sticky the topics?
Let me know if it helps.
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#261336 - 20/08/09 11:33 AM
Re: Wolfe's Beginners guide to chord theory
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