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    The proper way to play chords on the guitar...

    We may not be employees, but employers can't help but ask us permie style questions at interview. As a contractor I don't like to consider myself as having weaknesses. When I go to see a medical specialist I'm not expecting them to have any weaknesses. As a contractor I am giving you the benefit of my expertise and specialism built up over a period of time (I am currently working with a team lead who keeps trying to have career development conversations with me, but that's another story...). Sometimes I am asked about strengths but it's the weaknesses question that irritates me. How have others responded to this?

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    I can't fret a Bm chord cleanly on guitar, really annoys me, it's the only one. Means my lead riff on Powderfinger always sounds crap before I redeem myself with a Dmaj, not the saddest of chords, that's Dm....

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      #3
      Originally posted by stek
      I can't fret a Bm chord cleanly on guitar....
      What, even on the 7th(?) fret.
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        #4
        Originally posted by NotAllThere
        What, even on the 7th(?) fret.
        Well, if he can play a Dm, then play that barred off the 9th. Simples.

        There are 3 major shapes: E, A, C
        And 3 minor shapes: Em, Am, Dm
        Learn those and you can transpose anything.
        …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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          #5
          Originally posted by WTFH
          Well, if he can play a Dm, then play that barred off the 9th. Simples.

          There are 3 major shapes: E, A, C
          And 3 minor shapes: Em, Am, Dm
          Learn those and you can transpose anything.
          I play it on the second fret with no actual barre, thumb method. I've been paranoid about it since I started learning, what, 40 (eeekk!) years ago. I can barre it properly, but that's a <mod snip> way of playing barre chords, only <modsnip>, those in synth bands and jizzmonkeys play that way.

          Last hole in strap, guitar round knees, impossible to play 'proper' barre chords! No Mark King axe under armpits style for me!
          Last edited by NotAllThere; 22 May 2017, 10:56. Reason: Unacceptable language

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            #6
            Originally posted by stek
            I play it on the second fret with no actual barre, thumb method. I've been paranoid about it since I started learning, what, 40 (eeekk!) years ago. I can barre it properly, but that's a <modsnip> way of playing barre chords, only <modsnip>, those in synth bands and jizzmonkeys play that way.

            Last hole in strap, guitar round knees, impossible to play 'proper' barre chords! No Mark King axe under armpits style for me!


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              #7
              Originally posted by WTFH
              Well, if he can play a Dm, then play that barred off the 9th. Simples.

              There are 3 major shapes: E, A, C
              And 3 minor shapes: Em, Am, Dm
              Learn those and you can transpose anything.
              E, A, D Shirley. But C is a shape too If you can physically do it, you can shift and bar any open shape, including G. Most commonly, you'd bar the E, A and D major shapes. Anyone who bars C shapes is a buftie.
              When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....

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                #8
                The proper way to play chords on the guitar...

                Originally posted by TestMangler
                E, A, D Shirley. But C is a shape too If you can physically do it, you can shift and bar any open shape, including G. Most commonly, you'd bar the E, A and D major shapes. Anyone who bars C shapes is a buftie.
                My son told me (he's studying musical theory) that you can play any chord by sliding an E or Em shape chord up the neck un-barred.

                The open strings become different thirds, fifths or sevenths in different chords as you move up and down the neck.

                Or something! I'll ask him tomorrow for details...

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by stek
                  My son told me (he's studying musical theory) that you can play any chord by sliding an E or Em shape chord up the neck un-barred.

                  The open strings become different thirds, fifths or sevenths in different chords as you move up and down the neck.

                  Or something! I'll ask him tomorrow for details...
                  You can do that with any open shape, however, the remaining open strings can't be used in every position, so works better with E, Em and Am shapes, where you can use only the fretted strings, but in a lot (but not every) of positions the open strings will become 3rds/5ths etc etc etc (Obviously, this is tuning dependant, but the same 'not in every position' rule would apply under different tunings).

                  I suspect I'm teaching my granny to suck eggs here, but all barre chords are just open chords with your forefinger replacing a capo or the nut.
                  When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by TestMangler
                    E, A, D Shirley. But C is a shape too If you can physically do it, you can shift and bar any open shape, including G. Most commonly, you'd bar the E, A and D major shapes. Anyone who bars C shapes is a buftie.
                    If you only play D on 4 strings, you might think it was separate, but if you want to throw in the bass notes, then you're playing a C barred on the 2nd.
                    It's not about how you choose to play something, it's knowing what the root is.
                    Take G, for example. If you're playing it with a finger on E, A and top E, then you're actually playing an A shape - the three strings in the middle are effectively A -2.
                    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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