OK, so I bought a piece of sheet music to learn a song that my daughter REALLY wants me to play. Most of the chord fingerings are pictured at the top of the sheet music. So far, so good. Trouble is not ALL of the chord fingerings are provided.
I'm not at all up to speed on music theory and chord formation enough to figure them out (in spite of all the hundreds of pages I've printed and read from guitarnoise :)
The sheet says "Symbols in parentheses represent chord names respective to capoed guitar" AND "Symbols after reflect actual sounding chords". The capo is on the 2nd fret.
Here are the chords I'm trying to learn how to make:
(Fadd9) Gadd9
(C6sus4) D6sus4
Anyone? Anyone?
Hi
Assuming you're playing the capoed chords on the second fret, you're playing Fadd9 and C6sus4. Strange thing is that both chords use the same notes:
Fadd9 - F, A, C, (which are the notes of the F chord) and G (that's the "9")
C6sus4 - C6 is C, E, G (the standard C chord) and A. But the "sus4" means that you want to replace the E with F. So therefore the C6sus4 is C, F, G and A.
Weird, huh? :wink:
The typical way to play Fadd9 is like this:
E - third fret (pinky)
B - first fret (index)
G - second fret (middle)
D - third fret (ring)
A - don't play
E - don't play
As mentioned, these two chords have the same notes, but usually one likes to have the root note in the bass, so C6sus4 becomes a little bit of a problem. Easiest way (and "easiest" is really not in this case) is a partial barre chord, laying your middle finger across the first four strings at the fifth fret:
E - fifth fret (middle)
B - sixth fret (pinky or ring)
G - fifth fret (middle)
D - fifth fret (middle)
A - third fret (index)
E - don't play
If you're not using the capoed chords and playing the Gadd9 and the D6sus4, you may find things easier going. The Gadd9 is either:
E - third fret (pinky)
B - open
G - second fret (index)
D - open
A - second fret (middle)
E - third fret (ring)
Or:
E - fifth fret (pinky or ring)
B - open
G - open
D - open
A - second fret (index)
E - third fret (middle)
And the D6sus6 is a snap:
E - third fret (pinky or ring or middle)
B - open
G - second fret (index)
D - open
A - don't play (but you can and it won't hurt)
E - don't play
Hope this helps.
Peace
Thank you very much!
This might help for future capo transpositions! :D
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"Don't wanna ride no shootin' star. Just wanna play on the rhythm guitar." Emmylou Harris, "Rhythm Guitar" from "The Ballad of Sally Rose"
Nice chart there!
"Nothing...can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts."
greaat chart electrablue! I'm printing that!
Also, there's no shame in jumping on http://www.chordfind.com , is there?
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