Hi. I am trying to play James Taylor's song "Country Road". The Bm7, A7sus4, and C sus2 I don't know how to play these chords in the simplest form possible? I am fairly new at guitar, so I just want to know the basics of these chords. Could someone please tell me how these chords are played in the basic form?
Sue
Is it the same song ,as the one by john denver ; if that's the case then , i can help. 8)
Also i suppose if your a beginner , then you must check out these lessons which would be a great help to you in general and will teach you many songs.
http://www.guitar.about.com/library/blguitarlessonarchive.htm
(Oh , Dan Cross is simply cool) :wink:
And yes , welcome to Gnoise site and the forums.There are the best people and hearts out here :)
Welcome to Guitar Noise :D
Bm7 is a barre chord
X24232
But for a beginner B7 is easier to play and sounds about the same
X21202
A7sus4
X02030
Csus2
X3001X or
X30013
Suspended chords: Take your basic chord such as the C drop the 3rd (in this case E) and play the 2nd (D in this case) for sus2 or 4th for sus 4.
As you can see from the suggested fingering I dropped the E I normally play on the D string and played it open. I then need to get rid of the open E on the high E string so I can either mute the string or play a G (which is the 5th of the C chord)
Just a little extra to show how these chords are formed and why.
Lets examine the A7sus4
Start with a basic A chord X02220 the notes are A,E,A,C#,E first we want to add a 7th. The 7th of the A is a G. I see we are already playing 2 A's so if we lift our finger on the G string we have our 7th. we still have an A,E and C# of the basic chord so we are good so far. Now for the sus4. we need to drop the 3rd (in this case C#) this should be easy we are only playing it in one place on the B string. We need to add a 4th so if we finger the B string on the 3rd fret we get rid of the C# and also get a D (our 4th) 2 birds with one fret!
I hope you don't mind me spelling it out like this. I hope that someone will benefit from knowing a little more about chord structure.
Bm7 is a barre chord
X24232
But for a beginner B7 is easier to play and sounds about the same
X21202
Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but I think there's an open position voicing of Bm7:
x20202
~Sam
Thank you. I understand the first part of what missleman said, but the suspended part is somewhat difficult to for me to understand. I did go to the website that was suggested, which helped.
Sue
I thought the song was in drop D.....
Tinsmith,
The song is in drop D.
Sue
Bm7 is a barre chord
X24232
But for a beginner B7 is easier to play and sounds about the same
X21202
Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but I think there's an open position voicing of Bm7:
x20202
You are absolutely right, Thats what I get for trying to think too much.
