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(@anonymous)
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My teacher says to use the 2 3 4 fingers so I have options with the index finger. So I'm wondering what chords would these be:

[321003]
[320103]
[320013]
[322003]
[320203]
[320023]


   
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(@fretsource)
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[321003] = G augmented
[320103] = G add b9
[320013] = G add 11
[322003] = E minor
[320203] = G add 9
[320023] = G add#11

Other names are possible depending on which note is the root - I just gave the most obvious with G as the root except for E minor, which could also be G6 (but with no 5th)


   
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I personally use the pinky on the high e, middle on the low E, and index on the A string. If I were to do it all over again I would have learned to use the pinky on the high e, ring on the low E, and middle on the A. That would free up the index finger to do all sorts of stuff. Also, it sets the hand up for an easy switch to a C chord.

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(@clazon)
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It appears I'm playing my G chord wrong then!

However I do like the old [320033], whatever that is. I think it's still just a regular G. But that would be hard to play using this different method.

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(@kingpatzer)
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It's worth being able to finger the open G chord in a number of different ways. Sometimes one fingering just sets you up for the next chord better than another.

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It appears I'm playing my G chord wrong then!

However I do like the old [320033], whatever that is. I think it's still just a regular G. But that would be hard to play using this different method.

For better or worse, I generally finger my G with that extra D note with the ring finger on the B string 3rd fret. It's just a G chord (G B D notes) with a high D added. I used to call it the "Grateful Dead" G when I first started because I saw it in a few Dead tunes.

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(@clazon)
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To me a G sounds dead without it. :D

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I am with you Clazon, I love the G chord with the D note on the B string. And I remember exactly how I learned this chord. I was a huge fan of Eric Clapton, when his album Slowhand came out I saw the cover:

I tried the G chord this way, sounded so much better and fuller to me, I have played it this way ever since. :D

But there are some cool things you can do by using the traditional fingering (m, r, p). For instance, you can hammer on a Am7 chord like this. You will hear this strum in many songs. Dylan and Paul Simon often use this little chord riff:


G Am7

e---3--------3--3--0--3---
b---0--------0—-1--0--0---
g---0--------0--0--0--0---
d---0--------0--2--0--0---
a---2--------2--X--2--2---
e---3--------3--3--3--3---
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

So, learn both ways. But the D note on the B sounds best. :D

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(@misanthrope)
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To me a G sounds dead without it. :D
Ditto! I really have to pay attention to manage to play a G without that note... it just happens :)

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(@nirvgas)
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Yep, it makes the Cadd9 (among others, I'm sure) to G transition that much easier!

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(@kachman)
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yeah me too. i play the G chord with the higher D like 98% of the time. sounds a little too 'open' without it and the distinction with its relative minor (E minor) is not as clear...

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(@anonymous)
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I normally don't play the D on the second string unless I'm muting the fifth string for a G5 power chord. [3x0023]


   
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