Hi!
I started to learn some jazz chords with my teacher yesturday and he shows me an easy song: Autumn Leaves.
He wrote me the chords but I think he forgot one... But I also think I remember how to play it, and just want to be sure it's the right way.
The chord is Gmaj7. I know there are many ways to play it, but as I remember, I played it like this:
E- 0
B- 3
G- 4
D- 4
A- x
E- 3
Or almost like that.. Someone can confirm how to play it?
" First time I heard the music
I thought it was my own
I could feel it in my heartbeat
I could feel it in my bones
... Blame it on the love of Rock'n'Roll! "
As you've said, many ways to play it. But this one:
E- 0
B- 3
G- 4
D- 4
A- x
E- 3
You don't want to have the high E string open. This adds a sixth to the chord. So try this:
E- 3
B- 3
G- 4
D- 4
A- x
E- 3
Or even this (based on the open position chord):
E- 2
B- 0
G- 0
D- 0
A- x
E- 3
Hope this helps.
Peace
Or even this (based on the open position chord):
E- 2
B- 0
G- 0
D- 0
A- x
E- 3
Just curious: why mute the B note on the A string?
"Everybody got to elevate from the norm."
As you've said, many ways to play it. But this one:
E- 0
B- 3
G- 4
D- 4
A- x
E- 3
You don't want to have the high E string open.
Ok, but if I play it like this:
E- x
B- 3
G- 4
D- 4
A- x
E- 3
Does it still a Gmaj7?
This adds a sixth to the chord. So try this:
E- 3
B- 3
G- 4
D- 4
A- x
E- 3
Thanks. But it was not a bare chords that I had to practice. I had 2 fingers on the 3rd fret and 2 fingers on the 4h, or 1 finger on the 4th and another on the 5th...
Just curious: why mute the B note on the A string?
Humm, don't really know... :lol: As I remember, I was muting the 5th string, but I may be wrong, I learned many chords and maybe I'm just switching something from one chord to another
" First time I heard the music
I thought it was my own
I could feel it in my heartbeat
I could feel it in my bones
... Blame it on the love of Rock'n'Roll! "
Just for future reference, Howard's Big List of Guitar Chords is a great place to explore different chord voicings.
Well we all shine on--like the moon and the stars and the sun.
-- John Lennon
Ok, but if I play it like this:
E- x
B- 3
G- 4
D- 4
A- x
E- 3
Does it still a Gmaj7?
Yes, it is. The Gmaj7 includes the G, B, D and F# notes. If you remove the G on the high E string, it remains on the low E string. It's a different voice (BTW, Musenfreund sent 63 voices for this chord!)
And, on the B note on the 5th string. I think it is a 'voice problem', too. I don't know the progression but probably it sounds better if you omit that low B. Claudine, are you strumming?
The reason I mute the B string in David's example is just to make the thing easier to finger. Getting the index down on the second fret high E while the middle is fretting B note is hard. Besides, there is a perfectly good B already being played.
Oh! Sorry! I mislead myself! :oops:
I was erroneously thinking the B note wasn't in the second fret.
Obviously it is much easier in this way.
Thanks Nick!
Ok thanks!
Everything is working now :)
" First time I heard the music
I thought it was my own
I could feel it in my heartbeat
I could feel it in my bones
... Blame it on the love of Rock'n'Roll! "
I like David's GM7
E- 2
B- 0
G- 0
D- 0
A- x
E- 3
Where I put my thumb over the neck to catch the G note on the low E string and index finger to catch the F# on the high e string.
"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."
This is the beginner's forum?
Putting my "thumb over the neck to catch" anything is equivalent to a 10th degree black belt in karate to me.
You're scaring me.
Give me a chance to crawl first. LOL
That's me in the corner (cowering),
Ken
It's the rock that gives the stream its music . . . and the stream that gives the rock its roll.
My 2 cents...
I play it
E- 2
B- 3
G- 0
D- 0
A- 2
E- 3
My 2 cents...
I play it
E- 2
B- 3
G- 0
D- 0
A- 2
E- 3
How are you fingering that one? Looks like a lot of work.
"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."
E- 2......ring
B- 3......pinky
G- 0
D- 0
A- 2.....index
E- 3.....middle
It's not that hard, but it's harder now I have messed up hands.
I started doing that when I was a kid playing the Stones "Back Street Girl" .......I think it's called.
It's just the way I remember the song.
As I see, there are MANY ways to play it.
But I guess there are "better" way to play it, depends on which chords you play before?
As an exemple, I play an A 7 chords (5-7-5-5-5-5) before, so an open Gmaj7 chords (like tinsmith plays it) may sounds strange after that A7?
" First time I heard the music
I thought it was my own
I could feel it in my heartbeat
I could feel it in my bones
... Blame it on the love of Rock'n'Roll! "
