Members knotty Posted February 9, 2014 Members Share Posted February 9, 2014 Ok , I tend to play an A shape barre on 6th fret, or other variation, but is this open Eb actually playable?To qualify, I mean the one commonly displayed asE 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 1st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted February 10, 2014 Members Share Posted February 10, 2014 Why wouldn't you use..E 6thB 8thG 8thD 8th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PurpleTrails Posted February 10, 2014 Members Share Posted February 10, 2014 knotty wrote: Ok , I tend to play an A shape barre on 6th fret, or other variation, but is this open Eb actually playable? To qualify, I mean the one commonly displayed as E 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 1st Depending who you are, yes. I can only do it awkwardly, and prefer this variation:E 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 5th(plus A 6th if you want to pick up the next root note)It's a lot easier to move into and out of and use as the basis for single note runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PurpleTrails Posted February 10, 2014 Members Share Posted February 10, 2014 billybilly wrote: Why wouldn't you use.. E 6thB 8thG 8thD 8th Because it sounds different, and there are times when you might want to get a deeper tone palette using that chord. It also lends itself to playing arpeggios when you are jamming off something in Bb, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted February 10, 2014 Members Share Posted February 10, 2014 PurpleTrails wrote: knotty wrote: Ok , I tend to play an A shape barre on 6th fret, or other variation, but is this open Eb actually playable? To qualify, I mean the one commonly displayed as E 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 1st Depending who you are, yes. I can only do it awkwardly, and prefer this variation: E 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 5th (plus A 6th if you want to pick up the next root note) It's a lot easier to move into and out of and use as the basis for single note runs. It works for me too. Like a C chord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted February 10, 2014 Members Share Posted February 10, 2014 Edited, As Benzem points out below the question was "is this fingering playable?" not how do YOU play an Eb? My bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted February 10, 2014 Members Share Posted February 10, 2014 knotty wrote: Ok , I tend to play an A shape barre on 6th fret, or other variation, but is this open Eb actually playable? To qualify, I mean the one commonly displayed as E 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 1st E 6B 4G 0D xA 6E x The G is the only open possibilty. This is a different voicing. I III I V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted February 10, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 10, 2014 billybilly wrote: Why wouldn't you use.. E 6thB 8thG 8thD 8th I use that one but in the song I want it for the voicing is just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted February 10, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 10, 2014 PurpleTrails wrote:knotty wrote: Ok , I tend to play an A shape barre on 6th fret, or other variation, but is this open Eb actually playable? To qualify, I mean the one commonly displayed as E 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 1st Depending who you are, yes. I can only do it awkwardly, and prefer this variation: E 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 5th(plus A 6th if you want to pick up the next root note)It's a lot easier to move into and out of and use as the basis for single note runs.Yeah, I can play it but not in any practical context.This version looks like the answer.I actually use this grip on the 2nd fret when playing Frees 'Alright now' ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anders Petersen Posted February 12, 2014 Members Share Posted February 12, 2014 You could use that, but if you find it extremely uncomfortable (as you probably already know) you could use this:E xB 8G 8D 8A 6E x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted February 12, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2014 Anders Petersen wrote: You could use that, but if you find it extremely uncomfortable (as you probably already know) you could use this: E x B 8 G 8 D 8 A 6 E x I usually do, as I said in the opening post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Myox77 Posted February 12, 2014 Members Share Posted February 12, 2014 Depends on the song, but you can potentially make the chord a maj7 or even add the 9th. E 3 (or 1)B 3G 0D 1A xE x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted February 14, 2014 Members Share Posted February 14, 2014 knotty wrote: Ok , I tend to play an A shape barre on 6th fret, or other variation, but is this open Eb actually playable? To qualify, I mean the one commonly displayed as E 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 1st It's definitely playable (just tried on my classical here at work), but I probably never would. It's not the easiest shape to grab. If I wanted that exact voicing I'd hit Eb on the 6th fret of the A string instead of the 1st fret of the D string - just a C-shape barre chord without the G note on the D string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted February 14, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 14, 2014 BydoEmpire wrote:knotty wrote: Ok , I tend to play an A shape barre on 6th fret, or other variation, but is this open Eb actually playable? To qualify, I mean the one commonly displayed as E 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 1st It's definitely playable (just tried on my classical here at work), but I probably never would. It's not the easiest shape to grab. If I wanted that exact voicing I'd hit Eb on the 6th fret of the A string instead of the 1st fret of the D string - just a C-shape barre chord without the G note on the D string.Yeah I think that is a very viable option. As a movable shape it has extra benefits as well. Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted February 15, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 15, 2014 ^^^^^ Yep. Have keyboard. Well try to apply to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted February 23, 2014 Members Share Posted February 23, 2014 knotty wrote: Ok , I tend to play an A shape barre on 6th fret, or other variation, but is this open Eb actually playable? To qualify, I mean the one commonly displayed as E 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 1st Are you trying to tune to an open Eb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted February 23, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 23, 2014 tlbonehead wrote:knotty wrote: Ok , I tend to play an A shape barre on 6th fret, or other variation, but is this open Eb actually playable? To qualify, I mean the one commonly displayed as E 3rd fretB 4thG 3rdD 1st Are you trying to tune to an open Eb? No. I was looking for an Eb voicing to fit a song I was looking into.I noticed many books give the fingering above. I can play it but wondered if anybody could actually play it in the context of a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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