Members 75guitar Posted October 8, 2018 Members Share Posted October 8, 2018 Hi, Playing on my Taylor 810 dreadnaught ... Below is the American Girl intro in Key of D. How can a get a similar distinctive sound in the intro in the key of G ? THANKS! Intro Riff / Chord Here is how you play the distinctive D chord heard in the intro (and in between many of the verses). The trick here is to mute the B string with your index finger (which should be used to play the 7th fret on the G string). e-|---10---- <--- pinky B-|----x---- <--- muted with index finger G-|----7---- <--- index finger D-|----0---- A-|--------- Listen along for the strumming pattern. E-|--------- D Thanks, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted October 8, 2018 Members Share Posted October 8, 2018 Three choices: E: -- -- 3B: -- -- mute with 2nd fingerG: -- -- 0D: -- -- 5 (optional) E: -- -- XB: -- -- 8G: -- -- 0D: -- -- 5 E: -- -- 15B: -- -- muteG: -- -- 0D: -- -- 17 (optional You could get a similar configuration on lower strings but it won't sound so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted October 8, 2018 Members Share Posted October 8, 2018 Normally I'd say capo but you're already up to the 10th fret. garthman's advice is as good as you're going to get. Trust him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted October 9, 2018 Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 Hi, Playing on my Taylor 810 dreadnaught ... Below is the American Girl intro in Key of D. How can a get a similar distinctive sound in the intro in the key of G ? THANKS! Intro Riff / Chord Here is how you play the distinctive D chord heard in the intro (and in between many of the verses). The trick here is to mute the B string with your index finger (which should be used to play the 7th fret on the G string). e-|---10---- <--- pinky B-|----x---- <--- muted with index finger G-|----7---- <--- index finger D-|----0---- A-|--------- Listen along for the strumming pattern. E-|--------- D Thanks, Rick I've never paid any attention to the Tom Petty song, but if you barre the first three or four strings at 7 and play the first at 10 you've got a nice complete D chord and don't have to mute the second string (it is an F# which is part of the D triad). Interestingly if you barre all 4 strings you get an A on the fourth (also part of the triad), if you only barre three you get a D on the fourth which of course is the root. I like the all three notes of the chord. Really, its just the old folkie "long A" chord moved from the second fret to the seventh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 75guitar Posted October 9, 2018 Author Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 THANKS to ALL ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted October 9, 2018 Members Share Posted October 9, 2018 THANKS to ALL ! You're welcome. PS. The "distinctive D chord" in the song isn't actually a D chord at all. A true D major chord is made up of three notes: D F# A (viz the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes in the key). The intro "chord" is actually three D notes being played an octave apart: D3, D4, D5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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