Members Stackabones Posted August 18, 2006 Members Share Posted August 18, 2006 Cash Register Guitar Thread reminded me of an anecdote. Don't know if I got it right ... Supposedly songwriting legend Harlan Howard (wrote "I Fall To Pieces" and many more) had a guitar with three frets on it. Said that if you couldn't play a song on that three-fretted guitar, then you probably didn't have a very good song. Or something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Godot Posted August 18, 2006 Members Share Posted August 18, 2006 Having more frets is handy for people like me who don't have the patience to memorize a bunch of open-position chords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JasmineTea Posted August 18, 2006 Members Share Posted August 18, 2006 Originally posted by Stackabones Or something like that? Well, there's a few useful chords just above the 3rd fret. But I think you can hit just about anything you'd need below the 5th. I think some of those Patsy Cline songs require a bit more than basic open chords...Just played "Crazy" in C, never went above the 3rd fret. Maybe you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted August 19, 2006 Members Share Posted August 19, 2006 I think Willie Nelson wrote "Crazy" Personally I think you need 5 frets minimum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted August 19, 2006 Members Share Posted August 19, 2006 I think Willie Nelson wrote "Crazy" Personally I think you need 5 frets minimum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ihateyouguys Posted August 19, 2006 Members Share Posted August 19, 2006 you need at least 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted August 19, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 19, 2006 Interesting. There's somewhat of a consensus about needing 5 frets, but no one has any idea about the Harlan Howard anecdote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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