Members raggety Posted June 10, 2006 Members Posted June 10, 2006 if you take the majority of popular songs, do the players use the basic open position chords? like in a I IV V in A. wouldn't it be easiest for most to just play the basic chord shapes??
Members lazaraga Posted June 10, 2006 Members Posted June 10, 2006 yes and noi transcribe alot for my students, and i do hear alot of open chords being used, often in drop tunings or with capos. alot of times the chords are played with slight alterations, maybe so open strings can ring throughout a progression.the more heavily produced tunes will have layers of guitar, throwing in power chords or barred chords.i wish i could tell you specific tunes, but i write em down and forget em. peace
Members raggety Posted June 11, 2006 Author Members Posted June 11, 2006 Originally posted by lazaraga yes and no i transcribe alot for my students, and i do hear alot of open chords being used, often in drop tunings or with capos. alot of times the chords are played with slight alterations, maybe so open strings can ring throughout a progression. the more heavily produced tunes will have layers of guitar, throwing in power chords or barred chords. i wish i could tell you specific tunes, but i write em down and forget em. peace i like to watch other players to try to see what shapes they're playing but often its too fast and you miss them. i always write songs/tunes and never write the progression or key down and then i go back to it later and "think how on earth did i play that??" especially when its got a few tracks layed down on it.... so frustrating anyone else, what chords do you find you use the most open shapes? barres? power chords??
Members nylon rock Posted June 11, 2006 Members Posted June 11, 2006 Open D, E, G, C (with all 4 fingers) are fine for me. Almost never use the A. I'd go for the barre at the 5th fret.
Members 1001gear Posted June 12, 2006 Members Posted June 12, 2006 I just discovered cowboy chords are a great setting to practice your alternate picking/polyphonic/counterpoint stuff. A couple minutes of noodling and you have this magical, Windham Hill vibe.
Members UnderTheGroove Posted June 12, 2006 Members Posted June 12, 2006 It really depends on the player and the song. For some songs I will play all open chords, and for others I won't play any. Obviously, the key will be a big factor in the chord choice as well. A song in F# major doesn't lend itself to using a lot of open chords.
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