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Old 11-14-2016, 08:31 PM
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Default Incorporating open strings in chord up the neck.

So I've been exploring trying to find more interesting voicings on my acoustic and I've started playing with open strings.

I've been playing chords like:

x05550
x54030
077600

The first two work as substitutes for a D, and the second as a substitute for an A.

And there are a couple of other ones I've run into:

044200
066400

As a substitute for an F#m and G#m, respectively.

I'd love more examples of this sort of chord. Anybody got any favorites?
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Old 11-14-2016, 09:28 PM
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Old 11-15-2016, 05:25 AM
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So I've been exploring trying to find more interesting voicings on my acoustic and I've started playing with open strings.

I've been playing chords like:

x05550
x54030
077600

The first two work as substitutes for a D
The first one is Am7. Maybe you meant x07770?

The second is a common chord, but with an ambiguous identity - cross between D, Gmaj7, and Em9.
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, and the second as a substitute for an A.
You mean the third, surely? It's Aadd9/E.

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And there are a couple of other ones I've run into:
044200
066400

As a substitute for an F#m and G#m, respectively.
The latter works as Emaj7. Classic usage for both:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwbowi-8Yoo
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I'd love more examples of this sort of chord. Anybody got any favorites?
Bert Jansch used lots of high position voicings including open strings, often in drop D or DADGAD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIjcWgXOQSs (EADGBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsL-2cHKgMc (DADGAD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cn-MbAXNDs (EADGBE)
The high chords are often partial, but mostly variations of Bm in the first two.

The first chord in the third video is Eadd9, played as 0-9-6-9-0-0, and the second is Aadd9 (very like yours): 5-7-7-6-0-0.
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Old 11-15-2016, 07:05 AM
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If you ignore the open strings, the shapes;
Code:
x 2 2 1 x x	E

x 4 4 2 x x 	F#m

x 6 6 4 x x	G#m

x 7 7 6 x x	A
are following the E major scale on those strings. Adding the open E strings to these and the open B string adds colour to the chords. You can extend these further up the strings with
Code:
x 9 9 8 x x	B

x 11 11 9 x x	C#m

x 12 13 11 x x	D#dim
and you can add the open strings to these shapes as well.

Transferring this idea to other keys would require using different open strings and some experimentation.
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Old 11-15-2016, 07:40 AM
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About 30 years ago I found the "Guitar Tricks" books by Jay Friedman. These were all about open chords up the neck. I lent them to a neighbor kid about 5 years back and I'll never see them again.
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Old 11-15-2016, 07:52 AM
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If you ignore the open strings, the shapes;
Code:
x 2 2 1 x x    E

x 4 4 2 x x     F#m

x 6 6 4 x x    G#m

x 7 7 6 x x    A
are following the E major scale on those strings. Adding the open E strings to these and the open B string adds colour to the chords. You can extend these further up the strings with
Code:
x 9 9 8 x x    B

x 11 11 9 x x    C#m

x 12 13 11 x x    D#dim
and you can add the open strings to these shapes as well.
Right. You can also use other triad forms from the same scale.:

0 2 1 1 0 0 = Emaj7
0 4 2 2 0 0 = A(add9)/E
0 6 4 4 0 0 = Emaj7sus2
0 7 6 6 0 0 = E6 (C#m7/E)
0 9 7 8 0 0 = B11/E
0 11 9 9 0 0 = E
0 12 11 11 0 0 = F#m11/E
0 14 13 13 0 0 = Emaj7

and the other triad form:

0 4 2 1 0 0 = E6 (C#m7/E)
0 6 4 2 0 0 = B11/E
0 7 6 4 0 0 = E
0 9 7 6 0 0 = F#m11/E
0 11 9 8 0 0 = Emaj7
0 12 11 9 0 0 = A(add9)/E
0 14 13 11 0 0 = Emaj7sus2

then there would be the quartal shapes - same frets on all 3 strings, except for 0-7-7-8-0-0 and 0-12-13-13-0-0. I like 0-11-11-11-0-0, E69.

All great for fingerpicking (yours too of course) .
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