Why Is Music For Guitar Presented Upside-Down?
Somethings in music just seem odd. It's kind of silly and not really that big a deal but maybe someone can shed some light as to why it's shown this way.
The first string you hit when you strum a guitar is called the "sixth string" and the last string the "first string" I know strumming happens in both directions but still, most folks strum downward first, then up. To further confuse matters, the E string at the top is called the "bottom string" and the string on the bottom is called the "top string" The graph below depicts the string at the top of the guitar on the bottom, so I reckon this explains why it's called the "bottom" string and the little E is called the "top". But then it begs the question... Why are chord graphs shown upside down? https://www.guitarcoaching.com/guita.../04/c-open.png |
Think "pitch" rather than geography.
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OK, I get that. But wouldn't it be easier to read if the graph that shows guitar chords were oriented the same way a guitar is held?
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because when we rotate the neck to where we can see the frets to place our fingers, we are looking down.
That’s what a C looks like when i look down at it. |
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Looks exactly like what I see if I tilt my fingerboard back towards myself. And what looks like up and down are nearer and farther from me. To the extent that you are looking at this like some disembodied observer, I recommend curing yourself of that, as it will make learning much harder. |
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FIT_e5YK2B...chordchart.png |
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INSTANTLY Change The Way You Play Chords (DO THIS!) |
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Ever think that the first guy that printed a chord out had a choice, he flipped a coin and thats what came about and that has become the standard? As someone else has pointed out if I tip my guitar back that is what I see.And many years ago when I began playing I tipped it back like that all the time.
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I have been wondering that for years and years. My brain is not wired this way, probably took me 3 or 4 years to figure it out.
I heard once that in Italy the do it the other way. Never researched that... |
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Once you learn the C chord, it shouldn't matter anymore. And so on and so on for other chords. There aren't really that many chord shapes. |
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