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James55, i play the chords you asked about as follows (EADGBE; x=mute, number=fret, 0=open):
F/C = x33211 F/A = x03211 or 103211 C/E = 032010 (C=332010 or x32010) F/G = 3x3211 Am2/G = 302200 Am/F# = 202210 I cheat all the time by sometimes playing the lower (/x) note and sometimes not (let bass take it). I use barre, non-barre, and my (gasp) thumb. Like others have said, it really depends on context ... do you have a bass player, what chords before/after, strum/fingerpick, passing chord/main chord, etc. Just my 2 cents in how i do it ... probably wrong. Ken |
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It may be easier for now just to play the chord and leave off the emphasized bass note, but sooner or later you will want to learn to add them.
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x33211 x03211 032010 3x3211 3x2210 2x2210 (lots of other ways to play them, of course)
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All those "slash" chords always throw me. You'll see tons of them in sheet music written for piano (as has been previously mentioned). I usually just let my ear be the judge. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes I come up with something that sounds "better?".
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How does the plus sign added to the end of a chord name change the chord?
Example: A7+ I've also seen the degree sign after a chord name and have no idea what it means. ....................o Example: G |
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Yes, playing a D chord with an F# bass probably does boil down to some other chord in music theory, but in guitar tab notation, it's just the "notator" telling me that they hear what sounds like a D chord, but with an F# (where the bass player's not just playing root notes). Which tells me "hey, you can sing the melody over a plain old D and it'll sound fine, but it'll add more interest to what you're playing if you play it with an F# on the E string". You may have gathered I don't know much (any?) music theory: if I came across "F#m7b5" I wouldn't have a clue what to play, if I see Am/F# I'd know exactly what to do. |
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I think the plus signifies "augmented" and the degree indicates "diminished". Though as I said in my previous post, I've got no music theory whatsoever, so avoid augmented and diminished chords wherever possible! Also, I play a right-handed strung guitar left-handed, so I probably couldn't reach to "augment" in any case!
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Now if you had asked me a few years ago what a '-' or a triangle meant then i would have been stumped. Someone told me the minus was 'minor' and the triangle was 'maj7'. Then again since i am not a music major i may have this all wrong Ken |
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Gazzamundo and Masao, thanks for your responses to my question.
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