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Your "cheater" chord fingerings
I don't know about you, but I know I don't play some chords "right." I have fingerings that work for me for various reasons, which confuse people who are trying to watch what I'm doing and follow. Probably the weirdest one is this:
I like that one because it's nice to be able to add the 7th to an open Em already in progress, but you don't usually see chords played just with the index and pinkie. This one confuses a lot of people, because at a glance it looks like I'm playing an open Am7: Whereas if I am actually playing an open Am7 it's usually like this: There are others. What are yours? |
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I have a lot of triads that I play using the one-finger covering two strings, but I don't ever use it on the ones you show in your post.
The reason is that I employ hammer-ons and pull-offs on each of those chords to gain single nots, much like a fingerstylist which regrettably I'm not. Get a big poster of triads, up and down the neck. It opens up the fretboard more than any other method ever did for me. If you do, you'll see how everything is related. It will feel like cheating.
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My copy of Mel Bay's Deluxe Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords shows 17 different ways to play Am7.
Which of them are "cheaters"?
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Here's one of Mel Bay's wall charts. It's a great reference tool. For me it's about learning and always adding to my musical toolbox. Another great way to learn new chords is to transpose a song -- I do it all the time to match my vocal abilities. Takes time and practice, but it feels great when you learn how to play new chords. For example, the song Love is in the Air (John Paul Young) -- in the key of A -- has the following chords -- Edim E6 E9 and E11 and Dbm7. Took me a while but I figured it out.
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In reference to your Am vs. Am7. I can’t count the number of times I’ve watched YouTube videos and such where half the fingers “hide” what is really going on! Perhaps this is a blessing in disguise as sometimes I’ll say to myself, after being frustrated, “fine, I’ll close my eyes and open my ears!” Maybe this is just me because I don’t hear others having this problem!
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https://images.app.goo.gl/gwKiZAZALMujjwcD7
This is the chart I suggested for "learning how to be a cheat".
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Not a chord fingering, but I will tune to Cheater’s G - just detune the A down to G and play the middle four strings for Open G, keeping the high E in Standard for lead work.
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Use first shape frequently and sometimes
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I use that 9th fingering for "Oh! Darling". Not a C9, it's further up the neck.
I'll try the other one but I want to check with my orthopedic surgeon first to make sure he has a clear space in his schedule in case things go wrong. |
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I cross pick triads and partial chords. All I do is cheat. I don't do that many standard chords.
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It's only a "Cheat" if you believe there's One True Way to play a chord.
The "right" fingering for a chord has everything to do with the previous chord and the next chord, plus whatever other notes you're playing. |