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Cowboy Chords
We often read about "Cowboy Chords", the open C, G, D, etc at the first position.
So what are considered the non-Cowboy Chord alternatives? Barres? Jazz Chords? JackL |
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I assume it is anything but those first position chords.
Funny thing is, you can play a whole lot more than cowboy songs with just the basics but they tend to be labeled as such.
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Corporate CEO chords?
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IMO, the term 'Cowboy Chords' was a creation by a knuckle head. It's a meaningless term.
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Maybe I'm from a different era but cowboy chords are played like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej5O2udl2xs |
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Could it be that the non-Cowboy Chords are "Rock-n-Roll" chords? I think they use to call them that . . . wait, maybe that was just one of my synapses misfiring! I never heard the term "Cowboy Chord" until recently, but it does sound like something a condescending rocker would say, eh?
On to the chords! E = open (low) E, A string, second fret, index finger D string, second fret, index finger Now hammer on the fourth fret with . . . but you already know that. Move everything over a string for the A chord. So, why are they called "Barre" chords and not "Bar" chords? 'Cause it looks kinda like a Bar to me. Barre sounds like something French. I'd prefer to do something like a Cowboy than a Frenchie! |
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I'm fairly certain the term originally referred to chords typically played in songs by the likes of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and other "cowboys" and it grew from there.
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Maybe a non-cowboy chord is anything that has more than a "m" or a "7" after it.
My friends call them "adult" chords, and they're afraid to try them.
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Ah, yes. Just because one condescends doesn't mean they are (REALLY) more sophisticated, just that THEY think so. (It's OK for me to bash my own kind, isn't it?)
I am interested in these "adult" chords that folks are afraid of trying. Are those the kind of chords that you slip dollar bills in between their strings? Can a praise and worship song contain a diminshed 5th? |
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Rather than a flippant reply, here's some fun and interesting stuff about that - sorry - tangential stuff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritone http://deutsch.ucsd.edu/psychology/d..._research6.php |
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Quote:
A tri-tone in a P&W song can be removed with proper fretboard "exorcises."
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oh my! ROFLOL
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