Alternative open chords?

[taylorDude710]

Hi guys,

Does anyone know any good links to alternative open chords, e.g playing an open "D" for example in an open postion but higher up on the neck?

Just looking to get a different sound than standard shapes?

Adam.

[ljguitar]

Originally Posted by taylorDude710

Hi guys,

Does anyone know any good links to alternative open chords, e.g playing an open "D" for example in an open postion but higher up on the neck?

Just looking to get a different sound than standard shapes?

Adam.

Hi Adam...
I read your post and was confused. Are you talking about inversions for chords in standard tuning, or in alternate tunings?

[taylorDude710]

Sorry for the confusion, I was talking about inversions, not alternate tuning.

So for example, playing a D further up the neck, etc, but in open formations, not bar chording.

Adam.

[open strings]

http://www.leadworship.com/catalog/p...products_id=42

this DVD is done by Paul Baloche, and has a lot about open chords. (a lot of it involves open strings and dropping the 3rd.) He's a good teacher, too.

[mmmaak]

Use this to map the keyboard and find what you're looking for: http://www.michael-hogg.co.uk/gce.php

[Herb Hunter]

GuitarToolKit for the iPhone shows four inversions for D.

Below is an example of how it presents them. On the iPhone, touching each string causes it to ring so one can hear how the individual notes of the chord, an arpeggio of the chord or all strings in unison.

[TBman]

D triad at the 5th fret with D bass - xx0775

and 10th fret "f" form: x x 12 11 10 10. You can also play the triad with the D bass: x x 0 11 10 10

[Gazzamundo]

Think the OP was looking for a web resource showing alternative fingerings for all chords, not just D, and without having to bar, so some of the strings will be open/ringing/whatever. The D was just an example. Like, he probably knows that you can play an E in the "usual" open way, or as a D shape barred on 2, or a C shape barred on 4 etc. I'm at work so can't check out mmmaak's link, but knowing mmmaak, it's probably something along the right lines.

[pappy27]

Here Adam, this should give you what you need:

Voicings

[vac4873]

Well, I don't know a site, but I like to fool around the fretboard and find unusual open voicings - here's a couple for D:

x-x-0-7-7-x (or x-x-0-7-7-0 for Dsus2)

x-x-0-11-10-x (again open E string for D2)

10-x-0-11-10-x (as above but with lower bass note)

x-x-0-11-10-14 (real high voicing usually played as a second part can also play 12th fret on the little E for Dsus2)

heres a really cool modal one at mid-neck

x-5-0-7-7-x or play the little E open for an interesting D2 modal. You can further advance the amount of flavoring of the sus2 chord by playing
x-5-0-7-5-0

Hope I gave you a couple you like.

Matt

[taylorDude710]

Originally Posted by Gazzamundo

Think the OP was looking for a web resource showing alternative fingerings for all chords, not just D, and without having to bar, so some of the strings will be open/ringing/whatever. The D was just an example. Like, he probably knows that you can play an E in the "usual" open way, or as a D shape barred on 2, or a C shape barred on 4 etc. I'm at work so can't check out mmmaak's link, but knowing mmmaak, it's probably something along the right lines.

This is spot on.

[taylorDude710]

Originally Posted by open strings

http://www.leadworship.com/catalog/p...products_id=42

this DVD is done by Paul Baloche, and has a lot about open chords. (a lot of it involves open strings and dropping the 3rd.) He's a good teacher, too.

The preview gives some already good examples of what I am after. thanks.

Adam.

[dblacketer]

I don't know if you're looking for the D chord specifically, i know it works with a7. I link you to a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmIea...eature=related

Its about three minutes into it.