Dan Beller-McKenna
From:
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2012 1:36 pm |
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| That's a 9th chord (in this case C9, a version of the IV chord in G major). In this voicing (strings 8-6-5 at the first fret) there is no root (C), just E-Bb-D, or, 3-b7-9 of the C major scale. Since he comes down from the third fret, this is similar to another approach you hear a lot, namely coming down from fret 10 to fret 8 on strings 9-7-6. There you start with he B pedal down (on strings 6) to make C-E-G, then release it as you move down through the 9th to the 8th fret, arriving at Bb-D-E. There's also a nice version of this coming down from open position (8th fret for C). |
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