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Bob Moore
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N. Rose, New York
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Posted 6 Mar 2016 5:10 pm |
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Would someone tell me what this new 6 str guitar cord is. Every chord book i've looked at does not have it. It is
Low to high notes G B D G D G. It is the G chord with added B on 2nd string. To me it sounds incomplete. Thanks Bob M |
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Ron Pruter
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2016 5:17 pm
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Bob,
It's a G.Period. The G D G on the high end, when played all at once, may sound incomplete. It lacks the 3rd. It is what's called a G5 or a G no 3rd. RP
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Bob Moore
From:
N. Rose, New York
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Posted 6 Mar 2016 6:22 pm
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| Thanks so much. It sounds wrong to me. From what I understand its the new way to play G. Thanks Bob |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 7 Mar 2016 12:07 am Re: New Chord
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| Bob Moore wrote: |
Would someone tell me what this new 6 str guitar cord is. Every chord book i've looked at does not have it. It is
Low to high notes G B D G D G. It is the G chord with added B on 2nd string. To me it sounds incomplete. Thanks Bob M |
Bob - I assume you are talking about this as a way of playing G on a regular "underarm" guitar and not as a lap steel or pedal steel tuning?
I know a lot of players who play G this way with their pinkie on the 1st string and the ring finger fretting the D on the second string. You hear it a lot in bluegrass.
Maybe this thread shouldn't be in the pedal steel section? |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Tommy Mc
From:
Middlesex VT
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Posted 7 Mar 2016 9:06 am
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Bob, it's just another form of a G chord. I actually use it a lot.
Not to get too geeky here, but chords are chords because of the notes they contain, not where or how you play them. A "G major" chord has 3 notes: G, B, and D. You can scramble them or double them up any way you want and it's still a G with a different voice. |
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Bob Moore
From:
N. Rose, New York
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Posted 7 Mar 2016 1:23 pm
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| I've been playing guitar for 60 yrs and never even seen it played that way. I'm to old fashioned and like full sounding chords. Thanks guys for your replies. This can be closed if need be. Bob |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2016 10:14 pm New Chord
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In the Bluegrass realm of my family and the people who play with them, That is "G" chord. If you have more than one guitar player in a session every one has to play it the same way. If not that D note over another guitars B note sounds sour to my ear.
I am the lost one of my family, Because I play Steel Guitar, Not banjo or mandolin. |
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