![]() ![]() In this way they can appear to "strum" all strings but are really playing only the 4 they want. ![]() Now the guitarist can play the chord finger style with the right hand or "mute" the unwanted notes by gently draping the left hand fingers over the strings that should not be heard. A more typical voicing in jazz is (1, x, 7, 3, 5, x) where x means don't play. The bar chord form is voiced (1, 5, 7, 3, 5, 1) using all 6 strings. A typical example is a dominant 7th chord. It is actually not typical for a guitarist to strum ALL strings even when playing in open string keys with open string chord forms. a key that is compatible with open string notes) then he/she can freely play open strings along with the notes of a chord and they will either be part of the chord or a compatible extension of the chord, so it will sound pleasing.ģ) your friend may have tuned the guitar differently compared to standard tuning, allowing them to strum open strings as they play chords. Voicing refers to the ordering of notes.Ģ) if your friend and you are playing songs in a key that is referred to in guitar speak as "an open string key" (i.e. You have three occurrences of the 1 and 2 of the 5. For example, a Major chord in bar chord form is voiced (1, 5, 1, 3, 5, 1), spanning 2 octaves. So if your friend is playing a bar chord in standard tuning then no harm no foul, all the notes are part of the chord. Even in 4 voice harmony theory we are taught to double notes. The compatibility of the other strings with a given three note chord depends on a few factors.ġ) we usually double notes, like the 1 and the 5. If your friend fingered three and only three notes for a Gb major chord in standard tuning and played all strings it may sound really cool, but it would not sound like a Gb major chord. So you need to be more explicit with your description of "all strings" and "fingers on some frets".Ī major chord is the same on all instruments, it is the combination of 1, 3, 5 notes of the major scale. To answer your question frankly, it does not work like that at all. Because to me, that's like playing some extra notes on the Piano.Ĭan anyone explain me why playing the open strings with the fretted ones on the Guitar gives the same result as just playing the notes on the Piano? What I don't understand is how can playing all 6 strings give the same result as playing just 3 notes on the Piano. And it doesn't matter which chord he plays, he will strum all 6 strings. Now what bugs me is how he strums all 6 strings. But when my friend plays the same chord on his Guitar, he places his fingers on some frets and strums the Guitar. On the piano I play the notes C, E and G together. So let's say I want to play the C major chord. My friend plays Guitar and we were jamming one day when I noticed how chords are played on a Guitar and it is confusing me to why they work. I borrowed a Piano to learn music theory and it's going pretty good. I'm a Tabla (North Indian percussion instrument) player and I know just the basics of western music because I'm learning it bit by bit. ![]()
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