Talk:Guitar chord

message: What about: bar (or Barre) chords, the older cousin of power chords, and middle chords, and base chords. There always seems to be no reference in chord books for diminished chords (which I have written out here (brackets = finger number).  
(talk) 20:29, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Intro

message: What about them, they exist. Do they not deserve a section on the wikipedias?
this thing sucks
yeah, i think bass chords deserve a section but the best bit is if you tune the bass to a chord then use that tuning in a song e.g. g minor is awesome try
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in g minor tuning
perhaps include a bass chord section  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jedjui (talk • contribs) 18:17, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bass Chords 

message: I'm going to upload the XCF file (GIMP compatible) to the Wikicommons area.  In the meantime, the graphics will be fixed.  No more red.  -- Zalasur 03:19, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
:Please do this Zalasur - I cannot find it anywhere. Andeggs
:I have uploaded Image:Chord_template.png which can be used for creating chord diagrams. If Zalasur does not put up the existing template soon, I suggest we use this from now on. Andeggs 12:59, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A more usable version is the GIMP file Image:guitar_chord_template.xcf Andeggs 21:54, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Replacing the graphics 

message: I believe the fingering for FmajorDform should be 
X11243 rather than X11234
Re: FmajorDform
I still cant get that right! LOL
1w2y3a4t5t (talk) 20:32, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  FmajorDform 

message: A suggestion: it would make the Chord diagrams section easier to follow if an example diagram were placed alongside it, preferably illustrating as many features of the notation as possible. I'm not a guitarist myself so I don't know what the most appropriate one would be, but I'm sure there's a suitable one. --Blisco 19:01, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diagram 

message: In the section where chord diagrams are explained, the 4th point is "An O above a vertical line indicates an open string (a string that is played without being fretted)." But what about those cases where the O is not at the top, but over one of the frets, as in the first chord, A(6)? The meaning of this is not explained.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.137.36.15 (talk) 17:37, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  More about the diagram 

message: The article's introduction seemed more about how a guitar is strung and tuned than anything to do with chords. I changed the intro so it explains what makes guitar chords special in contrast to chords in general. --Trweiss 14:37, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  My changes of 12-11-2006 

message: Why is this not a Wikibook. The parts of it that don't belong on Wikibooks could then be transferred to the article Chord (music). It's very strange to go to the disambig. page for Chord and see the possibilities of a chord in music, and a chord on the guitar - chords, if played on guitar, are the same phenomenon as chords in music in general, just played on guitar. And a tutorial on playing chords on the guitar belongs on wikibooks, not on wikipediaþ --Sterio 17:41, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Put it up for deletion; I'll vote for that. +ILike2BeAnonymous 17:45, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I can see it being on Wikibooks as well; this is pretty technical for a non-guitar-playing audience. PureJadeKid (talk) 15:08, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

text: I disagree. By your logic you could just as well ask for the articles on vocal techniques or dancing to be deleted because they all deal with the same subject. You could say the same thing about almost any article about art, computer programming, astronomy, biology or philosophy. Articles will always be technical in nature when they deal with certain subject matters. The martial arts are another topic where the disctinctiveness of a particular technique is characteristic for a style and thus in need to be explained. A strike is not just a strike and it's the same with chords played on musical instruments. Chords played on a guitar adhere to different principles than chords played on a piano or another instrument. Perhaps the article lacks quality in this regard and this question would not have been raised raised otherwise. 91.44.50.5 (talk) 00:55, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I explained why the theory of guitar chords discusses implementation issues that do not occur in the abstract theory of chords: e.g., chords are adapted to tunings, there is a tradition of adding duplicate notes to increase amplification, and there is a tradition of alternate voicings and inversions. In fact, none of the major CAGED chords in this article (in standard tuning) appear to be major chords as defined in the musical chords article (or in musical theory). Please help with sourcing these statements! (Perhaps some Berklee book has a page on why guitarists find musical theory difficult?!?) Kiefer.Wolfowitz 09:10, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is this an article? 

message: According to Guitar chords#CAGED major chords, the context and the pictures say that we need to mute sixth string for C Major and A Major, and fifth string for D Major. But why do we need to? Since the open sixth string makes E sound, we don't have to mute the sixth string for C and A. The same rule goes to the fifth string also; the open fifth string makes A sound, we don't have to mute the fifth string for D. --­ (talk) 19:35, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's about the voicing, zB: EAEAC#E is the second inversion of the A chord, not the root position. For more on inversions, look at the other articles on chord (music), inversion (music) and figured bass. -69.151.147.118 (talk) 04:08, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't understand this: the above explanation is totally sensible and yet the notation for a D Maj:
*D:       000232
This is flat out incorrect? There's no E in it at all, and you wouldn't include the low A on string 590.255.131.238 (talk) 22:35, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  muting sixth string for C Major and A Major, and muting fifth string for D Major? 

message: Hi, I have an indepth couple of series on open position chords and barre/movable chords that I think would be useful as a continuation from the wiki. Please take a look and let me know what you think:
Open chords - http://www.fretjam.com/basic-guitar-chords.html
Barre/CAGED - http://www.fretjam.com/guitar-barre-chords.html
Thanks
:Nice links. Thank you for sharing. The entire first page looks correct and useful. On the second page, I didn't look at the long list of chord shapes in too much depth, but it looks great, barring any mistakes (pun intended). Kudos. PureJadeKid (talk) 19:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Could someone please evaluate these external links?

message: I've created chord diagrams that show the nut of the guitar or fret position. I'm going to replace the diagrams in this article which don't show the nut. If for any reason you would like to revert to the earlier diagrams please do. You can find my diagrams in Wikicommons in the categories: chords in guitar, scales on guitar and guitar technique. I've used the same diagrams for the Wikibook: Guitar (where I've added some jazz exercises and technical exercises). Comments, observations and typo errors please use my talk page. 
--Sluffs (talk) 12:24, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  chord diagrams 

message: I think you need to add a Chord progression and alternate fingerings section, or at least a brief discussion of the subject. I was going to add a 'See also' section and a direct wikilink to Chord progression until I read the dire warning (of doom?) to people who add links. Trilobitealive (talk) 19:57, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Pretty sure that "dire warning" applies to external links, not (internal) wikilinks. This page must be a magnet for spammy external links to things like "guitar mega-shopping site's page of chord diagrams." __ Just plain Bill (talk) 22:23, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Chord progression and alternate fingerings

message: In the case of C Major, these notes are C, E and G. The graphical representation on the left shows how left-hand fingering produces:
E on the first string 
C on the second string 
G on the third string 
E on the fourth string 
C on the fifth string 
No note is played on the sixth string.This is because if you played the 6th "E" string, that would become the base note, and therefore, the root note.
That should be fixed, the bass note isn't the root note,if you played a C chord with the 6th string it would become a C chord with E bass note ( a slash chord ). But the root would still be C. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.28.52.1 (talk) 07:26, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bass note isn't always root note 

message: Perhaps we can list the sharp enharmonic equivalent in parentheses after the canonical flat? Would that be objectionable? Kiefer.Wolfowitz 18:32, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: [[The Scottish Play|Speaking "MacBeth" backstage: "Angels and ministers of grace defend us"]]

message: I asked añ expert for help. He wrote the following
RE "drop 2" and "drop 3" voicings. [...]
You take a closed voicing of a chord in any inversion, and then take the 2nd (or 3rd) note from the top and drop it down an octave. This often generates a voicing that is playable on the guitar.
For example, the C7 on the right in the pdf. This is a second inversion C7 drop 2. Second inversion means the 5th is the bottom note, so a second inversion C7 would be (low note to high note) G-B-C-E. You then take the 2nd note from the top (C) and drop it down and octave. This gives you the C-G-B-E that you see above.
A very useful voicing for C7 (or any seventh chord) is a third inversion drop 3. Using C7 as an example, third inversion means the 7th is at the bottom of the chord: B-C-E-G. You then take the 3rd note from the top (C again) and drop it an octave, giving you (bottom to top) C-B-E-G (use fingers 1-2-4-3).
::::This third inversion drop 3 fingering is more compact, and presumably easier to play. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 00:06, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Voicings: Drop 2 and drop 3

message: I'd like to remove the "intermediate chords" section, e.g. mentioning additional sevenths chords. I think that the issues of chord implementation was already discussed, and examples of standard tuning's fingerings have been given. Does anything more really belong in an encyclopedia?
It might be useful to have a list of intermediate chords (and down the road, advanced chords).
There are plenty of sites on the web that have large lists of chords, and many chord dictionaries and encyclopedias exist. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 12:45, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scope: Remove intermediate cords 

message: Chords and chord terminology/numerology predate the adoption of equal-temperament tuning. Following the sources listed, this article defines chords in terms of musical intervals. Presumably other definitions could also pre-ET chord terminology? Kiefer.Wolfowitz 12:43, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Equal temperament 

message: References on guitarists and musical theory could be helpful. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 14:02, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guitar playing and musical theory: References 

message: What is the chord name given where no strings are depressed (so all 6 strings open)? (Assuming standard tuning, of course.) Rarely encountered though I recall when I took ukulele in elementary school we played a song that had such a chord. Gave our chord fingers a break! 68.146.52.234 (talk) 02:47, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Chord name for no strings depressed?

message: Guitar chord diagrams are used extensively in this article with no explanation of their meaning, either here, on the tablature page, or anywhere else I can find on Wikipedia.  How did this get missed? JMT32 (talk) 02:51, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Explanation of diagrams?

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