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Chord charts for 3 string open tuning

Here's some charts I put together for Gdg and DAd open tunings. The charts give the power chord (which can be used for either a Major or minor chord) and the Major, minor and dominant 7 chords, minus the 3rd. The chords may not sound "complete" without the 3rd, but you should still be able to have a lot of fun with these - and you'll still create a good sound.

Gdg tuning:

CigarBox101%203%20string%20chords%20Gdg%20tuning.pdf

DAd tuning:

CigarBox101%203%20string%20chords%20DAd%20tuning.pdf

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Permalink Reply by Jarmo Katajisto on May 10, 2011 at 5:28pm

Thanks Michael when you upload these things.

Permalink Reply by Michael Glenn on May 10, 2011 at 5:30pm

About a minute ago... Man talk about good timing! Hope they work out for you.

Permalink Reply by Jess on May 10, 2011 at 6:02pm

Thanks Michael, a great help.

Permalink Reply by uncle Lou on May 10, 2011 at 6:45pm

This is another great site for the 3 string in open tuning. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4872928/THE-OLD-GREEK-BOUZOUKI-CHORD-CH...

Permalink Reply by Michael Glenn on May 10, 2011 at 7:56pm

Man that's a nice chart. Very detailed.

uncle Lou said:

This is another great site for the 3 string in open tuning. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4872928/THE-OLD-GREEK-BOUZOUKI-CHORD-CH...

Permalink Reply by KK Dirty Money on May 11, 2011 at 2:31am

Thanks, you are a huge help!

Permalink Reply by Michael Glenn on May 11, 2011 at 4:07am

If you wanna have some fun with these charts, try playing each note individually from low to high, and go from a power chord (Gdg, for example) to a Major 7 (Gdf#) to a dom/minor 7 (Gdf). It'll give you a nice little "ballad style" effect. You could also go one more to Gde which would be a 1-5-6 if you wanted.

There aren't a ton of songs that use this progression, but one that comes to mind off the top of my head is "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head," which starts out G - GMaj7 - G7 (which is another way of writing G dominant 7). It's a pretty unique sounding progression and lots of fun to mess around with.

Permalink Reply by Jason Nelms on May 11, 2011 at 5:13am

I have a quick question about reading these. If there is an open circle, does that mean to play the string as an open string or to mute the string?

Permalink Reply by Michael Glenn on May 11, 2011 at 8:25am

Play it open.

Permalink Reply by Stewart Hutton on May 12, 2011 at 11:53pm

That is fantastic - there is another chart kickinga round here that has a lot fewer chords and is confusing for newbies like me.

I *knew* there had to be more chords hidden on that stick - your Gdg chart is just what I was looking for and will unlock a whole new set of options/songs for me.

Thanks

Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on May 13, 2011 at 4:05am

Simple and to the point, just like a cbg. Thanks Michael. I have been using the straight bar, now i can add in the 7th's , who knew.

Permalink Reply by Sammy Lloyd on May 30, 2011 at 10:43am

Nice one mate, this is just what I've been looking for since I recently fell in love with CBG's. Just gotta somehow transpose my limited knowledge of playing the ukulele into the CBG I'm making. Oh dear, what have I done? Thanks again.