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Getting more out of your fretted three string CBG.

Posted by Cause the Blue rat on July 8, 2019 at 12:40am in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts

You can make 19 different chord sounds between open and the fifth fret. All of them by fingering one or two notes wile leaving the low string open. Even more if you start fretting the low string. But that's for another time. Instead of laying out all nineteen sounds let's start by playing some chord sounding riffs. 

This first progression is a major sounding chord riff.

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  • Cause the Blue rat August 20, 2019 at 2:49am

    Sorry I haven't been adding more to this. Been having problems with features on this forum. Tossing around the idea of setting up a Youtube channel. I think what I'm doing here would benefit from that. Not only see but be able to hear what's being demonstrated. Plus I'll be able to reach a wider audience. 

    I'll keep ya'll updated. 

  • Cause the Blue rat August 4, 2019 at 4:59pm
    Hey Rod. Thanks and your welcome! This is my main reason for doing this thread. I've heard quite a few people say they get board with just chords and slide. Wanted to show an easy to learn way to help. Plus show you don't have to bar all the way across all three strings to get a chord. Letting the low string be a drone. Making it even easier for beginners.

    Sorry I can't help you with the chord mimicking aspect. Or much of any music theory. Taking the 'if it sounds good it is good' approach.
  • Cause the Blue rat July 19, 2019 at 1:43am

    Oops I messed up the demo. Ignore the open high string on the first chord. 

    • Rod Lindsey > Cause the Blue rat August 4, 2019 at 3:22pm

      Rat, I gotta say thank you. I was looking this morning for a different way to STRING my cbg, because I have been having issues with chord fingerings on it. I have been playing it with nothing but a slide up til recently, and was getting rather bored with the limitations of that, and wanted more from it. Now I just have to figure out what chords these diagrams come closest to mimicing... lol

      thanks again...

      Rod

  • Cause the Blue rat July 19, 2019 at 1:39am

    OK now for something a bit more advanced. I’m calling it advanced. Because it using the fourth or pinky. The better part of what I’ll be sharing using the first three fingers. Because these are the easiest for most starting strummers to stranthen and get the hang of. But I gotta have some fun for the folks who have been playing a wile now. Everybody needs to have some fun.

    Going back to the first five frets. Slid the third finger to the fifth fret and use the second on the fourth. This makes an easy transition between these three chord sounds.  

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  • Cause the Blue rat July 17, 2019 at 2:47pm

    Now up to the fifth and seventh fret. Three more chord sounds. For a total of 21. The second gif is a chord progression using two new chords and a few you already know.  known chords are in gray.

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  • Blues Frog July 9, 2019 at 8:22pm

    Thanks Cause, this is useful information and helps me experiment with different chords and sounds with my cbg.

    • Cause the Blue rat > Blues Frog July 13, 2019 at 6:25pm

      Thanks Gerry. This is just the 1,5,8. tuning. :)

      That's the hole idea Blues Fog. The more you know the more fun you'll have! Mix and match these chord sounds. Try different combos with them. 

  • gary herget July 9, 2019 at 7:53am

    WOW Rat, you been busy. don't have time for all this now but will definatley be back to experiment.

  • Cause the Blue rat July 8, 2019 at 11:58am

    Now for the fun part. You can play all of these upside down. Play them all on your low and middle string. Leaving your high string open. Some of the chord sounds wont translate well. Because the low string will become the bass. But that's all in the ear and what's being played. Your song. Your way. It's all good. 

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