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  • Richard G Caudill May 3, 2011 at 11:08pm
    Yes   I just pulled urs and Diane's sheets up myself ,, this explains soooo much ,, tks for ur time n effort to put this together
  • Jodi Bloom May 3, 2011 at 1:53pm

    Hey Josh, thanks for the reply.

     

    Inversions, partials... dude you are SO above my head. But if I can use this chart just to know where to place my fingers to make some basic chords, that's perfect for where I'm at right now. As an aside... It's interesting to me that much of the CBG "revolution" seems to be masterful guitar players stepping back to a simpler instrument... going backwards if you will. But I'm one of those people who is not a musician and really drawn to the 3 string instrument musically but also politically (beautifully democratized... ie, anyone can own one) and also b/c it would appear to invite music into one's life in a less intense way. For someone with 2 jobs and a teen, the idea of playing a few tunes and having fun rather than needing a 5-year apprenticeship is so appealing. The sense I get from my local music shops (one is an indie, the other a huge guitar center) is that this poses a threat of sorts to the status quo money machine of music as we know it. But I digress! Whoah!

     

    Thanks again for the amazing spreadsheet... it's just gorgeous, a real work of art. I really sincerely appreciate it.

     

    Jodi

  • Bad Finger (Eric) May 3, 2011 at 1:53pm
    Josh, that spreadsheet rocks.  I was considering building the same thing, but yours is a very elegant solution.  Thanks for sharing.
  • Josh May 3, 2011 at 1:41pm

    Bingo.

    Its color coded and gives the note progression for each chord for each fingering (ie Maj = 1,3,5)  So for a G maj chord 1=G, 3=B, 5=D.  For me this helps with inversions and partials.

  • Jodi Bloom May 3, 2011 at 9:30am

    Hey Josh,

     

    The excel spread sheet is really exciting and I *think* I'm starting to wrap my head around it. Is there some way you can explain how the fingering works with this sheet? So... if I'm using GDG tuning... I set the first three columns to those notes and then select a chord over at the right. The highlighted areas are showing me the frets I should finger, is that correct? If so... YEEHA! You rock! Do I have this right??

     

    And... wow, thanks.

  • Bad Finger (Eric) May 2, 2011 at 3:58pm
    I'm pretty much a newb too.  When a can't find a decent Major chord, I just substitute the power chord instead.  Which means. . . I play power chords almost always with exception of Emaj and Em (I'm tuned EBE).
  • Jodi Bloom May 2, 2011 at 3:30pm

    Just got a CBG and am a complete and total novice... no prior experience on a 6 string or anything else. The chart at the very top of this thread is so helpful... but I'm still missing a few seemingly important chords in my open DAD tuning. Is a C chord not possible in DAD? Do I need to be in another tuning to just get a C? Maybe GDG would suit my immediate needs better...

     

    The way I want to learn is to play songs I know, by pulling up lyrics/chords and just banging away at it. But everytime I go to try this, I'm missing some chord I need. And I'm not trying anything difficult, believe me.

     

    The dulcimer charts seem insane. Are the frets on that thing closer together? I might be able to stretch my fingers that far if I sawed them off and added extensions.

     

    PS: Petite female with very small child-sized hands. One reason the CBG appealed so much to me.

  • Diane in Chicago June 2, 2010 at 8:13am
    If you are in an open tuning, like DAd, GDG or CGc, the dark dots show finger positions and the open dots show additional optional finger positions, and your strum all three strings too make a chord.

    Rudye said:
    Sorry for the ignorance, but can you explain how to use this chart. I thought the filled circles would be finger placement, and the empty circles would be strings to strum. But that doesn't work for the whole chart.

    Thanks!
  • Rudye June 2, 2010 at 12:51am
    Sorry for the ignorance, but can you explain how to use this chart. I thought the filled circles would be finger placement, and the empty circles would be strings to strum. But that doesn't work for the whole chart.

    Thanks!
  • Josh March 4, 2010 at 8:26pm
    I created the attached spreadsheet over the past couple of days. Its similar to the fret.exe but should be useable on Mac (as long as you have MS Office - in theory). It also allows you some creativity in selecting fragments from a chord to suit your tuning / fingering ability (FYI - mine sucks, but I'm practicing so its all good). Just open up the Workspace tab and select you string tunings, chord key and structure. The notes (and steps those notes are in the chord) will become prominent - just choose which ones you want and play away.
    I think I got the right structure for the chords... but let me know if there is any changes that need to be made.

    re-Chording.xls

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