Re: [PIC] Learning Guitar

On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Faux_Pseudo wrote:

>
>
> I have been learning guitar for the last few weeks and foundmyself
> needing a chord cheat sheet in ascii format for my palm pilot.
Then you can duct tape that puppy to the headstock!

>
>
      D Major
>  1-----------F
>  2---2-------D
>  3-----3-----A
>  4---1-------D
>  X-----------X
>  X-----------X
>    1|2|3|4|5|
??? That's a funny D (it's not one unless you retune...)
For open tuned EADGBE (standard & what the otheres looked like you're 
using) maybe you mean:

    D Major
1---2-------F#
2-----3-----D
3---1-------A
4-----------D
5X----------X
6X----------X
   1|2|3|4|5|

A different way to finger the same E Major you had and a different way to 
notate it:

   E Major
o_______o_o
|_|_|_2_|_|
|_3_4_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|

The all you have to do is lay down finger #1 and slide up the neck:

   G major
x__________
|_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_1_1
|_|_|_2_|_|
|_3_4_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|

Or a bit of a stretch to catch the low E string (or use yer thumb!):

   G major
___________
|_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|
1_|_|_|_1_1 <-G note => G chord
|_|_|_2_|_|
|_3_4_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|

Note that if you slide it up the neck the chord is the
same major cjord as the note on the E string(s).

Now play this: Emaj Gmaj Amaj  Emaj Gmaj Bbmaj Amaj using these chords.
It should sound like something (more properly you should just play the 
bits on the low strings. Again changing notation because the 1 and | get
confused and adding * to indicate the fretboard marks. Use a lot of 
distortion. Think 60's)

  G "power chord"
     ______X_X_X
    |_|_|_|_|_|
    |_|_|_|_|_|
  * O_|_|_|_|_|
    |_|_|_|_|_|
  * |_O_O_|_|_|
    |_|_|_|_|_|

(there is no 3rd, so by itself it isn't major ot minor)

A "chord finder"

       Major        Minor
    E_____G___E   ______G____
    |_|_|_|_C_|   |_|_Eb|_C_|
    |_|_E_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
    G_C_|_|_|_G   G_C_|_|_|_G \
    |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_Eb|  > Open A formation
    |_|_G_C_E_|   |_|_G_C_|_| /
    |_|_|_|_|_|   |_Eb|_|_|_|
    |_E_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
    C_|_|_|_G_C   C_|_|_EbG_C \
    |_|_|_E_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  > Open E formations
    |_G_C_|_|_|   |_G_C_|_|_| /
    |_|_|_|_|_|   Eb|_|_|_|_Eb
    E_|_|_G_|_E   |_|_|_G_|_|
    |_|_|_|_C_|   |_|_Eb|_C_|
    |_|_E_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
    G_C_|_|_|_G   G_C_|_|_|_G
    |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_Eb|
    |_|_G_C_E_|   |_|_G_C_|_|
    |_|_|_|_|_|   |_Eb|_|_|_|
    |_E_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
    C_|_|_|_G_|   C_|_|_EbG_C
    |_|_|_E_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
    |_G_|_|_|_|   |_G_C_|_|_|
    |_|_|_|_|_|   Eb|_|_|_|_Eb
    E_|_|_G_|_E   |_|_|_G_|_|
    |_|_|_|_C_|   |_|_Eb|_C_|

Similar charts can be made for 7th, Dim, Aug, etc. Color comes in handy
real fast...

Then there is tab, shows the strings and the frets to mash: and some hint 
of timing:

E|---------------|-------------|-----------|-0-----
B|-----------0-1-|---------0-1-|-------2-0-|-1-----
G|--------2------|-------2-----|-----4-----|-2-----
D|-----2---------|----3--------|---5-------|-2-----
A|--0------------|-3-----------|-5---------|-0-----
E|---------------|-------------|-----------|-------

May also be familar (80's).

'Course wanting a chord crib doesn't mean you don't know all this 
already....

Kick out the jams, brothers & sisters!

   3ch

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