tkn2005
First Lieutenant   Posts: 12 Registered: 2/16/2005 Status: Offline
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 posted on 10/3/2005 at 05:40 |
I was wondering, do you have to memorize all the chords to be able to read
music? like the C, G, B, A, etc.? and the really complicated ones like
Csus, Eaug, Gsharpm7-5, etc etc? Did you guys memorize them when you first
started?
And how do you play without reading the music? I have seen people who can't
read music pick up a guitar and just start playing it naturally and it
sounds amazing. How do people do that? Can you guys do that?
Sorry about the stupid questions. Please reply. THANK YOU
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posted on 10/3/2005 at 20:02, Reply 1 |
Nobody just picks up an instrument and plays it flawless without some kind
of training. Well, that that I ever seen! It's a good idea to memorize your
basic chords then learn some chord theory. Once you know some chord theory
you will know how chords are built and build them as you play. There's tons
of guitarist that can't read music. I would start out with some simple tabs
of your favorite songs and go from there.
Don't be hard on yourself everything takes time and remember it's all about
having fun.
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samurix7
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posted on 2/27/2006 at 21:58, Reply 2 |
the way i memorize chords is remember the shape like the D chord is a
triangle. ONce you play them, they stick in your head pretty easily. By
the way i cant read music, i can only read tab.
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Spidercents
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posted on 2/28/2006 at 14:40, Reply 3 |
I didnt try to memorize chords when I started to play...eventually you will
remember them through playing songs...learn as many songs as you can and
most likely you will learn new chords along the way and remember them as
you go.
If you play 10 songs that have a G or a D chord in it then you cant help
but learn the chords and remember them without even trying.
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GuitarPsycho
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posted on 5/10/2006 at 13:18, Reply 4 |
Actually your questions are very good ones. In the beginning I learned
just a few chord shapes and then played around with them, moving them up
and down the neck. As time went on I added more chords and ideas. You
don't need to know all chords to play or read. There are 1000s of them.
Depending on what style you play, you will gravitate towards playing
certain chords to get the sound you want.
People that pick up the guitar and play naturally did not start that way.
They have spent a lot of time playing and adding to their skill step by
step.
So dig in! I heard someone say....I think ot was Steve Morse that he likes
to take in one new idea a day on the guitar. If he learns something
"different" then that progress is good......something like that.
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brian
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posted on 5/10/2006 at 14:46, Reply 5 |
I opened my mind to chords simply by renaming the C Chord a bunch of
different times. With only 3 notes C,E,G rename the C chord to:
-- C,9,11,13 with no third.
--Em
--F major 7/9
--G 6/9
--A-7
and on and on.....
There all the same chord.. Confused yet 
[Edited on 5/10/2006 by brian]
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brian
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posted on 5/10/2006 at 14:58, Reply 6 |
here's our chords file section
http://www.theguitarfiles.com/modules.php?name=Search&topic
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brian
Moderator Posts: 1075 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 5/10/2006 at 15:01, Reply 7 |
Heres is the tip I posted a couple years ago
First lets take a C major chord.
Thats C E G your Root your 3rd and 5th.
Now lets take the seven diatonic chords from the key of C Major. C | Dm |
Em | F | G7 | Am | B-7 flat 5 |
Ok here's the trick starting with Dm rename it to a C something. No Really
keep reading!!! If you take the three notes from (dm) you get D,F,A
1,flat 3, 5
All you have to do now is relate D F A to the C major scale
c,d,e,f,g,a,b
D is the 9 of C or you could call it 2.
F is the 11th of C or you could call it 4 and a is the 13th or you could
call it 6.
So if you put it all together Dm renamed is C,9,11,13 with no third.
This is just to get you started now do the remaining 6 chords.
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GuitarMuscle
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posted on 5/12/2006 at 15:49, Reply 8 |
So if I was playing a blues tune in C and wanted a C9,11,13 chord just play
Dm? If so that's a cool way of looking at things
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GuitarMuscle
Captain Posts: 161 Registered: 5/4/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 5/12/2006 at 15:52, Reply 9 |
Tell me if this is right C major 7th is the same as Em or C major 7/9 is
the same as E minor 7th
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