ok, im a beginner in playing acoustic guitar. about the chords, i have a question. like a c chord, does it really consist of many types of c chords. i mean like in this url http://www.8notes.com/guitar_chord_chart/c.asp there are many types of c chord. what is the difference? and when im trying to play a song, it said i need to play the c chord, if so, which should i choose?
To understand the reason for all the different ways of playing the same chord, you need to know a little about music and how chords are formed. There are only 3 notes in a C major (C) chord: C-E-G. Since a guitar has 6 strings, some of the notes get repeated. Those three notes can be found in many places on the guitar neck. Anytime you play C-E-G notes in unison, you have a C chord. The chord diagrams in your link show some of the other places on the neck where those same notes can be combined to form a C chord. Each one of them has a slightly different voice….the notes may be higher octaves or in a different order, but as long as you are only playing C-E-G notes, it will be a C chord.
As a beginner, you may want to confine yourself to the "open" chords…the ones that utilize open strings. These are the simplest and most common versions. Just be aware that there are a lot of different ways to play the same chord.
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You really only need to remember the main ones unless a song specifically calls for a variation.
Memorize the most common version of all the Major, Minor, 7th, Maj7 and Min7 chords before you bother with any of the variations.
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Theyre essentially the same, but they have slight differences. like playing the most common C sound the same to barchord C but have like a different pitch.
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To understand the reason for all the different ways of playing the same chord, you need to know a little about music and how chords are formed. There are only 3 notes in a C major (C) chord: C-E-G. Since a guitar has 6 strings, some of the notes get repeated. Those three notes can be found in many places on the guitar neck. Anytime you play C-E-G notes in unison, you have a C chord. The chord diagrams in your link show some of the other places on the neck where those same notes can be combined to form a C chord. Each one of them has a slightly different voice….the notes may be higher octaves or in a different order, but as long as you are only playing C-E-G notes, it will be a C chord.
As a beginner, you may want to confine yourself to the "open" chords…the ones that utilize open strings. These are the simplest and most common versions. Just be aware that there are a lot of different ways to play the same chord.
References :
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