tab

[DinkyJackson1]

I just want to know if this is actually playable(it doesn't seem as if I have enough fingers.

--------2------
--------3------
--------4------
--------5------
--------5------
--------2------

[guitwitit]

You have a couple of redundant notes. You definitely don't need the D note on the A string -you are already playing it on the B string. Don't full barre with the index finger -put the tip on the F# on the low E string,mute the A string with your index finger arched, and make contact with the back of your index finger on the F# on the high E. Or don't play the F# on the high E string at all -it's already in the bass. Less is more, you don't always have to play all the strings.Too many notes makes a muddy sound, especially with amplification,distortion and what other instruments are playing if it is a band situation. As a matter of fact,i f the bass in your band is playing an F# I would go the other way and disregard the low F# as well as the D on the A string,and play the F# on your high E instead, making it an upper 4 string chord only.


PS: After thinking about it,it occurs to me that I might not have answered your question to your satisfaction:
Yes, you can play this chord -the voicings on the A&D strings are played by using your pinky as a small barre. It can be done, I can do it, but it would be pointless to play such an unsupple "grip"
when a simpler, cleaner sounding chord is just a muted note away. http://www.zentao.com/ubb/smilies/cool.gif

[This message has been edited by guitwitit (edited September 29, 2003).]

[DinkyJackson1]

Thanks for your reply. I saw it in a Beethoven tab so I wanted to make sure it wasn't an error

[guitwitit]

Unless this is a classical guitar piece, and these notes are picked in some arpeggiated pattern, I'd be inclined to think it is an error-I don't think Ludwig would double up on a note unnecessarily. If you can get a hold of the sheet music score and puzzle it out against the tab you'll know for sure. The doubling up of the note might occur from translating a multiple instrument score, or perhaps from a piano piece.Translating from one instrument to another can be like translating a novel from one language to another-there is a measure of knowledgable reconfiguring that is necessary.



[This message has been edited by guitwitit (edited September 29, 2003).]

[TomN]

My chord theory isn't that great. But I think that translates out to a G Maj7th.

With the F# in the bass. Which is a little wierd.

If you played just this you would get the effect of that chord just fine.


-2--------
-3-------
-4-------
-5--------
----------
--------

If the F# in the Bass is crucial I would use my thumb over the top of the neck. It would be a reach, but it can be done.

--2------
--3------
--4------
--5------
--------
--2-----

Or

-------------
--3--------
--4--------
--5------
--5--------
--2--------- thumb

Or try this variation
It's puts the G in the Bass which will acentuate the chord's root better.

---x---------
---3---------
---4---------
---4---------
---x---------
---3---------

Or

---7-----------
---7----------
---7----------
---9----------
---10----------
--------------

But, I couldn't play that chord as it's tabbed. That would kill me.

That wouldn't happen to be a song with a Capo on the 2nd fret would it?

[DinkyJackson1]

hey TomN I never thought about a capo. That would really make it easier to play. Thanks for your help.