Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Four Part Harmonies with the Open Low E String

If you don't know how to read guitar tab (as computer text), this section of a Wikipedia article may help.

Today, we're adding a note on the G string to create exciting voicings up the fretboard.

   Em   E6   D/E D#m/E Em  F#m/E  Em     E   Am/E    E
e|------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------
G|--0----1----2----3----0----6-----0-----9-----9----13--
D|--2----2----4----4----5----7-----9-----9----10----14--
A|--2----4----5----6----7----9----10----11----12----14--
E|--0----0----0----0----0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--

Monday, March 30, 2009

Three Part Harmonies with the Open Low E String

If you don't know how to read guitar tab (as computer text), this section of a Wikipedia article may help.

Yesterday, we listed a handful of two-note voicings with the open Low E string as the bass note. Now let's try three notes. The overall key might determine the specific name of the voicing, but we've just named these chords without much context (alternate names are possible):

   E5   E6   D/E D#m/E Em  F#m/E  Em     E   Am/E   E5
e|------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------
D|--2----2----4----4----5----7-----9-----9----10----14--
A|--2----4----5----6----7----9----10----11----12----14--
E|--0----0----0----0----0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--

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