Susan asks…
Guitar Chord and Rhythm Help?
Learning some rhythm guitar at the moment, and I have a question. I understand that there are chords corresponding to different notes of scales (i.e. Major scale is maj, min, min, maj, maj, min, dim). But when do I know to use things like augmented or suspended chords? I see artists using them and I don’t know how the theory fits into it. If someone could pull up some chord scales for me that would help.
ConnieManuel answers:
I think you are mistaken – chords don’t corespond to the notes in a scale. Your example seems to relate to the type of chords that can be played using only the notes in a given scale – Cmajor, Dminor, Eminor etc. But these notes don’t “correspond” to the notes in the scale – seeing a C note doesn’t mean you have to play a Cmajor chord or even, necessarily, a chord made from only the notes in the C major scale. Really, the chord used depends on the sound the player or composer wants to hear.
Robert asks…
What’s the rhythm for guitar chords?
I’ve been playing guitar for a while but mainly just the notes. I’m trying to learn more chords and even songs to go along with it. I’m having a bit of difficulty however with knwoing how the chords should go, like the rhythm. Does anyone know a site or how I should read the chords above the lyrics?
Thanks!
ConnieManuel answers:
Ask your guitar teacher. If you don’t have one, get one.
David asks…
Guitar chords? Simple question
Alright, so I was looking at the chords for Cry by the Veronicas, and it looks like this…
D
All my life you’ve had an opinion
E G D
Doin things for the wrong reasons
D
Don’t you know I think for myself now
…and so on.
So, I understand what it’s saying (sort of) but when I watch other people play it they’re doing so many strums, how do I know when to strum?
Like, according to this, it’d be… ‘dun’ All my life you’ve had an opinion. ‘dun’ Doin things ‘dun’ for the wrong reasons. ‘dun’
but when others play it it’s like ‘dun dun dun dun dun dun dun’ You know? And it sounds like an actual song…. does that make sense? So I’m wondering how to know the rhythm and when to strum with the chords. I hope that makes sense.
ConnieManuel answers:
You’ve just got to listen to the song while you play and copy the strumming patterns.
Sheet music like this places the letter of the chord at the point of change, usually on a stressed beat, but it’s often inexact and it’s so hard to get the timing down without listening to the music.
EDIT: One more thing, now that I think I understand more of what you’re asking.
Even though you only see one letter (let’s say “D” to start off the song), it doesn’t mean you only strum the chord once and hold it down until the next letter comes along.
It means you strum the D chord in whatever rhythm is necessary to play the song well until the next letter appears, which will tell you when to make a chord change.
Can you imagine what the music would look like if they wrote one letter for each time you strum? A mess!
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Something like that, which you don’t want to see.
Linda asks…
Guitar chords help…………….?
G D
bakit pa kailangang magbihis
C9 D
sayang din naman ang porma
how should i play that
should i position my fingers then strum all the strings once according to its chords, then strum the next chord
or
should i strum the strings individually how?
how many should i strum the string 2 times, 4 times, or what
help me…
ConnieManuel answers:
It’s impossible to say how you shall strum/play the chords, which strings (which variations of the chords) to use, or how the rhythm goes.
The only thing these placements of the chords do is to indicate approximately where the chord changes are in a song relative to the lyrics/words.
You will have to listen to the song to figure out the rest. It’s called to learn to ‘play by ear’ and it’s equally important as learning music theory and musical notation.
You have something called tabs which are simplified notations. These are very imprecise though. Your best bet is to learn to play by ear and by proper notations.
Thomas asks…
What’s the difference between rhythm and lead guitar?
Details and links to how to play on YouTube would be amazing. Metal and rock oriented make it even amazinger
ConnieManuel answers:
Rhythm guitar plays chords, and generally plays them… Rhythmically. Chug chug chug chug chug…
Lead guitar plays melodies, usually in lines of single notes, and of course solos.
OK, here’s an example, just off the top of my head – the 4 Non-Blondes playing “Superfly.”
The chords that Linda Perry (Mad Hatter with the Les Paul) starts the song off with are rhythm guitar. Then you hear Roger Rocha come in with a lead guitar under the verse (grungy one with the yellow telecaster), lots of wah in his playing, while Perry sings and continues playing rhythm chords. In the solo at 2:28 you can hear Perry’s rhythm keep going while Rocha solos over it. That’s the difference.
(PS it’s Rocha in the video – I think the original lead guitar part was actually recorded by Shaunna Hall).
Sandra asks…
guitar chords n scales?
i am not new to the electric but i dont know how to use chords and scales, i dont know what they mean when they say this is a say this is a scale often used buy say, toni iommi and its something so simple, that he obviously wont use often literally,(this is a question to any guitarists who understand the concept of scales chords)
ConnieManuel answers:
A chord is generally played by the rhythm guitarist in a rock band, or acoustic band or whatever. There are basically three types of chords:
An open chord – normally beginners start learning these first, almost all of them are played on the first three frets.
A power chord – used mainly in rock and metal, just one shape all over the fretboard.
A barre chord – the hardest chords of all, can be played in any genre really, Jazz guitarists play chords such as Augmented 5ths, Diminished 7ths, 11ths, 13ths etc. Easier chords include the simple major and minor, then 6th, 7th’s, 9′ths and so on.
A scale is normally used by lead guitarists, mostly in rock, metal, blues, jazz etc.
Easy scales include Major, Natural Minor, Major & Minor Pentatonic, Blues scale, Harmonic Minor. Then more difficult scales (mainly used in Jazz) – Dorian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Ionian, Phygrian etc.
Hope this helped.
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