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Merry Christmas to All,

I noticed MKM missed Boxing Day the 26th but we have to cut her some slack

Tops, here's a cocktail that I tried out on my wife last night, she had 3 and wobbled off to bed. I think Old Doll may have pointed this sight out .

Kinda like Christmas in your mouth but after about six of em they get kinda sweet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12KIj-uqJ4E

Howdy and welcome,

I play this song in the key of G  and  you will have a Em. You can transpose it to G by going to the right side of the screen and where it says transpose go +5 will get you to G from D.  I transpose it to G to fit my voice you may have to use a capo and find the right key for your voice.

The part where it goes      (Em )  Begin to cry when you said  (C )  good  (B ) by  D   

From the Em   I  hit a single note  C on the  3rd fret  of the 5th string  then to the 2nd fret of the  5th string for the B note then

hit the fourth string open that is your open D note and then strum through for a D chord

Yes you are right , a chord is simply two or more tones struck simultaneously. But I was just trying to show in the simplest way I knew of showing how a C major chord was related to the C major scale and how chord progressions work and I know it all gets back to the circle of fifths and now my head hurts

I don't use a calculator, I usually use my fingers

I have played with several people that have a cheat sheet stuck on top of their guitar or dobro

C F G

G C D

A D E

D A G

E A B

These are 1,4 5  Chord progressions, and if someone says 1,4,5 in the key of D  they don't have to think about

Al,

If you are playing a C F G progression in the first position and I was to play along with you I might throw my capo on the fifth fret and play a G C D shape chord progression and we would sound great together as long as we were in time and on the beat.

Don't know if that answers your question or not. But you would be in the key of C and I would also.

I would be going 5 steps up with the capo  From G to C

I disagree Amy,

The F chord that you refer to, that is an open chord is just another chord voicing as pointed out by our Theory expert Jerome.
I believe where the cheater term come in, some instructors say you can cheat and use a Fmaj7 instead of the F chord that frets the first and second string together. The Fmaj7 leaves the first string open and is a easier chord to play for beginners and fits in some songs ok.

Ok , my rant is over

OOps  i guess not , IT IS NOT A CHEATER F   !!!

There now I'm ok 

Russell,

I listened on both my computers with my headphones on and it is not tinny, one computer the bass is a little heavy the first minute in and the other one is about right.
Very nice guitar work here Russ, I am impressed , just a darned good job on the mix

It seems the bass being  transfered and converted through cyber space is a weird recurring thing. I know just having recordings from audacity to my media player is a different sound.

Anyway Nice One Russ !

That was a good one Amy !  I woulda missed that one   but Geo didn't

If i get too opinionated let me know also 

Almost as good as Pix   "Cowboy Chords" 

It sucks having "Barre Chord Masters look down us Cowboys and Cowgirls"   

Sounds like you are doing very well to me

1. What are your goals ?  Singer Songwriter, lead player, session musician, or just play and have fun jammin

2. If you watch good bluegrass player you will see very few if any barre chords

3. If you are gonna play rock, blues and lots of alt music Barre Chords are a must

4. I have had instruction from one of the best pickers I have ever seen and he uses mostly forms of chords all up and down the neck with very few barre chords he uses the movable shapes of a open B-7 chord  Dm  and C7 alot up and down the neck with few barre chords.

5. I guess, what I am saying there are lots of different ways to play and sound very good, I wouldn't stress out over barre chords, they will come , just keep practicing on them. Just don't spend all your time on them. Playing along with backing tracks or songs you like is one of the most important things that is overlooked. It will become automatic playing along and you won't have to count to the chord changes you will know where they are.

6   Have fun and don't be too hard on yourself