Double Chords?

hi respod,
A split chord such as the one you mentioned( C/G) is a C chord with an added G bass note.

On a piano the C chord would be played with the right hand and the G bass note would be played with left hand.

On the guitar you'd play it like this (332010). There are other ways to play this but this is most common way.

Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L

at the same time, strummed or finger picked

I have played a 3/4 country beat like that (My Heroes have always been Cowboys), bass first and then the chord.  I am also going to try Russell's version and see how it sounds.  Might be a new hidden sound for me.

respod heres a link to a "few to many" on youtube see if you like the feel of it there are a few changes but zurf is right I have the song in the songwriting secton with all the chords this is youtubes link   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2QN85sL … annel_page
this is the link to the chords on chordie all done in chopro they can be printed if you care to
http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=7197

Russel:

Listened to you song on YouTube.  Very nice. Great feeling.  I do have to agree with Zurf on the "B' chord.  Those Barr chords are going to be my nemsis.

D/G ? are you sure its not a D/F#

A Chet Atkins Type song is fingerpicking as is Merle Travis,Leo Kottke,James Taylor ect..and alternating bass notes is part of fingerpicking thats why I said strummed or fingerpicked at the same time because even if your fingerpicking one of the "bouncing"notes has to fall on the first and third beats of the bar

You know, I wonder if I can do that and use the ring finger to just give some added pressure to the pinky the way I use my middle finger to give my index finger some extra pressure on an F#m.  Strength is what I lack.  And also flexibility and talent.  And determination.  But with strength, talent, flexibility, and determination, I'm sure that I could play a B.  In the meanwhile, B7 is an open chord and easy to get to...

I've been trying to relearn the A using the ring, middle, pinky (yes, out of order) instead of the middle, index, ring (again, I know its out of order but for some reason crossing the fingers makes it easier to get to the strings for me) so that I can get a B by playing an A up further and using the index to barre.  It's not easy to relearn something like that.  That's where the strength, talent, flexibility, and determination come in. 

- Zurf

Thanks for the laugh Zurf and by the way try playing a A chord (2nd fret open A) with your fingers this way 1st finger on the 3rd string 2nd fret 2nd finger on the 4th string 2nd fret and the 3rd finger on the 2nd string 2nd fret just for the heck of it

That's how I do A.  It crosses the fingers, but it's easier.  What I'm thinking is to do the same cross, but use the middle, ring, and pinky instead of the index, middle, ring.  That way my index finger would be freed up either for doing a barre and getting to a B (unlikely as that may seem) or for waggling at some naughty person in the circle. 

To get back on topic, doing this would make it easier to do an A/D chord as well, assuming I ever wanted to play an A/D chord.

- Zurf

My dad plays and he has a broken tendon from a childhood accident that prevents him from bending his middle finger on his strumming hand.  Sadly enough he was not allowed to play in Church ;-)