Topic: guitar chords

hello everyone 73yr old here again.
what i would like to know is i have learnt about 15 chords and i can play a few tunes all the chords are at the top of the neck yet when i watch bands on the televison they all seem to play in the middle of the neck why is this and what are they playing is it more chords that i have yet to learn.
hope all this makes sence.

regards.

dalesman

Re: guitar chords

hi dalesman to answer your question yes there are quite a few chords some are inversions or octaves of the chords you have already played the easiest way to understand is that there are three positions for guitar scales or chords on a guitars neck it has only 3 1/2 octaves that are reachable unlike a piano which has at least 5 if you learn a F major or minor bar chord this can be moved up the neck the same as a C7 or a Bb major or minor. a guitar neck is divided into frets each is a half step higher starting with the first these steps are called intervals as an example if you play a bar F on the first fret the same shape chord 2 frets up is a G understanding scales is the fastest way to understanding what the chords are up and down the neck scales are the basis for a chords construction if you learn what scales are you can make any chord anywhere on the guitar and like any instrument its a never ending quest for knowledge. smile

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Re: guitar chords

hi russell
many thanks for your answer were would i go to find out about these chords.
regards

dalesman

Re: guitar chords

On the top of the webpage there are some tabs, click on Resources, it will then show a bunch of links.  Click on Large Guitar Chord Chart.  All the chords will be shown, then click on any chord and all the alternatives will show.  The only thing missing is which finger goes on which string.  Also on the Resource tab there is Other Guitar Sites.  I have found chordbook.com to be helpful for alternative chord fingerings.

Re: guitar chords

icecubetray.

many thanks for your answer i will certianly follow this up.

kindest regards

dalesman

Re: guitar chords

dalesman there is a free program you can download that is really invaluable for guitar it features just about every chord imaginable and scales plus it also has a tone feature you can set to whatever instrument you want and its totally free its called Guitar Alchemist check it out smile

dalesman wrote:

icecubetray.

many thanks for your answer i will certianly follow this up.

kindest regards

dalesman

"Growing old is not for sissies"