magicspeller
Well-known member
Hi,
I've seen this several times in fingerpicking classes and have always been frustrated because nobody ever explains this. For example, today we were picking just the top three strings (not the first A string). The instructor said to press the third fret on the second string (not the first string, which we've been taught gives the basic C chord), and said, "That's a C chord." (Hope I'm remembering this right.) Next, he said to press the fifth fret on the fourth string, and that "That's a C chord, too." HOW ARE THESE C CHORDS?
I assume that part of the explanation for this is that we're not including the A string in our picking. If we were, we would get a 6th chord. However, when I look at the strings we ARE picking (hope I'm doing this right):
In the first case, I get GCG.
In the second, I get CCE.
In other words, either the E note (in the first case) or the G note (in the second case) is missing from a C chord. Again, how can we call these C chords?
I've seen this several times in fingerpicking classes and have always been frustrated because nobody ever explains this. For example, today we were picking just the top three strings (not the first A string). The instructor said to press the third fret on the second string (not the first string, which we've been taught gives the basic C chord), and said, "That's a C chord." (Hope I'm remembering this right.) Next, he said to press the fifth fret on the fourth string, and that "That's a C chord, too." HOW ARE THESE C CHORDS?
I assume that part of the explanation for this is that we're not including the A string in our picking. If we were, we would get a 6th chord. However, when I look at the strings we ARE picking (hope I'm doing this right):
In the first case, I get GCG.
In the second, I get CCE.
In other words, either the E note (in the first case) or the G note (in the second case) is missing from a C chord. Again, how can we call these C chords?