Moveable open chords (i think it is called)

[leeson]

Hi Neil

Is it possible to do a lesson (and maybe with tabs/chords) about moveable open chords?

I have search the net but it is always barrechords that comes up when searching on the open moveable chords , or something to difficult for me to understand ( i am not that good in english when it comes to music theory)



Cheers Tommy from Norway

[neverfoundthetime]

Greetings from Switzerland Tommy up there in Norway! Interesting first post. Like to go over to the introduce yourself thread to tell us more about yourself. 1st Norwegian member as far as I know. Enjoy yourself here learning and making good friends. No worries about the language: most theory has sounded like Norwegian to most of us until now.

[Lavallee]

Thanks for the welcome "neverfoundthetime".
1st Norwegian one the site , hey cool B)

I will look up the introduce yourself thread and tell a little about my self.

I will be seeing you around, and hope you have a nice evening down there in the swiss alphes

[BigBear]

tjommi wrote:

Hi Neil

Is it possible to do a lesson (and maybe with tabs/chords) about moveable open chords?

I have search the net but it is always barrechords that comes up when searching on the open moveable chords , or something to difficult for me to understand ( i am not that good in english when it comes to music theory)



Cheers Tommy from Norway

Tommy, we're really glad to have you with us! And don't worry, you're English is 1000% better than my Norwegian!!

Cheers!! :cheer:

[haoli25]

Tommy, I think those open moveable chords you are talking about are called "Power Chords". Also known as the shortcut to being a rock n' roll star! :laugh:





Bill

[RicksPick]

Hi Tommy

I use some open chords further up the neck, A shape, D shape, C shape
Just like moving the barre shape up
A shape on the 5th fret becomes a C and so on

Hope I'm helping?

RicksPick

[rcsnydley]

Hi Tommy welcome to the site. Bear is right your English is 1000% better than his Norwegian.

As for movable chords the thing is when you move barre chords the barre becomes the nut so everything stays the same relative to the nut. When you move "open chords" the open strings don't move with you so sometimes they don't sound so good. The thing to do is to experiment with moving the open chords and find what sounds good.

Also, remember that unlike barre chords the names don't move with the chords either. So, for instance, playing an open C chord on the 3rd fret instead of the 1st doesn't make it a D chord because the G (3rd string) and the E (1st string) are open and neither G nor E are part of a D chord. It would be more like a D add9 add13.

Ric

[neverfoundthetime]

Hi Ric

You have understood what i meant.
I will experiment with the "moveable chords with open strings". I think a lot of the open chords sound good just by moving them up the neck, but some places they sound bad.

I am just wondering if it is a formula for this so i can name the chords or i should just go ahead and play what sound good.

[rcsnydley]

Tommy, glad to be of assistance. There is not any formula that I know of, due to the fact that strings are left open.

Just experiment and have fun.

Ric

[Music Junkie]

rcsnydley wrote:

Tommy, glad to be of assistance. There is not any formula that I know of, due to the fact that strings are left open.

Just experiment and have fun.

Ric

Ric:

Good advice. I was told that there is not necessarily a formula for these. They can have some exotic sounding names due to the open strings (like you mentioned above). They can sound really good at times, and really bad at times. A couple of examples of good sounding chords would be to slide the open C Chord up two frets like you talked about and sliding the Fmaj7 Chord up two frets to get the G6 Chord. However, if you move those to varying frets, you get some pretty bad sounding chords too. The key is to move them around and see what you can come up with. A fun little practice is to move them and then try to name them.....

Cheers!

MJ