I have found this site very interesting.. and i have added it to my favourites list. I have a problem : I CANT PLAY CHORDS... I CANT READ 'EM pleaaasse help me out.. the funny thing is tht i know how to do tabs, in fact i know to tab extremely beautifully (thank god!!).. but when it comes to shords, i am a fool. pls help me yaar.. i'm searching day in and night out for sumone to help me. please please please please please please help. i dunno how to read chords... u just give some alphabets alongwith A LOT OF lines, i get mad when i see them, coz i dont understand them.. but i can understand the way you write tabs this way : E------------1-0--------------- B-1-1-3-1--------------------- G------------------------------- D------------------------------- A------------------------------- E------------------------------- (this is the first line of happy bday) i would be very very very very very grateful to anyone who helps me PUHLEEEEEEEAAAAASE
of course we can help ... the thing is i dont know if you need help READING the chords or UNDERSTANDING them ... but you siad you cant play them and cant read them .. i can tell you how to read them tho .. first you should know that there are diff types of chords (chords=two or more notes played at the same time) .. majors, minors, diminished, suspended, 7th's, 5th's, combination of these etc etc ... (oriental, power and harmonic etc as well) i will give ya a small intro to majors now and i do recommend that you search this website and do look for ALOT of tutorials already posted on IGT. majors(open) are ... A,C,D,E,F and G .... there is still some confusion with open B major chord. . but i have been tooo lazy to clear that up i am sure some pro will drop in sooner or later to help me and you out on Bmajor(open) anyway the chords in tab format: Amajor .. Ex B2 G2 D2 A0 EX Cmajor E0 B1 G0 D2 A3 Ex Dmajor E2 B3 G2 D0 Ax Ex Emajor E0 B0 G1 D2 A2 E0 Fmajor E1 B1 G2 D3 Ax Ex Gmajor E3 B3 G0 D0 A2 E3 x=mute 0=open string #=fret just read the tab ... fret the chord and play all the notes at the same time ... questions? post em here ..
