Open chord

Open chord
G major chord for guitar (open).
An A major chord for guitar (barre).
Violoncello chord on C About this sound Play . Bottom two strings are open.

In music, especially guitar, an open chord (open-position chord) is a chord that is not fingered and fretted, the opposite of a barre chord, the strings of which ring, or sound, freely and fully.

'Cowboy' chord on C About this sound Play [1].
Partial 'cowboy' chord on C About this sound Play [1] (diminished chord).

In music, cowboy chord refers to open chords, chords with one or more open strings played within the first few frets, for example G major[2]. See voicing (music). Angus Young of AC/DC is particularly well known for his use of open-position chords[3].

The following sus and seventh chords (dominant and minor seventh) are also examples[4]:

  • Dsus4:[XX0233]
  • Dsus2:[XX0230]
  • Asus4:[X02230]
  • Asus2:[X02200]
  • Gsus4:[3X0013]
  • D7: [XX0212]
  • A7: [X02020]
  • G7: [320001]
  • E7: [020100]
  • B7: [X21202]
  • Em7: [0200(3)0], note: "(3)" is optional, may be 0 for an Em chord
  • Am7: [X0201(3)]
  • Dm7: [XX0211]
  • Bm7: [X20202]

The 'cowboy' chord is the dominant seventh chord fretted on the guitar[1]. If C7 the chord is played on the eighth fret.

See also: first position[5].

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Jacobs, Sid (2004). Mel Bay's The Changes Guide Tones for Jazz Chords, Line & Comping for Guitar, p.34. ISBN 0786672110.
  2. ^ Koch, Greg (2004). Hal Leonard Country Guitar Method, p.6. ISBN 0634039490.
  3. ^ Newquist and Maloof (2004). The Hard Rock Masters: The Way They Play, p.25. ISBN 0879308133.
  4. ^ Koch (2004), p.32.
  5. ^ Koch (2004), p.9.

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