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29/04/2004 9:20 pm
This is an E chord, ok so far-
E--0
B--0
G--1
D--2
A--2
E--0
and to make an E7, all you have to do is play the D string open - but I've also seen an E7 tabbed thus:
E--0
B--3
G--1
D--2
A--2
E--0
so the question is, by adding the D - the 7th note in the scale of E - to the B string, is it necessary to revert back to playing the D string at the 2nd fret or can it be left open? and if so is this a different chord?
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29/04/2004 9:26 pm
Chords are made up of specific scale tones; for E7, the required notes are E-G#-B-D, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and b7th notes of the E major scale.
If you fret the D on both the 2nd and 4th strings, you get this:
0 = E
3 = D
1 = G#
0 = D
2 = B
0 = E
Since you've still got each required tone at least once (and no 'extra' tones), it's still an E7.
There are hundreds of ways to finger individual chords - the differences in the fingerings are called 'voicings'.
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29/04/2004 9:35 pm
Sorry, a gremlin got in there - it should've read "by adding D - the b7th note in the scale of E" - but the little b got lost!
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30/04/2004 3:59 am
Like Noteboat said, an E7 with 2 D's and an E7 with 2 B's are just different voicings of an E7 chord. You can double (or triple) any note in the chord when you play a guitar chord. The root often gets tripled when you play any chord that has its bass note on the 6th string. E.G.F,etc.
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