When fingering chords like this

[HGS]

G-----------
D-3-5-7-9-
A-1-3-5-7-
E-----------

Which fingers do you use?

[grifff]

What?

Are those numbers referring to intervals, frets or something else?

EDIT: Do you mean power chords?

[MRDOOM]

Unless im very high up on the fretboard, I usually play chords made up by a root and a fifth with my index and pinky

[Thunder Pulse]

There's no correct way of doing it. We all have different size hands. Just do whatever works best for you.

[Orangeclawhamme]

One of my friends showed me how to play a "chord" with the root on the E string and the octive of the third on the G string. I haven't figured out which are the best fingers for me to use, but I love the sound.

[Minotauros]

Originally Posted by grifff

frets
EDIT: Do you mean power chords?

I'd take it as frets. Fret 1 on the A string, fret 3 on the D string. They are also power chords: A#5, C5, D5, E5, root and 3rd. Though whether he realizes that or not only he can answer that.

Originally Posted by Thunder Pulse

There's no correct way of doing it. We all have different size hands. Just do whatever works best for you.

^This. On guitar I can use index and ring; on bass I need to use index and pinky. I have normal size hands, but short fingers.

[natw42]

Originally Posted by Orangeclawhamme

One of my friends showed me how to play a "chord" with the root on the E string and the octive of the third on the G string. I haven't figured out which are the best fingers for me to use, but I love the sound.

These are tenths (they're an interval, not a chord)....I love using em to end a song or to fill up space during a quieter part of a song.
I personally use my index on the lower note and my middle for the upper note.
Sometimes I cheat and use my thumb for the low note tho....

[TheBasicBassist]

Originally Posted by natw42

These are tenths (they're an interval, not a chord)....I love using em to end a song or to fill up space during a quieter part of a song.
I personally use my index on the lower note and my middle for the upper note.
Sometimes I cheat and use my thumb for the low note tho....

They are in fact chords, they're called dyads: chords made up of two notes.

[LowDown Hal]

Originally Posted by TheBasicBassist

They are in fact chords, they're called dyads: notes made up of two chords.

??? notes made up of two chords ???

[TheBasicBassist]

Originally Posted by LowDown Hal

??? notes made up of two chords ???

Fixed..
It's still a little early over here and I didn't get too much sleep.

[St Drogo]

Hehehe... "fingering"...

[Barry Clark]

I am guessing those are R-5 bitonal chords.

I try to use index ring in those scenarios but I will honestly use what ever is more immediately at hand and that could be mean middle and pinky or ring and pinky too.

[natw42]

Originally Posted by TheBasicBassist

They are in fact chords, they're called dyads: chords made up of two notes.

sonuvagun....
was always taught that 2 notes are intervals, 3+ notes are chords. It kind of seems it could be looked at either way:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyad_%28music%29
and at the same time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_%28music%29



Not sure about that one. Can we get any kind of clarification on this? Which intervals can be considered chords? It only cites a fifth as being a dyad in the wiki article.

[KimblesNimble]

two notes together is a chord, regardless if it lacks a 5th, 7th, 3rd etc. i.e shell voicings. and
`I am guessing those are R-5 bitonal chords`

Never heard that term I think it means the same thing.

[Febs]

Originally Posted by KimblesNimble

two notes together is a chord, regardless if it lacks a 5th, 7th, 3rd etc. i.e shell voicings.

In my experience, the term "shell voicing" is usually used to refer to a chord containing the root, 3rd and 7th.

[Minotauros]

And then there's this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_chord

[KimblesNimble]

Originally Posted by Febs

In my experience, the term "shell voicing" is usually used to refer to a chord containing the root, 3rd and 7th.

sorry that's what I meant but it did not come out that way, but using only 3rd and 7ths usually - two notes.

[natw42]

Originally Posted by Minotauros

And then there's this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_chord

adding to the confusion, taken from this article:

"Theorists are divided on whether a power chord can be considered a chord in the traditional sense, with some requiring a 'chord' to contain a minimum of three degrees of the scale."

Not that wikipedia is the be-all end-all authority on anything.

[Minotauros]

Originally Posted by natw42

adding to the confusion, taken from this article:

"Theorists are divided on whether a power chord can be considered a chord in the traditional sense, with some requiring a 'chord' to contain a minimum of three degrees of the scale."

Not that wikipedia is the be-all end-all authority on anything.

True, on both counts.

[whispering] psst... I figured it would throw in more confusion... shhh...

[ric stave]

Playing 2 notes at the same time is also called 'double stops'... but that's more a technique term than a theory one.