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Uncle Brad - Posted - 12/01/2013: 07:27:49
I joined the Italian Banjo Guild as recommended by other posts. I found and downloaded their "Tenor Banjo Chords" pdf. Wow...this has every chord known to mankind since the beginning of time. I'm confused, however. Instead of listing all the chords for CGDA tuning, for example, the string tunings appear to change with every chord diagram listed. What am I missing??
G Edward Porgie - Posted - 12/01/2013: 07:33:36
I'd have to see the actual diagram before I could even guess at what may or may not be missing.
banjopa - Posted - 12/01/2013: 07:57:05
If you can post that pdf here, we can take a look and help you out.
bald-lightning - Posted - 12/01/2013: 11:06:45
I think the letters by the string indicate the pitch being played, whether fretted or open. The tuning looks to be CGDA throughout.
G Edward Porgie - Posted - 12/01/2013: 15:46:58
It appears to me that the letters on the left are the pitches of the fretted notes and/or open strings of each chord, not the banjo tuning. The fret number is at the bottom of the diagram. The numbers on the left are the intervals of the scale the chord is a part of. For example, in the Cmaj section, C is listed as 1, E as 3, G as 5. In a "C" scale, C is the root, E is the third, G is the fifth.
To me, they've got a slightly odd and possibly confusing way of diagramming things, and should have had an introductory note as to what they were indicating with their diagram letters and numbers. It might also help if they had suggested some fingerings for these chords. I will say, however, that some knowlege of actual chord construction could be garnered from the information given. There are people who don't know that a Cmaj6 chord is just a C chord with an added A, which on their diagram will show up as an A and also as "6," meaning note number 6 of the C scale.
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