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Gospel Instruments => Gospel Guitar => Topic started by: B3Wannabe on September 19, 2004, 04:28:02 PM

Title: Movable or standard chords?
Post by: B3Wannabe on September 19, 2004, 04:28:02 PM

I'm wondering, since I'm just learning, would it be better for me to learn more movable chords first than standard ones?

Title: ...hmmmm
Post by: uriahsmusic on September 19, 2004, 06:07:29 PM

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Title: Movable or standard chords?
Post by: JayP5150 on September 19, 2004, 08:43:50 PM

Your standard chords (also called open chords) are easier to get your fingers used to.  I almost think it's a prerequisite to learning your barre (moveable) chords.

Like, Uriah said, you won't really use them a lot in gospel, but it's good to know as much as possible.  It also just gets you used to the placement of the notes on the neck (but playing bass, you already know that, you just have 2 more strings to work with).