Chord Of The Week 19/7/14 - open-position unison shapes!

bigjon

Are unison shapes, where you play the same note on two different strings at once, chords? I don't know, but for the purposes of qualifying for this discussion, they are!

If you were Allan Holdsworth magically expanded to 10x size, you play the top E note on all 6 strings!

Enote: 24 19 12 9 5 0 (could also play a 5th fret natural harmonic on the 6th string)

And similarly for the other 4 open strings where unison notes are possible:

Bnote: 19 12 9 4 0 x

Gnote: 15 10 5 0 x x

Dnote: 10 5 0 x x x

Anote: 5 0 x x x x

More useful than you might think, especially when you want to avoid taking up too much harmonic space. Or think of 'Weather With You' by Crowded House

bigjon

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bigjon

This is the 50th Chord Of The Week discussion! [raises bat and acknowledges the applause from the pavilion]