Rabs Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 It seems endless the amount of chords there are too choose from. I once was looking for something different and bought a book of Jazz chords and there must be about 70 pages of them. I know alot are just variations etc but still it just shows how much there is to know. Check this PDF http://www.tabguitarlessons.com/downloadchords.cgi/ultimate-guitar-chords.pdf Also theres lots of online chord finders like this http://chordfind.com/ And check how much there is on Jazz chords http://www.jazzguitar.be/jazz_guitar_chords.html Ive also seen a few mobile apps like this.. I think its cool that this amount of info is available to players today without having to buy piles of books.. Helps in our never ending search for that right sound :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 "Guitar chords.. just how many are there " 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Bone Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 1. No, 4. No, 5. Is this a trick question? (Guess that would be 3 then ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Excellent links Rabs.........Very cool "Jazz Lesson" link.....Two months ago I went searching for free online 'lesson' type links, and didn't find much for free..........Thanks very much........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 Excellent links Rabs.........Very cool "Jazz Lesson" link.....Two months ago I went searching for free online 'lesson' type links, and didn't find much for free..........Thanks very much........... No worries.. and GOOD LUCK :) Some of those Jazz chords make my hands hurt just looking at them.. Is that what they mean by Jazz Hands?? :P :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 haha this whole thread now reminds me of this (an old UK sketch show) Grreeeattttt! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyMoon Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 How many chords?.....allot! B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Endless! There's chords that haven't been invented yet, I'm sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 In the covers band I play drums, there are two professional guitarists with graduation of the classical Richard Strauss Conservatory, Munich. They told me, and showed me many years ago that they have to know and be able to fret 479 chords by heart. They added that there are much more in jazz music. I try to get by with about 30 to 40, and additional transposing via barre, of course. In my creative quartet I play guitar, the other guitarist knows and plays a fair multiple, and I guess I never will be able to keep up with him. But when I am composing songs, I sometimes design chords that my perfect pitch calls for although I never knew them before. They occasionally appear to be unknown to my pal, too. So everybody may go and create to meet one's own taste, delight, and expression I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 In the covers band I play drums, there are two professional guitarists with graduation of the classical Richard Strauss Conservatory, Munich. They told me, and showed me many years ago that they have to know and be able to fret 479 chords by heart. They added that there are much more in jazz music. I try to get by with about 30 to 40, and additional transposing via barre, of course. In my creative quartet I play guitar, the other guitarist knows and plays a fair multiple, and I guess I never will be able to keep up with him. But when I am composing songs, I sometimes design chords that my perfect pitch calls for although I never knew them before. They occasionally appear to be unknown to my pal, too. So everybody may go and create to meet one's own taste, delight, and expression I believe. WOW nice info there man.. cheers for sharing that I probably can only name about 15 or so chords, but know how to play more, maybe about 40 or 50 like you (around that sort of figure anyway), I just dont know what they are all called as I usually play by ear (with a little tab help from time to time) :unsure: :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 I once seen a chord book with 20000+ chords but the one I have is 12000+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxom Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 "Guitar chords.. just how many are there " 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Forgot to mention before that my guitar pal is high class chess league player. Perhaps chords and lines appear like positions and moves to him On the other hand, he is playing guitar a little too chess-like. No chess match seems to be like the other, and so he doesn't play any song twice the same way. This may seem interesting sometimes when working on arrangements, but playing accomplished songs depends on a certain amount of reproduceability. He often may be in too much trouble to decide which of the countless suitable chords he should play... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Johnny Cash said, theres no money past the 5th fret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Johnny Cash said, theres no money past the 5th fret. The Man in Black himself. Can't be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Johnny Cash said, theres no money past the 5th fret. This is puzzling me a bit. I always thought that this saying originally comes from Tommy Tedesco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 A chord is a set of 2 or more notes that make a harmonic quality, so 2 x 6 strings = 12. Then 12 seperate tones per string combining with the 12 tones of another string = 144 x 6 strings = 864. Add in a third note per strings = 2592 x 12 = 31,104 x 6 string = 186,624. Add a 4th note...etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 A chord is a set of 2 or more notes that make a harmonic quality, so 2 x 6 strings = 12. Then 12 seperate tones per string combining with the 12 tones of another string = 144 x 6 strings = 864. Add in a third note per strings = 2592 x 12 = 31,104 x 6 string = 186,624. Add a 4th note...etc There are certain restrictions due to the frets one may reach using just one hand. Additionally, in classical music's definition, any chord consists of at least three notes of different chroma regardless of octave, i. e. two or more octave notes are counted as one note only. So I believe the 479 chords I posted above would have to result probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 I know 5...(but don't use 2 of them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazerface Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Check out guitar george, he knows all the chords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 This thread could go on forever, and be much more interesting and informative than the "song association" thread. OK, here's my take (from a late-middle-aged jazzer): My answer is............27 The question as posted in the title is "...how many CHORDS", not how many fingerings. Therefore, a "cowboy chord" G and a barre chord G are one chord... a "G". Also, in jazz chords, the root note only defines where the chord is played, not how the chord is played. So for example, an Am7 and a Gm7 are the same chord, a "m7", just played in a different place on the neck. According to "Mel Bay's Deluxe Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords" there are 27 standard chord extensions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepaddict Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Check out guitar george, he knows all the chords Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Wise words I heard somewhere.... A Country Musician plays 3 chords to 10,000 people A Jazz Musician plays 10,000 chords to 3 people.... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 There are certain restrictions due to the frets one may reach using just one hand. Additionally, in classical music's definition, any chord consists of at least three notes of different chroma regardless of octave, i. e. two or more octave notes are counted as one note only. So I believe the 479 chords I posted above would have to result probably. Not "achording" to Wikipedia What is a chord? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Bone Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Not "achording" to Wikipedia What is a chord? Regardless of the Wiki (which I like and use often on many topics), they are counting "power chords", which in traditional music are not a true chord. A Chord traditionally is a "Triad", consisting of 3 (different) notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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