Hi chaps,
I'm slightly curious about the G chord on the Baroque Guitar. Sources like the
Alfabeto seem to indicate it should be played 20033, but is there any reason
why this is preferred over 20003?
Thanks!
Edward Chrysogonus Yong
ky...@pacific.net.sg
To get on or off this list see
On 9 September 2012 19:03, Edward Chrysogonus Yong ky...@pacific.net.sg wrote:
Hi chaps,
I'm slightly curious about the G chord on the Baroque Guitar. Sources like
the Alfabeto seem to indicate it should be played 20033, but is there any
reason why this is preferred over 20003?
Like the
I am not a chap but I think I can answer your question. The earliest
sources of alfabeto - Montesardo and the
Cancionero Bezon give the version of
chord A = G major with the 2nd course open.
The reason for this is because on the 4-course guitar
the 3rd of the chord had to be on the 2nd
I don't think that doubling the 3rd is an issue or that what people learn in
their harmony lessons today is particularly relevant. I doubt whether
guitarists at the beginning of the 17th century thought in those terms.
In any case Chord B - the C major chord has the 3rd doubled and so does
On 9 September 2012 23:08, Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
I don't think that doubling the 3rd is an issue or that what people learn in
their harmony lessons today is particularly relevant. I doubt whether
guitarists at the beginning of the 17th century thought in those terms.
My ears have no problem with doubling the 3rd. As I pointed out Chords
B, and N all have the major 3rd doubled. And the consonant form of chord
L has the minor 3rd doubled. That doesn't seem to have bothered guitarists
in the 17th century and it shouldn't bother you today either.
I
