Timeline for Chord construction on guitar
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| Dec 14, 2018 at 17:01 | comment | added | coconochao | In general, when there is an inversion, there would be an indication, for example, C/E. So I think it is reasonable to assume, by looking at a C chord, that it is not inverted, if you are playing the bass. You can, of course, not care about the bass, for example when playing in a higher register. | |
| Dec 14, 2018 at 16:57 | history | edited | Michael Curtis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 14, 2018 at 16:20 | comment | added | Michael Curtis |
As a broad generalization pop/rock/folk guitar open and barre chords are normally played in root position. If there is an inversion the bass instrument would provide that E tone while the guitar might play a root position chord. Another reason the low E isn't played with an open C chord - and similar to not playing the low strings for open A and D - is chords can sound muddy in the low range, especially with inverted chords. If you play E G C in a high range like XXX988 the E in the bass and the inverted chord sounds just fine.
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| Dec 14, 2018 at 15:54 | comment | added | penguin99 | But don't we mute the low E string while playing a chord just because the lowest note of a chord voicing wants to be the root or the 5th? I saw this answer ^ on quora when I was looking up why the low E string is muted. Using this I made the assumption that the root note is the lowest frequency | |
| Dec 14, 2018 at 15:40 | history | answered | Michael Curtis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |