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Grammar, punctuation and clarification by renaming strings per standard convention. Clarified that c4 b5 etc. reference the piano note.
Rockin Cowboy
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guitar begginer level

I have been playing guitar for a few years and lately I have been studying some music theory. So what is the difference between playing the bmaj chord with the root note in the fifth string (A string) second fret, with root note in the sixth string (Low E string) 7th fret and with the root note in the fifth string 14th position (octave higher than first version). The notes for each chord are

  1. b3, f4#, b4, d5#, f5#

  2. b3, f4#, b4, d5#, f5# and b5

  3. b4, f5#, b5, d6#, f6#

they all have the b note but the second one has a b5 note extra and the third one has the notes one octave higher. Soooo for example if I play the chords in a unspecified c scale (the c scale stars on the middle c which corresponds to the c4 note on piano) - which version of the b chord should I play? There must be a logical answer for this. It can not just be like its the same if you play it in the 5th fret and in the 14th fret...

The same question would apply to the other chords too. I hope I'm not to confusing.

kevin
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