Alternate Chord Voicings/Forms

[John LeQuire]

Does anyone know a good reference for finding tabs/charts for alternate chord voicings? I'm trying to round out my playing by learning some different voicings of some basic chords, but haven't had any luck finding anything yet.

[mitchmaxx]

That is a great question, I would be interested in that as well!!!

[RandyO]

Hey John-
4400 Guitar Chords has been my reference since 1965
and it's still in print. Keep clicking the book and contents
until you get to the chord diagrams. Highly recommended.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0898988381/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-8643338-8794222#reader-page

[CAFeathers]

You might find some info here:


http://www.guitar-masters.com/links.html

[TieDyedDevil]

There are some decent online tools as well:

http://www.michaelhogg.btinternet.co.uk/gce/

http://www.microtools.de/guitarcodex/

[darial]

I've found that aproaching chord voicings by memorizing them out of books is pretty limiting. I think it's more useful to get a piano chord book, sit down and learn the suggested voicings on the keyboard, and then transfer them as moveable voicings to guitar. That way you have a purer aproach to producing the sounds you want rather than just playing what's easy on guitar and you don't sound like every other guitarist with a Mel Bay chord book. If you need a book try the Guitar Grimore chords book though.

[Tom Gross]

I learned a ton from the following book:

Chords and Progressions for Jazz and Popular Guitar (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0825610567/qid=1081280667/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4_xs_books_i4_xgl14/104-0764834-4756714?v=glance&s=books) by Arnie Berle.

I also don't believe in those "44 Million Chords" books. For me, I had to learn a little chord chemistry, then I could learn a particular voicing, and know all of the flavors (Maj, min, 6/9, Maj7b9#5, etc).

[TRandy16]

Believe it or not...get a copy of Mel Bay's "Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords". About $12.95 at your local music store or from the Mel Bay web site ...the link is below.. It's very inclusive.

http://www.melbay.com/product.asp?ProductID=93283S&Heading=Guitar%3A+Chord+Books%2FPlaying+Chord+Prog ressions&category=G41&catID=57&head1=Guitar&head2=Guitar%3A+Study+Books+%26+Method+Supplements&sub=1&sub1=44&mode=browse

[Jo]

I Like "Understanding Chord Progressions for Guitar (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0825614880/qid=1081987945/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10/104-3755467-5887937?v=glance&s=books)" and it's only $7.00

[Tom Gross]

I Like "Understanding Chord Progressions for Guitar (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0825614880/qid=1081987945/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10/104-3755467-5887937?v=glance&s=books)" and it's only $7.00Yeah, I've seen this one too, it looks real good (and the right price!)

Regardless, the idea to me is to find something that helps undersatnd how the chords are put together in a practical way, so you can find voicings on the fly. I just can't memorize.
If I can learn 5 or 6 forms, and know where the 1, 3, 5, & 7 are, I then know about 1000 chords.