guitar on a piano midi? 6 strings

[Rapper's Friend]

True, it's MIDI data being interpreted by a midi editor. You sure do get anal over semantics, bandcoach lol.

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About your edit, I have played all those notations (not well since I'm not that great of a guitarist) on guitar, except for the C#major. The first note on that should be moved down from G# to F. I don't get why you added a 7th string on one of the chords. About the inversions, that's just your opinion. Besides, when playing a chord, you usually don't hit ALL the strings ALL the time. And I'm really confused about the green. Of course it's playable, they are all playable, so they should all be green (except the first note on the C#major). Some chords are harder to play than others and of course there are several different ways of playing the same chords.

 

[bandcoach]

About your edit, I have played all those notations (not well since I'm not that great of a guitarist) on guitar, except for the C#major. The first note on that should be moved down from G# to F.

So you accept that it is not possible to play it.

I don't get why you added a 7th string on one of the chords.

Because any note in red is automatically not being played !?!?!!!!!

About the inversions, that's just your opinion.

Whilst it is my opinion, it is based on over 35 years of teaching and playing guitar - I offer this advice carefully and after long consideration - go have some lessons from a classical guitar teacher and learn what it is to play guitar rather than being a guy who can maybe play a few chords poorly.

Besides, when playing a chord, you usually don't hit ALL the strings ALL the time.

Perhaps, perhaps not. But when you offer advice like "these are the chords in "piano roll" format" - someone who is not familiar with guitar playing at that level may take it to mean that those notes appear all the time.

Having the fifth of a chord in the bass is a long held idea in moving towards finality - it is not my idea but one that stems back over 400 years. It's use in passing is understood well also. Playing chords on the guitar with the 5th in the bass is fine if you are trying to play power chords for metal but if playing acoustic guitar, they are more likely to chords with the root in the bass or the 3rd in the bass. Sometimes we have passing movement where we have the 7th in the bass (Mr BoJangles, Stairway to Heaven, Masqerade, Something, etc.) moving to the 6th and the 5th. When you understand how chords are put together and how you can voice them on guitar you don't say things like you always have the 5th in bass, which is what you imply with your response.

And I'm really confused about the green. Of course it's playable, they are all playable, so they should all be green (except the first note on the C#major). Some chords are harder to play than others and of course there are several different ways of playing the same chords.

The green is meant to highlight that it is barely playable, not just that it is playable, the notes that were untouched are deemed to be playable by default, but you obviously have a hard time understanding both graphic and textual information.

 

[Rapper's Friend]

Well like I said, there are several different ways to play chords on guitar. What I posted was only meant as a starting point. Barely playable is debatable; especially your first green note. How is that barely playable??? That's so easy to play! XD

 

[bandcoach]

Well like I said, there are several different ways to play chords on guitar. What I posted was only meant as a starting point. Barely playable is debatable; especially your first green note. How is that barely playable??? That's so easy to play! XD

Fair enough on the first one, however the Eb (1st fret D string) is a little more tricky, more because of the fact that is played with the first finger and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers are pushed into service to play the "D" shape.

However, as I said earlier in this thread, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. You again epitomise this saying to the letter. You know enough to share some insights with other beginners, but you really do not understand the depth of the topic which is chording on guitar period.

 

[Rapper's Friend]

Well, the way I see it is if it's not hard to me, then it shouldn't be considered hard. Yes, the second green note a much harder to play, but I can still play it without too much difficulty. Of course, difficulty is highly subjective. I'm not a guitar expert, but I haven't shared outside of my range of knowledge. Now, you would probably be right if I were trying to explain some really intricate, complicated guitar riffs. But what I shared is really simple and well within my knowledge. I don't have to be a guitar expert to share guitar basics.