Guitar How-To

Three-note chords are commonly used by jazz guitar players but anyone can benefit from learning the technique and listening to the resulting chords. Playing three-note chords can be a little difficult when you first try it but after a little practice you’ll easily get the hang of damping the strings between the ones you want to play.

e———-0————|

B——–2————–|

G——0—————-|

D—-2——————|

A–0——————–|

E———————–|

If we take the open A7 chord as an example, the sixth string is not played, the chord is made up of the open A string, E on the second fret of the fourth string, the open G string, C# at the second fret of the second string and the open top E string. You can just play the A, E and C# by damping the G string with the finger you are using to play the E note. Just make a small adjustment so that the finger fretting the E note is up against the G string.

The trick to playing three-note chords is the art of changing the fingers to fret notes AND damp strings. The video illustrates how to dampen strings to achieve a better sound when strumming chords . . .

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