Do you know what you hardly ever see anymore?? The open "b" chord. It's the most awkward "open" chord to play. For me, 50x more awkward than that "f" bar. (And what i mean by "open" b is 1st string, 2nd fret; then 2nd, 3rd and 4th strings, 4th fret. Mute 5th, 6th strings.) You could reach up there to that 5th string, 2nd fret, to get the "b" bass note, but then it just turns into an open a-shape "b" bar chord. Some acoustic-only musicians i know will pull out that open b every now and again, but itll be only certain songs. You dont see it used much anymore. I doubt younger guitarists are even taught open b. This is a cool video, bro. Im from the U S. Im a guitarist, classically trained. I always wanted to be a music teacher, but it just never happened. Went to school, learned theory, the classical method/jazz, but this and that kinda derailed that endeavor lol. Great video, brother.
Thank you very much for the comments! That's really interesting that you think of that as an open B chord - I just instinctively think of that as a version of the A shape. You're right though, it's kind of its own thing and I think it does show up in classical pieces far more than in rock stuff. Hope you get a chance to give some lessons soon 🙂🤛
Do you know what you hardly ever see anymore?? The open "b" chord. It's the most awkward "open" chord to play. For me, 50x more awkward than that "f" bar. (And what i mean by "open" b is 1st string, 2nd fret; then 2nd, 3rd and 4th strings, 4th fret. Mute 5th, 6th strings.)
You could reach up there to that 5th string, 2nd fret, to get the "b" bass note, but then it just turns into an open a-shape "b" bar chord.
Some acoustic-only musicians i know will pull out that open b every now and again, but itll be only certain songs. You dont see it used much anymore. I doubt younger guitarists are even taught open b.
This is a cool video, bro. Im from the U S. Im a guitarist, classically trained. I always wanted to be a music teacher, but it just never happened. Went to school, learned theory, the classical method/jazz, but this and that kinda derailed that endeavor lol.
Great video, brother.
Thank you very much for the comments! That's really interesting that you think of that as an open B chord - I just instinctively think of that as a version of the A shape. You're right though, it's kind of its own thing and I think it does show up in classical pieces far more than in rock stuff. Hope you get a chance to give some lessons soon 🙂🤛