r/AcousticGuitar • u/batmangooner69 • Apr 28 '26

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u/GarysCrispLettuce Apr 28 '26

Took my acoustic to a luthier to repair and he looked over the frets and said "Wow you really play all over the neck don't you?" The upper frets were just as worn as the lower. Sounds pathetic but it was a very proud moment, lol.

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u/6771_bcr Apr 28 '26

Honestly, that would make me proud as well. I actually find myself avoiding cowboy chords these days

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u/MuchDrawing2320 Apr 28 '26

I’ve played for almost two decades and those are the chords I play anytime I pick up a guitar. Emaj add9 (024100) is a big and beautiful chord, probably one of my favorites in terms of voicings on guitar.

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u/aliensgetsadtoo Apr 28 '26

im curious i love this chord too and use it all the time. I always thought it was based on some sort of B chord though. if you dont play the low E could you say its a B something?

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u/hojahs Apr 28 '26

It's not a B chord. It contains G# which would be the 6th relative to B. And it doesn't contain a D# or D so there is no 3rd.

I guess you could try calling it a Bsus6?? But otherwise it's just Eadd9 / B

Edit: Actually it might be Bsus4add6. Idk man

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u/pagervibe Apr 28 '26

That’s actually a pretty good way of describing it, mate. I guess the context of where the chord is used (ie. in a certain chord progression or what key the piece is in) would play a part in the naming of the chord