CHORDS – Open position Am and C chord voicings As a guitar player you will need to know not only a lot of chords, but also how to embellish them. Guitarists need a large vocabulary ofchords in their arsenal to really spice up what they play. I also found it helps with song writing as new chords or embellishments, canalso be a springboard to new melody lines and song ideas. There are many different voicings for a particular chord and a few areoutlined below. Study these chords and keep expanding your guitar chord vocabulary, as you will find it indispensable. isten to eachchord carefully as they all have their own specific !color" and !texture". Try substituting the below chords in your progressions. #nowingnew voicings will breathe new life and interest into a tired and old sounding progression. Incorporate these chords into your dailypractice regimen, and expand on them further. $nce you learn them you will find yourself utili%ing them over and over again in a myriadof different playing scenarios. &'($)*

Chord Voicings – Am open position

  Am Am7 Asus2 Asus4 Am9

 

+ - / + - / + / - + / - 0 / -

Am9 Am(add2 Am!! Am!! Am!" 

/ - 0 + / 0 - / - / - /

Chord Voicings – C open position

  C C ma#7 Cadd2 Cadd4 C$

 + - / + - + - 0 + 0 / + 0 - /

Csus2add%4 C$&9 Cadd9 C9 C(with added high G1

 + - + / - / + - / 0 + - / - / 0

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