Re: guitar chords

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On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 18:14 +1100, Charles Web wrote:
> If you wanted to convert the actual notes of a guitar chord to the=20
> corresponding
> notes then you could consult a guitar chord chart to work out the notes o=
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> each of the six strings.
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> For example.  The C chord consists of the notes C E G but a guitar chord=20
> will have
> duplicated notes, for example   e  c e g c e so you have the E note=20
> repeated but
> at different octaves.

Yah, that sounds like what I need (unless someone has done it already).
Where can I find a guitar chord chart?

> Understanding chords  firstly requires you know the notes of each scale
> then how a chord is constructed.
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> A major chord uses the 1st 3rd and 5th note of a scale.
> So for C major,  the notes are C D E F G A B C'  (the C is an ocatve=20
> above the first)...

Hrm, but that's a piano chord, right?  I mean, guitar chords and piano
chords are different, no?

> Perhaps you could elaborate on what you are trying to achieve?
> For example, given a chord you may want to play the notes in an arpeggio
> or fingerpicking pattern.

Well, someone else mentioned Musical Midi Accompianment.  I tried it
out.  I found MMA's groove FolkArticulated more than adequate for my
needs, in terms of musical quality.  However, it seems like MMA only
knows about piano chords, not guitar chords.  Is this a correct
assessment?

To give you some idea of what I'm trying to do, I have about 100 songs
formatted informally in ASCII with guitar chords.  I want to turn these
into MIDI.  The quality of the MIDI isn't all that important as long as
it sounds roughly correct.

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