Question

ok im wrighting a song with my friend and i dont know if i should do dmajor or c on electric guitar need some advice

Answer 1

Well, see. D is normally lower than C, so I would assume it would be based on the type of song, mood, and genre, as well as your personal preference. I would stick to C, as it is the standard for most music.

Answer 2

ok thank you

Answer 3

Happy to help!

Answer 4

I think it will sound awasome Sissy ^_^ cant wait to hear it when we finish it

Answer 5

@AravindG can u help??

Answer 6

Depends..As Kilorion said it mains is selected on the basis of mood of the song.

Answer 7

i would do c of course depending on the type of song

Answer 8

D Major is NOT LOWER than C... The musical alphabet goes up to G and repeats. Unless you were speaking of drop tunings, I can't think of one Inversion in standard tuning of a D chord that will sound lower than an equivalent C. I'd recommend you learn something called Diatonic Chord Theory. You will learn to play scales and chords by number that will allow you to transpose quickly. That's how you hear chords progression named after I IV V for example..

In short Diatonic Chord Theory: You have seven notes in a major scale. Let's use the key of C for example. C would be 1, D, would be 2, and so on. I don't want to get to complicated, but off of each degree (or note number) of the scale we can play something called a mode. A mode is when we play the scale for example starting on the second note and ending an octave above that. So in stead of play C to C over a cmajor, we could play D to D over a C Major (Look up online how to play and formulate a major scale).

Now the easy part/what you have to do. The first thing I want you to learn is the notes on each fret, on each string. Look up a fretboard notes chart online. How you practice: Say the note out loud -- play the note. Focus on one string at a time for a week or two, and you'll know it forever. The most important strings to learn are E and A (6 and 5) when determining roots and playing chords. I want you to learn them all, but once you get down 6 and 5, get back to me.

Next Let's go through an example of the diatonic chords in C Major. We will have to use bar chords. Know that an E major form bar chord on the E string (6-top) represents a major chord (wherever you move it to). (This is where knowing the note names helps you). And an E min form bar chord will represent a minor chord like above.

That's as much as I want to tell you for now. Practice the say it play it, and try to learn those two bar chord forms. In a few weeks time when you get, it I'll help you with the rest. A tip for practicing bar chords is to roll your index finger to the left so that the bone make it easier to press down evenly. Make sure when you practice them you can play each string individually and they ring out clearly.

If it hurts.. STOP. Guitar playing is effortless and that comes with practice and rest.

The last thing to mention is how this helps you? Well knowing this you'll be able to play nearly any contemporary music chord progression by number and off the top of your head from seeing familiar patterns in pop music. (That's part of how pro musicians do things quickly by ear)

And doing this the same chord shapes can be moved around to allow you to play in ANY key. You can totally build everything from this core. Even soloing. As the best soloing is outlining chord tones with your ideas/embellishments.

Good Luck,
guitarplayer