4-,5-,6-Note Dobro Chords
4-,5-,6-Note Dobro Chords
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(Open G)
(C6 steel)
(Drop E)
(G Minor)
(G add9)
(G High E)
(Open D)
(D6)
(Bb Minor)
(Hawaiian A)
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Chord name or notes:
e.g. names like: F#m7, G, C9, or lists of notes like: F# A C# E
In a list of notes you can mark "color" notes with an asterisk. For example, C E* G Bb* would represent a C7 chord with the E and Bb being color notes.
Available chord types:
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Bar Angles
Straight
The bar contacts all the strings at the same fret.
Forward
The slanted bar contacts the high strings further from the nut with a slope of one fret per string.
Backward
The slanted bar contacts the high strings closer to the nut with a slope of one fret per string.
Dogleg
The dogleg uses the end of a forward-slanted bar to contact the two high strings at the same fret.
Allow pulls
The left hand pulls the 1st or 2nd string sideways behind the bar, raising the pitch by one half-step. The diagram shows this as if the bar was bent.
Barred vs. Open Strings
All notes barred
No open strings.
1 open string
Position the bar so it leaves one picked string open.
2 open strings
Position the bar so it leaves two picked strings open.
3 open strings
Position the bar so it leaves three picked strings open.
4 open strings
Position the bar so it leaves four picked strings open.
5 open strings
Position the bar so it leaves five picked strings open.
All open Strings
Don't use the bar at all to make the chord.
Low strings open
Allow the low strings (6, 5, etc.) to be open,
else just high strings can be open. |
Chord "color notes" are 6, 7, 9, etc.
Chords w/o color notes OK
Normally "color" notes are required e.g. The 7 and 9 in a Dom. 9th chord.
Chords need ≥ 1 color note
Only one "color" note is required in each chord.
Chords need ≥ 2 color notes
All "color" notes are required in each chord.
Allow color notes low
Normally "color" notes are restricted to the high parts of the chord.
Notes too close together?
Avoid "jangling"
This avoids chords wth notes 1 or 2 half-step apart.
Useful with other low instruments. . .
Avoid chord roots
Assume some other instrument (bass?) will be playing chord roots.
SlowFast
Strum Speed
How quickly the strings are strummed when playing a chord.
(debug)
Extra info that probably only Peter wants to see. . .
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• For 3-note chord positions check out the
3–Note Dobro Chords page.
• You can generate a whole sequence of positions for a whole sequence of dobro chords with the
3–Note Dobro Chord Sequences page.
• If you want to do find chords on a 5-string banjo, check out the
3, 4, & 5–Note Banjo Chords page.
• To report a problem, make a suggestion, or leave kudos about this website send me a note at psl@acm.org.
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