Minor 7 chord (c6)

[Adam Tracksler]

What's a good minor 7 chord voicing on c6?

[Mike Neer]

7 or 8 string C6:

Emin7
E-----------------
C--------7-------
A-----------------
G--------7-------
E----------------
C-----------------
A--------7--------

[Frank Welsh]

Not sure what your question is. The C6th tuning is also known as the A minor 7th. The notes E C A G make up an A minor 7th chord. These notes also give you an F Major 9th chord. The cool thing about steel, as you will discover, is that more than one chord can often be obtained from the same set of notes. This a true of any polyphonic instrument.

Let us know if you would like any further info on this. Good luck.

[Steffen Gunter]

In description of a tuning (e.g. C6/Am7) the 7 means the usual Minor 7.

Cm7 = C Eb G Bb

In chord sheets a Minor 7 like Cm7 (or C-7) often means to play the Major7 in a Minor chord:

Cm7 = C Eb G B

This is my experience and would be much harder to play.

Am I wrong here?

[Andy Volk]

[Mike Neer]

In description of a tuning (e.g. C6/Am7) the 7 means the usual Minor 7.

Cm7 = C Eb G Bb

In chord sheets a Minor 7 like Cm7 (or C-7) often means to play the Major7 in a Minor chord:

Cm7 = C Eb G B

This is my experience and would be much harder to play.

Am I wrong here?

Steffen, that is not correct. A major 7th in a minor chord is called a minMaj7 chord.

[Adam Tracksler]

Just looking for a Gm7 chord, in C6 (CEGACE).... top 4 strings 10th fret?

[Mike Neer]

Just looking for a Gm7 chord, in C6 (CEGACE).... top 4 strings 10th fret?

Well, in that case, you could simply play the top 4 strings and you will have all the notes of a G-7 chord. But not knowing what the particular need is (chord melody arrangement, chord comping), it's hard to know which voicing would be effective. If I was just looking to comp chords, that voicing would not work for me.

You can always leave out the root and just play a Bb triad.

[Adam Tracksler]

Well I'm working on "the moon is made of gold" the chords for the verse are d6, gm7, c7. The chorus is Bb and f#

Just working on chords. Then melody.

Nice version here:

http://youtu.be/uCtzC7TJIUY

[b0b]

The minor 7th can always be found 3 frets above the major chord on C6th. Since G is at the 7th fret, Gm7 is at the 10th fret.

All of the strings are notes from the minor 7th chord. Pick the notes that sound best to you.

By the way, the chords in the bridge are Bm (not Bb) and F#. Nice tune!

[Adam Tracksler]

Thanks, I was trying to recall the chorus from my memory... Bm is right....

[George Piburn]

The 10th Fret A - C - E Strings also serve for the C7 Chord too.

Try playing C & E strings , 12 -11 -10 to hear classic Lap Steel 7th.

Next Try A - C Strings same thing 12 -11-10



Fret 10
E String = D (Key of C = 9th)
C string = Bb (Dom 7)
A string = G (5th in C)

[Steffen Gunter]

In description of a tuning (e.g. C6/Am7) the 7 means the usual Minor 7.

Cm7 = C Eb G Bb

In chord sheets a Minor 7 like Cm7 (or C-7) often means to play the Major7 in a Minor chord:

Cm7 = C Eb G B

This is my experience and would be much harder to play.

Am I wrong here?

Steffen, that is not correct. A major 7th in a minor chord is called a minMaj7 chord.

Thank you, Mike, you're right – this is an alternative melodic concept only and works for soloing monophonic instruments but doesn't work for building chords.

[Andy Volk]

Adam, here'a quick and dirty version of the opening melody twice through to "The Moon is Made of Gold". Done by ear from your clip and the chords you posted. Tried to illustrate two different positions/ways to approach this in C6th. See what you think ...

[Adam Tracksler]

Thanks so much. I got a few minutes behind the guitar this afternoon and am working on incorporating this in!

[Andy Volk]

You're very welcome, Adam.