Which A chord do you use when music calls for an A(4)?
Which A chord do you use when music calls for an A(4)?
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What kind of song is it?
Shaun Garrity
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I guess one with a D in it, or any chord played on a fancy Gibson oval hole A.
Jim Richmond
According to a guitar chord chart an A4 is the root, the 2nd, and the 5th. So you'd have A, B, and E. On guitar it is 002200.
Shaun Garrity
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To me, it would be the root, the 4th, and the 5th. On a piano, I'd play A. D. and E. Isn't it the same as saying Asus4?
"Put your hands to the wood
Touch the music put there by the summer sun and wind
The rhythms of the rain, locked within the rings
And let your fingers find The Music in the Wood."
Joe Grant and Al Parrish (chorus from The Music in the Wood)
Not sure about your specific reference, but that is sometimes shorthand for an Asus4, which is the Amaj chord with the third moved up a half step. You can play it 7200, which I like especially if it's resolving to the 6200 A major, 2255, which is correct but sounds tinny to me or the chop chord version 9755 which resolves to 9745.
I was just going off of my guitar chord chart. As was mentioned above, This being an Asus4 would make more sense. I had to look up an A (4) because I'd never seen that. Those chords don't come up a lot in old time and bluegrass.
Shaun Garrity
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Thanks! This is based on the guitar sheet music we use for worship sets. I'm not a guitar player and usually there are D(2), C(2) and A(2). The song this week used a bunch of A(4) and even an A(5).
I've gotten the A(5), also. I play the 1st and the 5th and no 3rd to get that sound. A(5) is the A and the E with no C#.
"Put your hands to the wood
Touch the music put there by the summer sun and wind
The rhythms of the rain, locked within the rings
And let your fingers find The Music in the Wood."
Joe Grant and Al Parrish (chorus from The Music in the Wood)
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