[Domino]

Hi, Guitar authoring is my weakest instrument, I’m looking for ideas or techniques people use to represent chords as either 2 or 3 note gems. Is there a link or relationship between a guitar chord (say G) and whether that is represented by a 1-3 a 1-2 or a 3 note chords. The song in question is “Bonnie Tyler – It’s a heartache” and I’ve charted it all with 1-3 chords of various colours for the strumming parts. The midi has the chords created using 4 notes. it’s pretty much the same pattern all the way through.

 

I know the rbn docs say 3 note chords are for nonstandard or “big” chords, but I’m wondering if i should include them to make the song more interesting to play? or just stick to 1-2 & 1-3 chords.

 

I have looked at others slow tempo guitar songs, and I may have to just experiment to see what works.

 

I’ve read the rbn authoring docs and forum articles, like the two below.

 

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/topic/11887-a-quick-guide-to-reduction-rules/?hl=%2Bguitar+%2Bchords

http://customscreators.com/index.php?/topic/12117-general-authoring-advice-long/?hl=%2Bauthor+%2Bchords&do=findComment&comment=102364

[Farottone]

Acoustici guitar tends to be represented by 3 note chords but it’s not an imperative. The way I see it, don’t use 3 note chords just to make the song more interesting, they need to make sense first. Do you have many clearly different chords? Use 2 note chords, otherwise you run out of options quickly. Is it more awkward than fun playing 3 note chords? Use 2 note chords. Here I would probably do 3 note chords but that’s an opinion I’m giving without having listened to the song with headphones and without having laid out some tentative structure.

[bsbloom]

The song seems to have a lot of accents – you know, duh-duh-DUM, duh-duh-DUM. You might chart those with an extra note:

 

Say, G G GY or GR GR GRY. The last seems to fit the song, from what I hear, so I’d chart these chords as two note chords, with a three note chord for the accents.

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