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BillCrandell
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BillCrandell
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07/19/2010 2:36 am
ssrbob1968-

Both fingerings are Bm. Schlegel is leaving off the F# on the high E string in your example. Why is this OK? Because the F# is still in the chord. Here is a challenge. Post back in this thread where Schlegel's F# note is found. What fret and what string? When notes repeat by what is called an octave within a chord they duplicate. It is the octaves in open chords that give them a full, broad sound. Chords are also 'small' in the sense that they are stripped down to their purest expression, the triad. Learn what a triad is as soon as you can and be sure to keep a printed off fretboard with all the notes written on it handy as reference. You can print off blank fretboards off the net. Write all the notes on them. Also, play up the fretboard naming each note.

If this does not answer your question, please let me know. I know how frustrating things like this can be.

Bill C