Hotel California

First off, thanks for the HC made easy lessons -- it's quite challenging for this beginner, but I am really enjoying working on it.

I noticed that when you play the G chord you don't play the B string open, but instead play a D on that string. I can see that this makes sense from a chord POV, but all the chord charts I have seen, including the GT chord finder, show an open B string when playing a basic G chord. So why play it this way? Is it to get a slightly different tone on the chord?

Thx

p.s. Sorry if you have been asked this before, but it isn't very easy to search forum posts.

Hey there! Both variations are a G major chord - so the only difference is that they sound slightly different. The notes that make up a G major are G, B, and D. So it's your choice whether you play a B or D note on the 2nd string.

I chose to play it that way for no other reason than I like how it sounded that way. But you can easily play it the other way no problem!

Make sense?

Mike

Totally. Thanks!