Ants: Does anyone else hit the open G

DMB_FAN · Post by **DMB_FAN** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:59 pm

Verse

E-2--x-x-x-----------------3--x-x-x-----------------
B-3--x-x-x-----------------0--x-x-x-----------------
G-2--x-x-x-----------------0--x-x-x-----------------
D-0--x-x-x------4-----4-0--0--x-x-x------5-----5\7--
A-----------4\5---4\5------2---------4\5---4\5------
E--------------------------3------------------------

After the 5/7 before I go back to D I hit the open G, it just sounds fuller and it sounds like it does off L@LC IMO. Does anyone else play it like this or know what im talking about?

Tranman66 · Post by **Tranman66** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:41 pm

yup, i usually hit the open D and G

dustin10 · Post by **dustin10** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:42 pm

I do because I think it sounds a lot better.

6_strings_for_life · Post by **6_strings_for_life** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:58 pm

wow this is really weird, i just picked up my guitar to give this a try and i hit that open G as well.. I didnt even know that I did. neat

DMB_FAN · Post by **DMB_FAN** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:17 pm

dustin10 wrote:I do because I think it sounds a lot better.

Great minds think alike says Dustin.....

Kukini · Post by **Kukini** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 12:29 am

Always have since I learned the song.

jellyfish · Post by **jellyfish** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:11 am

I thought that was how the song should be played. Never knew it to be optional?

J_Wyse · Post by **J_Wyse** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 12:46 pm

I usually play em as bar chords. one, because I'm not Dave, two, it's a lot less hand movement when playing and singing. Still sounds pretty good. I can also play it a bit more precussive with the bar chords when I want.
I play the open G D when I do the jam in the middle with the minor 7th chords (Boyd's solo).

Jim

Kukini · Post by **Kukini** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:20 pm

Percussive sounds come from how you strum, I can make an open D string sound almost as percussive as a D chord by hitting that and muting everything around it.

jellyfish · Post by **jellyfish** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:45 pm

I can make it percussive by adding a drum loop

mbgreen · Post by **mbgreen** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:01 pm

when you guys say you hit the open g after the 5/7 slide, do you mean the open g string? That's what I'm assuming...someone help me out here. I'm not really sure what you're saying you do.

DMB_FAN · Post by **DMB_FAN** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:34 pm

mbgreen wrote:when you guys say you hit the open g after the 5/7 slide, do you mean the open g string? That's what I'm assuming...someone help me out here. I'm not really sure what you're saying you do.

Ya after the 5/7 slide instead of going back to a D I hit the open G string 1st. I wasnt sure if anyone else did that since the tab doesnt show it.

jellyfish · Post by **jellyfish** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:45 pm

Your supposed to hit the G Chord after the second slide part.

Sort Of A Protest Song · Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:03 pm

jellyfish wrote:Your supposed to hit the G Chord after the second slide part.

I think what he means by the second slide is the last one (out of the two) after the G-chord (the 5/7), not the second one (of the first two) after the D.

......if that makes sense

DMB_FAN · Post by **DMB_FAN** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:07 pm

Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:
jellyfish wrote:Your supposed to hit the G Chord after the second slide part.
I think what he means by the second slide is the last one (out of the two) after the G-chord (the 5/7), not the second one (of the first two) after the D.

......if that makes sense

Yup!