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Chord sheets for DGB tuning?

Hey all,

I got my first "resonator" CBG today. My builder used the higher strings from a 6-string set so that I would get more of a banjo sound, and that is why this new git is tuned to DGB. I've only been playing CBG for less than a year, and my first CBG is tuned to GDG. I am totally use to that tuning, so this new DGB tuning is throwing me off. LOL, I can't play any of my GDG songs on this new git.

Months back I downloaded the GDG chord sheets from CB Gitty, but now I am wondering how to play chords with this new DGB tuning. Does anyone know where I can find them? Any help would be appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Snuffy Smith on March 5, 2018 at 5:37pm

Thanks Richard. I am going over the link that Korrigan sent me below. I am finding there are sometimes 2 different ways to play some of the "7" chords. I'm going to make some edits now.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Morris on March 6, 2018 at 3:17am

I'll grab a banjo and check these out using the 2nd, 3rd and 4th strings. The thing about any 3 string instrument, regardless of tuning, is that many chords require more than 3 notes to get all the notes in there. For instance, Gm7 requires G,Bb, d and f for the full chord. The challenge for us 3 string players is to determine which of those notes can be left out and still give the sound we want. This might change from song to song and a different form of the chord might be used to get the desired sound. As Richard Dean points out in his E7 diagram, you lose the b note in order to play the d which is the chord's actual 7th. The b is part of the chord too but you have to decide which voicing gives you what you want using just 3 strings.

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Permalink Reply by Korrigan on March 5, 2018 at 4:46pm

I'm a little late to the party, looks like you guys have got it figured out already, but here's a handy tool for future use from a guy named Theo:

http://chordgen.rattree.co.uk/?instrument=mandolin&tuning=D,G,B...

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Permalink Reply by Snuffy Smith on March 5, 2018 at 5:04pm

Cool. Thanks. Oddly enough, I'm seeing some differences between my chart and Theo's generated notes. Maybe someone can tell tell which chords on my chart are off??

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on March 5, 2018 at 5:29pm

The chord generator's Gm7 is different than the one I posted, I was going to post that, but seemed a little tough at a 4 fret finger stretch, you can sometimes find the same chord in a different part of the fret board as they repeat, I just chose a simpler method.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on March 6, 2018 at 12:32am

thanks for that link!! was looking for something like that..

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on March 5, 2018 at 5:34pm

I plan on creating a chart using only these chords

A,Am,A7,Bm,B7,C,C7,D,Dm,E,Em,E7,F,G,G7 Anything else, I doubt I'll ever need for a few years to come till I get proficient...or IF I get proficient lol

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Permalink Reply by Snuffy Smith on March 5, 2018 at 6:13pm

That's cool. I just like to be able to pick up a sheet and try new chords. It's just fun to explore. I made the corrections you posted for the Gm7 and the E7. I'm going through that chord generator and making any changes I see. It might have some mistakes, but that's what I got you guys for, LOL. Just let me know...

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on March 6, 2018 at 12:36am

Richard, you need a F#m7. cant play Hotel California without it...lol

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on March 6, 2018 at 1:49am

if you must have it, played on the 7th and 9th fret position for DGB tuning

F#m7 = F#,E,A

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Permalink Reply by Snuffy Smith on March 6, 2018 at 7:46am

UPDATED SHEET 4/6/18:

Okay, I was going over Theo's chord generator, and saw a couple of these chords are mapped out differently than just taking the banjo chord and removing the outer strings. So are there maybe two ways of playing a chord? I have some optional fingerings. And like I said, there are a number of chords here that are exact duplicates, which can't be right. If they are bad let me know. I don't know. I'm a novice. Anyway, guys, look at this new chart and make your corrections. Let's get a nice DBG chart for 3 string going that everyone can agree on. I'm happy to generate this thing...just give me your feedback. New pdf attached.

DGB%20Tuning%20Chart.pdf

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on March 6, 2018 at 8:17am

The F#m7 you added via my pic, your chart shows it at the 1st and 3rd fret, which is why I marked it the 7th and ninth fret, so either it needs labeled the same.