I cobbled together this one, it was edited on 3/3/10, so if you downloaded the first one, toss it out!

It might still have errors, so let me know!  You can download it as a PDF on the link below.

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I have a little program that I got from a friend that might be just the thing your looking for. You select how many strings your instrument has, how far you can stretch your fingers, etc. Any way then you click on go and there are the cord diagrams. I don't know where he got it so I can't provide a link but I would be happy to send you the progam via your inbox.
Jim

P.S. Actually I think I just uploaded it, but it was an accident so I don't know if it will work. Let me know.
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Thanks, but i am a mac, and that's an exe file. Alas! Mebbe I can find one in Mac.

Mr. Toad said:
I have a little program that I got from a friend that might be just the thing your looking for. You select how many strings your instrument has, how far you can stretch your fingers, etc. Any way then you click on go and there are the cord diagrams. I don't know where he got it so I can't provide a link but I would be happy to send you the progam via your inbox.
Jim

P.S. Actually I think I just uploaded it, but it was an accident so I don't know if it will work. Let me know.
Sorry about the MAC thing. Is there some way the program can be converted? If I could find where he got the program would a link work with your MAC?

Diane in Chicago said:
Thanks, but i am a mac, and that's an exe file. Alas! Mebbe I can find one in Mac.

Mr. Toad said:
I have a little program that I got from a friend that might be just the thing your looking for. You select how many strings your instrument has, how far you can stretch your fingers, etc. Any way then you click on go and there are the cord diagrams. I don't know where he got it so I can't provide a link but I would be happy to send you the progam via your inbox.
Jim

P.S. Actually I think I just uploaded it, but it was an accident so I don't know if it will work. Let me know.
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/rempetiko/pdf/dad.pdf

This is my favourite 3 string chord chart, though i have had the greatest difficulty in understanding how to transpose them for different tunings.

I even admitted my shame and ignorance some time ago when this was discussed.
Brian, the one I posted at the top has the transposing in there for you, from D to G and C. Hope that helps.

Brian Lemin said:
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/rempetiko/pdf/dad.pdf

This is my favourite 3 string chord chart, though i have had the greatest difficulty in understanding how to transpose them for different tunings.

I even admitted my shame and ignorance some time ago when this was discussed.
Ah, yes. Keep it simple for me!

Thanks
I created the attached spreadsheet over the past couple of days. Its similar to the fret.exe but should be useable on Mac (as long as you have MS Office - in theory). It also allows you some creativity in selecting fragments from a chord to suit your tuning / fingering ability (FYI - mine sucks, but I'm practicing so its all good). Just open up the Workspace tab and select you string tunings, chord key and structure. The notes (and steps those notes are in the chord) will become prominent - just choose which ones you want and play away.
I think I got the right structure for the chords... but let me know if there is any changes that need to be made.
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Sorry for the ignorance, but can you explain how to use this chart. I thought the filled circles would be finger placement, and the empty circles would be strings to strum. But that doesn't work for the whole chart.

Thanks!
If you are in an open tuning, like DAd, GDG or CGc, the dark dots show finger positions and the open dots show additional optional finger positions, and your strum all three strings too make a chord.

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Sorry for the ignorance, but can you explain how to use this chart. I thought the filled circles would be finger placement, and the empty circles would be strings to strum. But that doesn't work for the whole chart.

Thanks!

Just got a CBG and am a complete and total novice... no prior experience on a 6 string or anything else. The chart at the very top of this thread is so helpful... but I'm still missing a few seemingly important chords in my open DAD tuning. Is a C chord not possible in DAD? Do I need to be in another tuning to just get a C? Maybe GDG would suit my immediate needs better...

 

The way I want to learn is to play songs I know, by pulling up lyrics/chords and just banging away at it. But everytime I go to try this, I'm missing some chord I need. And I'm not trying anything difficult, believe me.

 

The dulcimer charts seem insane. Are the frets on that thing closer together? I might be able to stretch my fingers that far if I sawed them off and added extensions.

 

PS: Petite female with very small child-sized hands. One reason the CBG appealed so much to me.

I'm pretty much a newb too.  When a can't find a decent Major chord, I just substitute the power chord instead.  Which means. . . I play power chords almost always with exception of Emaj and Em (I'm tuned EBE).

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