We don't put graphics directly into threads because it causes threads to load too slowly. Still, we've used lots of different techniques to document chord fingerings over the years. You'll find them if you read through the threads on playing technique.I used to to use the Online Guitar Chord Dictionary hosted by the University of Virginia. Unfortunately, they changed their technology so that we can no longer easily create a link to a specific chord. Still, it's possible to create a link to the chord you want. Use the Online Chord Dictionary to find the fingering you're looking for, then view the HTML source for the chord page to to get the URL for the GIF image that represents the chord. Once you have the URL to the GIF image, you can create an active link in your text that will display the chord.
Here are some links for Ebmaj7(add9) (E-flat major seventh with an added 9th), a chord that we're all called upon so often to play. <g>
- Ebmaj7(add9) #1
- Ebmaj7(add9) #2
- Ebmaj7(add9) #3
- Ebmaj7(add9) #4
- Ebmaj7(add9) #5
- Ebmaj7(add9) #6
- Ebmaj7(add9) #7
- Ebmaj7(add9) #8
- Ebmaj7(add9) #9
- Ebmaj7(add9) #10
Several folks use a shorthand system specifying string and fret from bass to treble. Using this system to describe Ebmaj7(add9) #7, you'd simply write something like (x/8/8/8/8/10) with the understanding that the numbers are frets and the strings move from bass to treble. If you wanted to include fingeing you could say (x/8-1/8-1/8-1/8-1/10-3). Of course other variations are possible and have been used in threads.
We've also seen a typewriter picture of chords made by using the <pre> and </pre> tags to force uniform spacing. Using that technnique, the chord above might look something like this.
8
|---|---|---|-o-|---|
|---|-o-|---|---|---|
|---|-o-|---|---|---|
|---|-o-|---|---|---|
|---|-o-|---|---|---|
x|---|---|---|---|---|
It's a good idea to use the preview function or try things out in one of the HTML practice threads before posting just to be sure it will look as you expect.
- Mark