Comments on: Understanding Root Note – Your Ticket to Intermediate Guitar Techniques

By: karan didwani

karan didwani — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:08:04 +0000

hey abhinav ,
you are doing a gr8 job. i am just a beginner and learnt all hindi songs on guitar by visiting ur blog.
its only one month long dat i have joined my guitar classes. the thing which excites me the most is that u r also an engg. but still ur passion for music is praise worthy. i am now stepping into engg. college hope i’ll also continue my passion life long ;-}
all thye best

By: Abhinav

Abhinav — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:32:42 +0000

Nicely put Shesh! Yes the root note is the most important note which gives the chord it’s identity. Being able to find the base note in the song helps in identifying the key.

By: Shesh

Shesh — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:58:18 +0000

Hi Abhinav,

I am liking your lessons on chords for hindi songs. I had a small comment on this lesson.
‘Root’ note is the ‘Home’ note for a chord. Like a ‘Tonic’ is a ‘Home’ note for a scale.

Every chord has a ‘Root’, even an open chord. Need not necessarily be on the 6th and 5th string. The 6th and 5th string root notes are useful for Barre chords and Playing the Power chords conveniently in 1-5-1 (i.e it is neither Major nor Minor because of the absence of the 3rd note).

For example: a D major chord for example you have the 4th string Open as the Root note.

You have worked hard on developing this beautiful website. Keep up the good work.

Cheers,
Shesh

By: Leo Gomez

Leo Gomez — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:33:47 +0000

could this work on a 4 string bass guitar
in other words could you put one up for the 4 string type

By: KonstantinMiller

KonstantinMiller — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:27:43 +0000

Hello. I think the article is really interesting. I am even interested in reading more. How soon will you update your blog?