Re: What should be the default B7 chord?

[Marc Hohl]

Am 12.01.2014 00:09, schrieb Eluze:
> Carl Sorensen-3 wrote
> > There has been a difference of opinion on why the default B7 guitar chord
> > shape should be.  I'm making a poll to determine what the users would
> > prefer.
> >
> > Would you like the first chord in the attachment (barred on fret 2) or the
> > second chord (open chord in first position)?
>
> why not barred on fret 7 - it's easy to play (at least easier than your 1st
> example), you can strum all strings and in many cases it fits better.

Ok, you can start a longish discussion about pros and cons of different
chord shapes, but in the cases where the second variant fits nicely, the
seveth fret form is just too far away from the rest of the chords.

Marc