Brand new to the website; should be informative. I think in the first diagram for the C7 major chord the high E string should be shown as “play open” – not muted.
Hi Alan, thanks.
Do you mean C7 (dominant) here …
https://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/c-dominant7-chord.html
If so, the open E is optional. I personally think of that chord shape as moveable so would rarely play the open E, but it’s certainly in the chord so you are right about that.
There is a problem though with that image which I will fix later tonight or tomorrow, it shows the correct fret number but on the wrong fret.
Yes, that’s the one I meant (I didn’t even notice the wrong fret!). I’ve never seen C7dom played with a muted E except maybe at the 13th fret but my experience is limited.
thanks for your reply.
There’s no right or wrong really. The “E” is still in the chord on the 2nd fret D string. It’s just preference whether you add the open E as well.
My reasoning is just that this shape is very commonly used as a moveable chord so most of the time it’s just played with the outer strings muted, by habit.
