Theory & Impro C#7b13

[Dr G]

Even more confusing is the fact that a FULL chord is talked about on a guitar site . Big chords like this sound a bit nasty on guitar and choices are made as to which notes get left out - which “colour “ notes suit the sequence better.

As Pete and Matt allude to, this would be common practice for pianists too in most situations, but on guitar some things are physically impossible, and where they might be possible - it could mean some rather nasty voicings.

Amen. As @mrblackbat commented, “Less is more”. Guitarists that I like to listen to will use “shell voicings” - playing just enough notes to represent the chord, yet not playing every note, every time. Jens Larsens, for instance, has several videos for approaches to playing simple and clean versions of Autumn Leaves.

I found this one first, but there’s another that I like even more for showing a single shell voicing with a moving line played above it. I will add it if/when I find it. Bottom line tho’, is that a guitar player will not play all the notes of a given chord at once, but will select from the possibilities. Sometimes, an annotation for a chord is just showing the chord that results from a passing tone.

View: https://youtu.be/3UvUr3FOuVk

 

[PiccoloPirate]

Some Guitarists, will arrange Autumn Leaves, etc etc, with a chord for every melody note.
As stated, not all of the chord tones, are necessary.