# Guitar chord help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-chord-help/961718>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [March 25, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-chord-help/961718 "2022-03-25T20:29:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-chord-help/961718/21 "2022-03-29T02:26:36Z")

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My reaction while reading through the thread:

Why the hell would you make a G that way?

(reads on)

Oooooooo. Ok. I play in drop D a lot, and had never thought of doing it that way.

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