Steevo25

I totally get it. Obviously there are chord inversions but totally understand how playing the Low E could take away the glory from the A in Am. Many thanks.

Hi All, I hope this is the right place to post this question. I am just starting my journey on learning guitar (a couple of months in). I come from a musical background and have played the keyboard/piano for many years. Obviously that has involved many years of music theory which is why I have my question on guitar chords. Why do you not strum some strings in a chord even though those string are notes from the triad. I will give an example. The Am chord is made up of A C and E. But every guitar chord chart says you do not strum the Low E when playing that chord. Why is that as the note E is part of the triad. The same is true of the C chord. The triad is made up of C E and G, but again the chart shows you do not strum the Low E. Dm is made up of D F and A, but you only strum strings 1 to 4 even though string 5 is an A. I totally understand why some strings are not used during certain chords where those strings do not make up the triad, but what is the reason in the examples above?