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Fretscape generates the ones that actually work under the hand and shows them all in one list.",[39,40,42],"h2",{"id":41},"where-the-variety-comes-from","Where the variety comes from",[30,44,45],{},"Five things multiply quickly:",[47,48,49,57,63,75,85],"ul",{},[50,51,52,56],"li",{},[53,54,55],"strong",{},"Position on the neck."," The same chord can sit near the nut, around the 5th fret, up by the 12th, or anywhere else the same notes appear. Each position feels different under the hand and has a different colour to the ear.",[50,58,59,62],{},[53,60,61],{},"Which strings you use."," A six-string voicing sounds full; a three-string voicing on the top strings sounds brighter and leaves more room underneath. The same chord can be played on the top three strings, the middle four, the bottom five, and any other workable combination.",[50,64,65,68,69,74],{},[53,66,67],{},"Inversions."," Putting a different chord tone in the bass - third in the bass, fifth in the bass - gives you a different voicing. See ",[70,71,73],"a",{"href":72},"\u002Fknowledgebase\u002Fwhat-is-an-inversion","What's an inversion?"," for more.",[50,76,77,80,81,84],{},[53,78,79],{},"Doublings."," A six-string voicing of ",[34,82,83],{},"C"," doesn't have six different notes - it has C, E, and G, with a couple of those doubled an octave apart. Where you double a note changes the chord's weight.",[50,86,87,90,91,95],{},[53,88,89],{},"Optional notes."," Some chord tones - typically the fifth in a seventh or ninth chord - can be left out without changing the chord's identity. Each \"leave the fifth out\" decision creates another playable voicing. 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A thick low voicing can fight the bass; a thin high voicing might not carry enough weight.",[50,127,128],{},"The change is harder than it needs to be. The \"obvious\" voicing of the next chord might be three position shifts away when an alternate voicing is right under your fingers.",[30,130,131],{},"Seeing every voicing in one place means you can pick the one that fits the song, not the one you happened to memorise first.",[39,133,135],{"id":134},"finding-the-one-you-want","Finding the one you want",[30,137,138,139,143],{},"On Free, Fretscape shows up to 5 voicings per chord - usually the most useful, low-position ones. See ",[70,140,142],{"href":141},"\u002Fknowledgebase\u002Fonly-seeing-five-voicings","Why am I only seeing 5 voicings?"," for what changes on Pro.",[30,145,146,147,151],{},"On Pro, every voicing is in the list, and the ",[70,148,150],{"href":149},"\u002Fknowledgebase\u002Fwhat-do-the-filters-do","filters"," become the main tool for narrowing down. 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