electure,
The high G with the pinky and the C with the first finger are tones added for color to the base chord. The ring finger is actually depressed here, but the first finger is depressed so that when the ring finger is lifted, the "blues-note" minor third C as opposed to major third C# becomes an interesting passing tone. In other words, the ring finger is on the same string as the first finger, not the string above it as in a Amin7 chord. In fact, the G string is open in this chord. But good eye! Sometimes both are lifted for the 9th tone open B to be heard. The high seventh G can simply be thrown in with the pinky when tempted to do so...
Deadening the low E helps the root note A stand out better, but the thumb can be lifted to throw that lower 5th E in when wanted, and to make a more interesting bass line.
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[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 02-27-2003).]
