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I don't know if anyone has asked this yet but on page 60 of the lesson book under "Giulliani Studies for Classical Guitar" it has G7 in bold and in the tab it has 1 on the 6th string, a 3 on the 5th string, and 2 on the 2nd string. I've looked through the book several times and even googled it but I've not found a G7 string where you press the 3rd fret on the fifth string anywhere. It does through exercises 1 and 2. I was wondering if this was a typo or did I miss something? I watched the dvd again but it doesn't show how Steve is making this G7. Any help would be really appreciated since I've halted going any further till I get this figured out. Thanks. 

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@ChristopherArt It's not a typo, Christopher. In that G7 shape the D (the fifth of the chord) is doubled on beat 2; this is evident in the staff notation. You will often see the D doubled in G major in the open position as 320033. The Guiliani studies provide training for movements and shapes that are rarely encounter in simple strumming.

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@DianeB Thank you for clearing that up. I don't see where you are talking about in the staff notation but that's ok. I have actually made this chord before but I was always told it was just a different way to make the G chord. Ok now that my brain is good and scrambled I'm going to take a break. Thanks again. 

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hmm had to look this up

@ChristopherArt @DianeB

remember that Giuliani Studies is a finger style , so you don't play chords in the same way as you would strum them (sometimes).

As per the Pg60 (see attached picture) the Chord Name like C and G7 is above the staff.. 

notice there is a Staff line with notes, and below that is a TAB line with how to finger them

but what I see it's a walking bass line in the TAB

finger the C chord as normal.. ring finger is on the 5th string 3rd fret, the middle finger is on the 4th string 2nd fret and the index is on the 2nd string 1st fret (so C, E, C) the G and the High E are open

in Lesson 1 you are just playing 3 notes of a 5 string chord, hence its 3-1-0, 2-1-0, 0-1-0, 3-1-0 for each of the beats.

in Lesson 2 you are using 1 note for each finger to pick.. so in Lesson  2 each beat will feel like a triplet 

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Thank you so much for taking the time to explain it to Mr. I really appreciate it. 

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