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Originally Posted by NoQuestion

Ok. That does help, yes. But I still have a question.

So a stacked chord is a chord with a note above it on the very next line up? And how do I play a stacked chord?

And when you say "floating away" you mean when the note isn't on the very next line up from the chord, right? And how do I play that part when the note is "floating?"

Oh, and, this isn't really very important, but I'm a "she" not a "he."

My bad

Yes, you hit the floating the nail right on it's whimpering head.

A stacked chord is made up of the three notes that make the chord. Strip it down to the triad: the E Major chord at its most basic is an E, a B, and a G#. TO make it a stacked chord as, you'd be adding a note that goes into the next octave of the scale added note. If it were the 11th (which is the 4th an octave up) it would be the A note in the E Major chord played on the high E string.

On the staff, it would appear as if you are playing four different notes at the same time.

Playing a stacked chord is like playing a normal chord... you strum it.