Originally Posted by: ddiddler

THanks Chris

Had grasped fret and finger numbers

C Maj 1st var play 1,2 and 3 , with 1 and 3 being c notes

Please explain Var 2 play red 1 and either of the 3s

or play white 1 and red 3 up the neck

similarly A Maj var 2 has lots of white and red

how do you know which to choose.

Still beginner level 1 but trying to read ahead.

Dave

Hey Dave!

OK, on Variation 2, that's a two-finger barre chord.

First, you hold down your 1st finger / index across the 5th to 1st strings. Then, you hold down all 3 notes from 4th to 2nd string with your ring finger.

It looks BASICALLY like this (random photo from web, ignore what that middle finger looks like it's doing) :

Make sense?

-Carl.