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Carl King
GuitarTricks Video Director
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Carl King
GuitarTricks Video Director
Joined: 10/08/07
Posts: 466
06/13/2020 1:07 am

As a rock player, I've only ever used #1 and #2 on Page 1 and #1 on Page 2 (and mostly the second two I just listed.) The reason is, they fit in well with typical major and minor barre chord shapes on the 5th and 6th strings. Meaning: for the 6th string F-shaped barre chord you just take off your pinky and you've got a Dom7. For the 5th string A-shaped barre chord you lift up your ring finger, and put your pinky down on the B string. Very easy to get to!

If you're going to get into jazz and more complex blues I'm sure all those other shapes would be useful to know.

-Carl.


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