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ChristopherSchlegel
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ChristopherSchlegel
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Posts: 8,371
08/08/2021 3:37 pm
Originally Posted by: darickmendes

Basically the part of all the major shqpe moving like E ,D . From acoustic level 1

I'm still not sure exactly what lesson you are referring to. But I'm guessing that you are having trouble with associating open chord shapes (which have one specific musical alpahbet name) with changing it to a different chord name.

Start by making sure you understand the musical alphabet & how it's arranged on the fretboard.

For example, you need to know the notes on the A string all the way up & down the fretboard. I cover that in this lesson.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=11256&s_id=450

Then I show how you can use those notes to play any & all major chords with one shape.

The same principle works for any chord shape. As soon as you move it to a different root note you've changed all the notes of the chord & you have a different chord even though it's the same shape & fingering pattern.

Make sense? Does that help?

I also cover this topic using the CAGED open chords in this tutorial.

https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2614


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