Some basic Chords
The numbers are the fingers.
"1 - - - 1" means your first finger will be pressing across all the strings indicated. If this is too difficult, sometimes you can just press one or two strings. For instance, on the Bb you can just press the first string with the first finger, but then you wouldn't play the fifth string.
The "x" means you don't play this string unless you want to use it as an alternate bass.
A Open
A A7 Am Am7
x__________ x__________ x__________ x__________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| | 2 3 4 | | | 2 | 3 | | | 2 3 | | | | 2 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Bb Chords with A shape
Bb Bb7 Bbm Bbm7
x__________ x__________ x__________ x__________
| 1 - - - 1 | 1 - - - 1 | 1 - - - 1 | 1 - - - 1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| | 2 3 4 | | | 3 | 4 | | | 3 4 | | | | 3 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
B chords with A shape except B7
B B7 Bm Bm7
x__________ x__________ x__________ x__________
| | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 - - - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 - - - 1 | 1 - - - 1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| | 2 3 4 | | | | | | | | | 3 4 | | | | 3 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
C C7 Cm( A shape ) Cm7(A shape )
x__________ x__________ x__________ x__________
| | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | | | | | 3 | 4 | | | 1 - - - 1 | 1 - - - 1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 4 | | | | 3 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
D D7 Dm Dm7
x_x________ x_x________ x_x________ x_x________
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 1
| | | 1 | 2 | | | 2 | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | |
| | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
E E7 Em Em7
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
| | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 3 | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 3 | | | | 2 3 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
F F7 Fm Fm7
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1
| | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 4 | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 4 | | | | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
F# F#7 F#m F#m7
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1
| | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 4 | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 4 | | | | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
G G7 Gm Gm7
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2 | | | | 3 3 | | | | | 1 - - - - 1 1 - - - - 1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 4 | | | | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 D/F#bass Am/Dbass
___________ x__________ __x________ x_x________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 2 | | | 1 | | 2 | | | T | | 1 | 2 | | | 2 | |
3 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note - Bb, B chords are seen in A shape; Similarily Cm and Cm7 is shown in A shape chords.
F# and Gm, Gm7 are shown in E shape.
So we can hold any chord with C,A,G,E,D shapes...using the CAGED system.
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