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Gibson Guitars We're going to use a "G" chord and a G major pentatonic to illustrate how we can use 5 basic chord shapes to move up and down the neck of the guitar.
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Guitar Tuner These 5 basic chord shapes are the open forms (played at the end of the neck near the tuning pegs) of the "G" chord, the "E" chord, the "D" chord, the "C" chord, and the "A" chord. Of course, when we play the chord shapes in different positions, the chord name will no longer be "E", "D", "C", or "A". In fact, the chord will be a "G" chord every time we play it -- although we use the fingerings normally associated with the open "E", "D", "C", and "A" chords.
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Les Paul We'll start with the basic open "G" chord. The chord form is:
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Guitar Pro The pentatonics in this form of the chord are these:
Bass Guitar
E--0--3----------------------------------------------------------
Electric Guitar B--------0--3----------------------------------------------------
Acoustic Guitar G--------------0--2----------------------------------------------
Teardrops On My Guitar D--------------------0--2----------------------------------------
Guitar Strings A--------------------------0--2----------------------------------
Ultimate Guitar Tabs E--------------------------------0--3----------------------------
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Guitar Music Note that the third fret on the two "E" strings and the second fret on the "A" string follow the basic "G" chord form.
Online Guitar Tuner The following box demonstrates the tab above and shows the basic chord form. The "c" is a note in the chord form, the "r" is the root note of the chord, and the "x" are the extra notes that, when combined with the "c" and "r" notes, make up the pentatonic.
Classical Guitar
xxcccx open
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Guitar Notes Second Stop on the Fretboard - the "E" chord
Gibson Les Paul To move down the fretboard, we're going to use the barred form of the "G" chord. This is basically the open "E" chord; however, played at the third fret it gives us a "G" chord. The chord form is:
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xxxxxx 3rd fret
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Guitar Songs Note how the third fret of the "c","r","x" pattern links these two chord forms, since they have notes in common.
Guitar Scales The pentatonics in this form of the chord are these:
Teardrops On My Guitar Lyrics
E--3--5----------------------------------------------------------
Guitar Hero Iii B--------3--5----------------------------------------------------
Martin Guitars G--------------2--4----------------------------------------------
Taylor Guitars D--------------------2--5----------------------------------------
Guitar World A--------------------------2--5----------------------------------
Guitar Player E--------------------------------3--5----------------------------
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Used Guitars Following the same "c", "r", and "x" notation as above, here is the pentatonic pattern:
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c|||cr 3rd fret
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xcr||x 5th fret
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Vintage Guitars Third Stop on the Fretboard - the "D" chord
Martin Guitar We'll slide on down a couple of frets to the next position on the fretboard. We're now using a form similar to the open "D" chord.
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Tear Drops On My Guitar The fifth fret notes link this chord form to the previous one.
Guitar Lyrics The tab for the pentatonic of this form looks like:
Gibson Guitar
E--5--7----------------------------------------------------------
Ultimate Guitar Com B--------5--8----------------------------------------------------
Guitar Parts G--------------4--7----------------------------------------------
Free Guitar Tabs D--------------------5--7----------------------------------------
Guitar A--------------------------5--7----------------------------------
Buy Guitars E--------------------------------5--7----------------------------
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Guitar Sheet Music Here's the "c","r","x" pattern:
Blues Guitar
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ccr|xx 5th fret
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xx|c|c 7th fret
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Jazz Guitar Fourth Stop on the Fretboard - the "C" chord
Guitar Solo Continuing down the fretboard -- we're now using a chord form similar to the open "C" chord. It looks like this:
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x||x|x 7th fret
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Learn Guitar The linking notes between this chord form and the previous are the seventh and eight frets on the G, B, and E strings. We'll play the pentatonic for this form as follows:
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E--7--10---------------------------------------------------------
Guitar Amps B---------8--10--------------------------------------------------
Christian Guitar G----------------7--9--------------------------------------------
Guitar Chord Chart D----------------------7--9--------------------------------------
Easy Guitar Tabs A----------------------------7--10-------------------------------
Electric Guitars For Sale E-----------------------------------7--10------------------------
Fender Guitars
Epiphone Les Paul and the "crx" pattern is:
Esp Guitars
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cxxc|c 7th fret
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xr||xx 10th fret
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Dean Guitars Last Stop on the Fretboard - the "A" chord
Steel Guitar One more pass down the fretboard, where we'll play the open "A" form of this chord. The chord pattern is:
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Guitar Effects The 10th fret from the previous "crx" link with this current chord form. We'll play the pentatonic like so:
Guitar Rig
E--10--12--------------------------------------------------------
Taylor Guitar B----------10--12------------------------------------------------
Acoustic Electric Guitars G------------------9--12-----------------------------------------
Air Guitar D-------------------------9--12----------------------------------
Guitar Pro Tabs A--------------------------------10--12--------------------------
Custom Guitars E----------------------------------------10--12------------------
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Jackson Guitars The "crx" form of this pentatonic pattern is:
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cr||xc 10th fret
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xxcrcx 12th fret
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Crossroads Guitar Festival All Done -- That Brings Us Back to "G"!
Guitar Center Com We're now at the 12th fret, so we've completed the octave! We can now start over again using the patterns and shapes we began with.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps For instance, the next chord pattern will be the original open "G" pattern -- just played 12 frets further down the keyboard. The pattern is:
Ibanez Guitars
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Slide Guitar which is exactly what we began with -- except the "D", "G", and "B" strings are no longer open. We can use the same patterns we used originally, we'll just shift everything 12 frets down the fretboard.
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Custom Guitar So that's how you can move up and down the fretboard using 5 chord shapes -- the "G", the "E", the "D", the "C", and the "A". Remember, even though we may be using a "D" shape, it's still a "G" chord if we play it at the 7th and 8th frets!
Guitar Pick Also, note how the "crx" patterns show you the linking notes between all each pattern and its neighbors.
Guitar Forum I've used a "G" chord in this illustration -- however, it should be apparent that by shifting things up or down a fret, you can work your way around the fretboard no matter what chord you're following.
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