Remember: I make all of my diagrams from the Player's Perspective:Â
How you would look down at your fretboard and see the shapes.Â
There's no reason to make you flip the shapes around in your head, and memorize them in orientations other than what you see when you look down at your instrument!
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Remember that these Chord Shapes are universal! So if you know what fret to put the Root On, you will know all 12 Major, Minor, 7, Maj7, Min7 chords in multiple spots!
Here is a demonstration of how each chord can be played by taking these universal shapes up the fretboard and moving the Root Note! Here are the Major and Minor Chords with their Root on the 4th String or Re/D string.Â
Fa Mayor
Fa menor
Fa# Mayor
Fa# menor
Sol Mayor
Sol menor
Lab Mayor
Sol# menor
La Mayor
La menor
Sib Mayor
Sib menor
Si Mayor
Si menor
Do Mayor
Do menor
Reb Mayor
Do# menor
Re Mayor
Re menor
Here is a demonstration of how each chord can be played by taking these universal shapes up the fretboard and moving the Root Note! Here are the Major and Minor Chords with their Root on the 5th String or Re/D string.Â
Si Mayor
Si Dominant 7
Si menor 7
Do Mayor
Do Dominant 7
Do menor 7
Reb Mayor
Do# Dominant 7
Do# menor 7
Re Mayor
Re Dominant 7
Re menor 7
Mib Mayor
Mib Dominant 7
Re# menor 7
Mi Mayor
Mi Dominant 7
Mi menor 7
Fa Mayor
Fa Dominant 7
Fa menor 7
Fa# Mayor
Fa# Dominant 7
Fa# menor 7
Sol Mayor
Sol Dominant 7
Sol menor 7
Here are some shapes that are on the higher strings and can add some more range to 2 guitars instead of playing the same voicings.
(They're the exact same thing as the Major Keys starting from the vi chord... but go ahead and give yourself 12 more patterns and formulas to memorize)