Your First Chord Shapes.

Here are some basic chord shapes and their matching scales beneath.Finger instructions are listed in tab and text below each diagram.This is the first installment of basic chord shapes. Look for more in coming months

D MAJOR

G MAJOR

1 -------2-------------------
2 -------3-------------------
3 -------2-------------------
4 -------0-------------------
5 ---------------------------
6 ---------------------------

1 -------3-------------------
2 -------0-------------------
3 -------0-------------------
4 -------0-------------------
5 -------2-------------------
6 -------3-------------------

1st Finger = Fret 2 - String 3
2nd Finger = Fret 2 - String 1
3rd Finger = Fret 3 - String 2

Dont play strings 5 or 6.

1st Finger = Fret 2 - String 5
2nd Finger = Fret 3 - String 6
3rd Finger = Fret 3 - String 1

Play all the strings.

D MINOR

F MAJOR

1 -------1-------------------
2 -------3-------------------
3 -------2-------------------
4 -------0-------------------
5 ---------------------------
6 ---------------------------

1 -------1-------------------
2 -------1-------------------
3 -------2-------------------
4 -------3-------------------
5 -------3-------------------
6 -------1-------------------

1st Finger = Fret 1 - String 1
2nd Finger = Fret 2 - String 3
3rd Finger = Fret 3 - String 2

Dont play strings 5 or 6.

1st Finger = Fret 1 barring all strings.
2nd Finger = Fret 2 - String 3
3rd Finger = Fret 3 - String 5
4th Finger = Fret 3 - String 4
Play all the strings.

1 --------------------------------7-9-10--10-9-7-----------------------------------
2 -------------------------7-8-10----------------10-8-7----------------------------
3 ---------------------7-9------------------------------9-7------------------------
4 --------------7-9-11--------------------------------------11-9-7-----------------
5 ------7-9-10-----------------------------------------------------10-9-7----------
6 ---10-------------------------------------------------------------------10-------
D MAJOR SCALE

1 -----------------------------2-3--3-2--------------------------------------------
2 -------------------------3-5----------5-3----------------------------------------
3 -------------------2-4-5------------------5-4-2----------------------------------
4 -------------2-4-5------------------------------5-4-2----------------------------
5 -------2-3-5------------------------------------------5-3-2----------------------
6 ---3-5------------------------------------------------------5-3------------------
G MAJOR SCALE

1 -------------------------3-5-6--6-5-3--------------------------------------------
2 -------------------3-5-6--------------6-5-3--------------------------------------
3 -------------2-3-5--------------------------5-3-2--------------------------------
4 -------2-3-5--------------------------------------5-3-2--------------------------
5 -----5--------------------------------------------------5------------------------
6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D MINOR SCALE

1 ----------------------------------5-6-8--8-6-5-----------------------------------
2 ----------------------------5-6-8--------------8-6-5-----------------------------
3 ------------------------5-7--------------------------7-5-------------------------
4 ------------------5-7-8----------------------------------8-7-5-------------------
5 ----------3-5-7-8----------------------------------------------8-7-5-3-----------
6 --1-3-5-6--------------------------------------------------------------6-5-3-1---
F MAJOR SCALE

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