Guitar For Kids -- Short Form Movable Chords
Hey gang!
Hey gang!
We're gonna talk now about short-form movable chords. Most of these chords will not need to be barred -- as long as you don't play the open strings. There are some exceptions to this rule of not playing these strings, but you will have to discover this during your practice.
The first one that we're gonna look at is the D chord [ X 0 0 2 3 2 ]. If you move this chord form up the neck using the chromatic scale, you will get:
Form at 2nd fret = D
Form at 3rd fret = D#/Eb
Form at 4th fret = E
Form at 5th fret = F
Form at 6th fret = F#/Gb
Form at 7th fret = G
Etc...
Once you start moving this puppy, think of it as a 3-note chord form. Period. Only play the fingered strings. [ X X X 2 3 2 ].
Another 3-note job is the Dm chord. Again, play only the fingered strings once you start moving it:
[ X 0 0 2 3 1 ]
Form at 1st fret = Dm
Form at 2nd fret = D#m/Ebm
Form at 3rd fret = Em
Form at 4th fret = Fm
Form at 5th fret = F#m/Gbm
Form at 6th fret = Gm
Etc...
Now... Don't forget that you can also use the Bm chord short form without the bar [X X 4 4 3 2]. Again, just don't play the open strings.
The same can be said of the despised short form of the Bb chord [X X 3 3 3 1]
The D, Dm, and G chords are verrrrrry hard to play if you try using them as movable bar chords. If you happen to have small hands, they are near impossible.
There is a little trick that you can pull with the G chord though.
Instead of playing the whole G chord in the usual way, use your 4th (or pinky) finger on the 3rd fret of the 1st string. Don't even bother with the rest of the chord.
Think of it as a 4-note (the top 4 strings) chord. Do not play the last 2 strings.
But moving it up the neck will require you to make a mini bar of the 1st 4 strings. Remember that you must "move the nut" the same amount of frets as you move the form.
So... If you move that pinky up the neck 1 fret, that means that you will have to put your mini-bar on the 1st fret to get:
[ X X 1 1 1 4 ]
G#/Ab
Continuing on:
Bar 2nd fret = A (This makes a great sounding A chord! [ 0 0 2 2 2 4 ]. Here you can take advantage of the open strings.
But for these, ya can't use the open strings...
Bar 3rd fret = A#/Bb
Bar 4th fret = B
Bar 5th fret = C
Etc...
Got it?
Now you have several different ways to play both major and minor chords. Think of them as different colors of the same chord. Get the sound of these different colors in your head.
The colors that you pick have an affect on the style of the song.
So if someone asks ya to play a G chord, you'll stifle a yawn and play that suckah in several different voicings (colors) and ask with a bored expression: "Which one were you looking for?"
Professor Bruno Noteworthy
by: Professor Bruno Noteworthy: Toon Music Professor
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