Guitar & Fretboard
Barre Chords Explained: The E Shape and the A Shape
A barre chord is an open chord moved up the neck. The E shape and the A shape are the two to learn first, and each one is built from its open chord by a simple rule of offsets.
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Theory where guitarists actually use it: CAGED shapes, barre chords, positions, tunings, capos and tab.
Theory where guitarists actually use it: CAGED shapes, barre chords, positions, tunings, capos and tab.
Guitar & Fretboard
CAGED System Explained: Five Shapes That Cover the Neck
CAGED turns five open chords into movable shapes. This explains how the shapes connect, how to name a moved chord from its root string, and how to find one chord in several places.
Guitar & Fretboard
Capo and Transposition: How a Capo Changes the Key
A capo raises every open string by one semitone per fret, so a G shape played at fret 2 sounds in A. This shows how to find the sounding key and how to choose a capo position.
Guitar & Fretboard
Guitar Fretboard Note Names: Learn the Neck String by String
Every fret is one semitone, so the fretboard is a grid of note names. This covers standard tuning, the landmark frets and a two-week routine for learning the whole neck.
Guitar & Fretboard
Reading Guitar Tabs and Chord Diagrams for Beginners
Tab shows strings and frets rather than pitch names, and a chord diagram is a small grid of the same information. This explains both, with an arpeggio you can check against the fretboard.
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The site's working library as a structured ebook: intervals, keys, harmony, counterpoint, rhythm, form, tuning, orchestration and the history behind them.
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