Guitar Theory - The Moveable C Shaped Chord

In this exercise, we practice on this movable C shaped chord.Show more

Its important to note that this is NOT how to make a standard C shaped chord in the first hand position, although it does use the exact same notes.

The difference being that with a standard C chord, the G string is open, and the B string is fretted on the 1st fret.

But as soon as you move into any other hand position, that G string needs to be fretted correctly relative to surrounding notes.

Please note that the pointer finger is NOT in the root or octave position for this particular chord,

The pointer finger is only in relative root position for that pair of two fingers.

This 4 finger shape incorporates 2 different 2 finger shapes,

which are the Major 3rd shape on pinky and ring fingers,

and Blue note shape on the pointer and middle fingers.

If you are doing these lessons in order, you should have already done some exercises for these two shapes