I play a lot of these and don't really know which are proper chords... my favourites are:
- Play B as 2nd fret on A, 4th on D and G, the rest open (basically a non-barred barre chord
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- Play E by doing the same but sliding the non-barre to 7th fret
- C#m by sliding the shape to 4th fret and completing the Am shape on the B string
- Play A by doing a 5th-fret barre on the E shape, but leave the top two strings (B & E) open
- Likewise move this up two frets for B again with open B & E
- F#m by 'mirroring' the 2nd-fret B - 2nd fret on the A string, 4th on D & G strings
- Move this up 2 frets for G#m
And possibly my favourite chord right now is Bm done as normal but with both E strings open instead of barred. This one needs finger picking really.
As you can guess, I like to play in E
I'll often capo to be able to play these 'chords' in other keys since you can slide between them so easily. The F#m is a particularly interesting sound I think.
Anyone got other similar abominations or want to tell me I'm murdering the chords?