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Old 12-29-2020, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by JonPR View Post
That's what we musos call "up" a whole step.
Yeah, typo. I think I wrote "down" because my subconscious bassist brain thinks of E as "below" D, but obviously you're correct.

You don't need to be a musician to know that. Just know the alphabet.

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You just have to get used to barre chords, but also remember you don't need to play all 6 strings on every chord. Partial chords (with some strings muted) can work fine. There are movable shapes (no open strings) which are not barres.
Right. As I mentioned in my original post, I find it more comfortable to play the moveable C-shape up the neck than the moveable A-shape barre chord (at least if I have to hold the chord for a while). You lose the low E string, but that's usually fine. This was one of the possible solutions that I had considered.

Thanks for the links! I'll check those out.
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