Lets look at the open end chords up close and personal!

You can get all these chord shapes in book form from almost anywhere so I thought "a picture paints a thousand word" so these photos are what the Chords actually look like when you play them!

In any book A is shown as played with your fingers in a straight line, hey I gotta tell you this is not possible!!!

So this is what your fingers will look like when you are playing!




Lets look at the open end chords up close and personal!



You don't play the strings marked with an X

In the Chord A you don't play the bass E string as you strum!










Again in B7 you don't play the bass E string


I chose B7 as it is a full rich chord and easier to play in this position of the Guitar
















You can have a good thrash at this one!
Use all the strings
















In this Chord D you don't play the top 2 strings,
nice Chord this one, easy to play and rich in tone!
Get me getting all airy fairy!













This one E is a real rocker!!

Note the natural position of the little finger, this will come in to play later! (excuse the pun!)














In the Chord F you don't play the bass E string!















You can play all the strings in the Chord G
















This is the same Chord G as above now if you can master this fingering method then great! It is harder but may help you when you progress and get to mastering how to change chord shapes while playing in time to the beat!

Oh yeah that's still to come!