MOVABLE CHORDS FOR THE

DON COMANDA

FOREWORD

This book was designed specifically for those chord forms which can be moved upthe fingerboard and which originate in the first fret.

A section showing chords in frets other than the first is included in order to give a more complete presentation of chords to you.

This second group of chords, plus the movable forms originating in the first fret, brings to 34, the total amount of different chords in each key shown in this book. This book is designed specifically for chords. Those desiring to learn to pick single string melodies may do so by acquiring the book: For The Guitar—A Way Of Learning by Don Comanda.

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Contents

Chord Diagram (Explanation) ------5 Chord Symbols (Explanation) ------3 Signs and Symbols (Abbreviations) (Explanation) ------2 (This page) Fingerboard Chart ------14,15 Similar Chords with Varied Names ------4 Tuning ------5

Index

Movable Forms Forms shown in Originating in the frets other than First fret. the first. c ... 6 25 DP (C#) 7 25 D 8 26 E~ (D#) 9,10 26 E .. . .ll 26 F .. . .12,13 26 G~ (F#) .16 27 G ... .17 27 A~ (G#) .18,19 27 A ... .20 28 B~ (A#) .21,22 28 B (C~) . .23,24 28

Explanation of Signs and Symbols (Abbreviations)

- = Flat ~ = Flat. (Also indicated by a hyphen.) # = Sharp + = Augmented m or mi = minor Maj or Ma or M = Major o = Diminished (also indicated by dim.) Co7 or C dim.7 = C diminished 7 sus. = suspend (suspension) ...--.....Indicates finger used is to be placed flat, as shown, across two or more strings. (A Barre) Strings not marked are not played. x = Strings marked x are made mute by either one of your fingers or part of the hand fingering the chord. C7+~9 would be read C seven augmented () flat nine. D7 sus 4 would be read D7 suspend 4 3

EXPLANATION OF CHORD SYMBOLS

C, A~. B~, G etc. are major chords (C major) em, G~m. Dm. Fm, etc. are minor chords (C minor) G+. F+, D~+5, B+, etc. are augmented chords (G ) F6. A~6, G6, F#6. etc. are chords (A flat major sixth) Gm6, Dm6, B~m6, E~m6, etc. are chords (G minor sixth) A~maj7, Dmaj7, C#maJ7, Amaj7, etc. are major chords (D ) B~7, D~7, B7, G7. etc. are dominant seventh chords (B flat dominant seventh) C7/6, A~7/6, G7/6, F#7/6 etc. are dominant seventh chords with an added sixth (C dominant seventh add 6) Am7, Gm7, E~m7. G~m7, etc. are chords (G flat minor seventh) F7+, A~7+, D7+5, G7+5, etc. are seven augmented fifth chords (D seven augmented fifth) co7, A07, F#07, B~07 etc. are dim1D1shed seventh chords (F sharp ) A~maj9, Dmaj9, F#maj9, D~maj9 etc. are major chords (D flat major ninth) D9/6, G~9/6 1 B9/6, C#9/6, etc. are major sixth chords with an added ninth (C sharp six-Dine) (C sharp Dine-six) F9, D9, B~9 1 F#9, etc. are dominant ninth chords (F dominant ninth) Cm9, A~m9, Gm9. Fm9, etc. are minor ninth chords (G minor n1Dth) All, Gll, C#ll, B~ll etc. are dominant chords (B flat dominant eleventh) A7sus4, G7sus4, C#7sus4, B~7sus4, etc. are dominant seventh chords with a suspended fourth (B flat seven suspend four) Amll, D~mll, F#mll, Cmll, etc. are minor eleventh chords (D flat minor eleventh) Am7sus4, D~m7sus4,F#m7sus4 1 Cm7sus4 etc. are minor seventh suspended fourth chords (F sharp minor seventh suspend four) D13 E~l3, A13, B~13, etc. are dominant chords (E flat domiD.ant thirteenth) B~7~5, G7~5, D7~5, C#7~5, etc. are dominant seventh flatted fifth chords (G dominant seven flat five) C7~9, E7~9, etc. are dominant seventh flat nine chords (B flat dominant seven flat Dine)

A7#9 1 F#7#9, etc. are dominant seventh sharp nine chords (A dominant seven sharp nine) D~7~5~9, A7~5~9, C#7~5~9, C#7-5-9, etc. are dominant seventh flat five flat nine chords (D flat dominant seven flat five flat nine) G7+~9 1 etc. are dominant seventh augmented fifth flat Dine chords (G dominant seven augmented fifth flat nine) A7+#9, E~7+#9, D7+#9, etc. are dominant seventh augmented fifth sharp Dine chords (A dominant seven augmented fifth sharp Dine) Cm7~5, Gm7-5, A~m7~5, etc. are minor seventh flat five chords (C minor seven flat five) D9~5. A~9~5, C#9~5, etc. are dominant ninth flat five chords (D dominant Dine flat five) G~9+, A9+5, F#9+, etc. are dominant ninth augmented fifth chords (G flat Dine augmented fifth) A+ll, F#+ll, D+ll, etc. are (dominant) augmented eleventh chords (A augmented eleventh) Gl3~9 1 A~l3~9. B13~9, etc. are dominant thirteenth flat nine chords (G dominant thirteen flat nine) B~13~5, 013~5 1 C#13~5, etc. are dominant thirteenth flat five ~9 ~9 ~9 flat nine chords (B flat thirteen flat five flat nine) CmMaj7, F#mMaj7, GmMaj7, etc. are minor chords with an added major seventh (C minor Major seventh) Csus, B~sus, F#sus, Asus, etc. are major chords with a suspended fourth (C Major suspend 4) A~7~5#9. C7~5#9, G~7~5#9, C#7b5 #9, etc. are dominant seventh chords with a flatted fifth and a raised ninth (A flat 7 flat 5 sharp 9) B13~5, D~13~5, E13~5, C~13~5. etc. are dominant thirteenth chords with a flatted fifth (B dominant 13 flat 5) C9sus, G9sus, A~9sus, C~9sus 1 etc. are dominant 9th chords with the 4th suspended (no ) (C dominant 9 suspend 4) G~m9sus, C~m9sus, Dm9sus, E~m9sus, etc. are minor ninth chords with the fourth suspended (with the third) (G~ minor 9 suspend 4) 4

Similar Chords which may be shown with varied names:

Example Example A shown as F may also be written F major, F maj. A major chord with a suspension shown as 0 sus may also be written 0 sus4, 0 add G A shown as Gm may also be written G minor, G mi An augmented chord shown as F+ may also be written F+5,Faug,Faug5 A diminished chord shown as co may also be written C0 7, Cdim., Cdim7 A shown as A6 may also be written Ama6, A maj6 A sixth chord shown as B~m6 may also be written B~mi6 A shown as Gmaj 7 may also be written GM7, Gma7 A seventh chord shown as B7 may also be writt.en Bdom7 A seventh chord shown as A~m7 may also be written A~mi7 A seventh chord shown as F7 + may also be written F+7,F7+5,Faug7 A shown as G~maj9 may also be written G~maj9, G~M9 A ninth chord shown as 09 may also be written 0 dom9 A ninth chord shown as O~m9 may also be written O~mi9 An shown as E ~ 11 may also b~ written E~7sus4, E~7susA~ An eleventh chord shown as C ~mll may also be written C~mll, C~m7sus4 A thirteenth chord shown as E 13 may also be written Edoml3

A minor may be written FmMaj7, FmiMaj7, FmM7, Fm+7, Fm#7 A seven flat five chord may be written G7~5, G7-5 A seven flat nine chord may be written C7~9, C7-9, C9~ A seven sharp nine chord may be written A7#9, A7(+9) A seven flat five, flat nine chord may be written 07~5~9. 07-5-9 A seven flat five sharp nine chord may·be I written B7~5#9, B7-5#9 A minor seven flat five chord may be written A~m7~5, A~m7-5 An augmented seven flat nine chord may be written 07+5~9. 0+7~9. 0+7-9 An augmented seven sharp nine chord may be written C7+5#9, C+7#9, Caug7#9 A nine flat five chord may be written C#9~5, C#9-5 A nine augmented five chord may be written A9+5, A9+ An augmented eleventh chord may be written F+ll, F7#11, Fll+ A thirteenth flat five, flat nine, flat five flat nine chord may be written Gl3~5,Gl3-5/Gl3~9,Gl3-9/ Gl3~5119, Gl3-5-9 5

TUNING There are a number of ways to tune the guitar. One is with a pitchpipe, which can be acquired through your teacher or at a local store. Blow the pitchpipe one note t a time, until each string is the same in sound to the corresponding note on the pitchpipe. A D The note highest in pitch is tuned to the first string (E). The 5th second highest in pitch (B), is tuned to the second string. Continue this way, G to the third string, D to the fourth string, A to the fifth string, and finally lit the lowest in pitch (E) to the sixth string. E S · another method is explained below. Tune first string to a clear medium high pitch. Then: Place your finger in the 5th fret of the second string. Strike the second string. Then the first. Both should sound the same. If not, raise or lower the second string accordingly. Place your finger in the 4th fret of the 3rd string. It should sound like the second. (If not, adjust 3rd string.) Place your finger in the 5th fret of the 4th string. It should sound like the third. (If not, adjust 4th string.) Place your finger in the 5th fret of the 5th string. It should sound like the fourth. (If not, adjust 5th string.) Place your finger in the 5th fret of the 6th string. It should sound like the fifth. (If not, adjust 6th string.)

6 5 4 3 2 STRINGS THE CHORD DIAGRAM

Unmarked strings FINGERS are not played. ' ""'32010 o = open string (string is played with no fingers on it). Black Dots show positions in which 1 4 fingers are placed. 2 String(s) marked x are made mute by one of the fingers, Finger marked is placed or part of the hand fingering flat covering strings marked. FRETS 3 ~ the chord. -..... 0 1 ' 1 1 3 4 2 X 3 _. 1 , , ~ , 5 ~ , ~ 654321 STRINGS

NOTE: Unmarked strings, (which are not played), may also be made mute, (as explained for strings marked x). This will allow complete freedom for the hand strumming the chords. 6 MOVABLE FORMS STARTING WITH "C" IN THE FIRST FRET C+ Eb+

•...... LA FRE TS 1 c

2 Db(C#) c + C+ Cm6 3 D 4 Eb(D#) -- 5 E c m6 C7 C7 C7 Cm7 Cm7 3X12 6 F

7 Gb(F#) C+ C+7 C+7 Cm9 Cm9 Cm9 12 1 8 G 9 Ab(G#) Cl 1 C7sus4 Cmll CmMaj7 C7b5 C7b5 10 A X 11 Bb(A#) di mm

12 B(Cb) Cm7b5 Cm7b5 C7/6 mm nm1 a

Movable forms of chords starting with "C" in the first fret will change in letter name as indicated in the diagram of the fingerboard. (The numbers and symbols following the letter name remain the same). For Example: C+ when played in the 4th fret will become Eb+ Cm7 when played in the 8th fret will become Gm7 C7b5 when played in the 6th fret will become F7b5 Follow the same pattern for any of the chords on this page. 7 MOVABLE FORMS STARTING WITH nDb" (C#) IN THE FIRST FRET

Db F

•...... FRET s

1 Db(C#) D b Db Db Db Dbm Db+ ....--.. 31 - - 2 D 3 Eb(D#) -- Db + Db 0 7 Db6 Db6 Dbm6 Dbmaj7 ----.. 1X42 12X34 1312 ---- 1324 4311 4 E mm m m m 5 F - Dbm aj7 Dbmaj7 Db7 Db7 Db7 Db7 6 Gb(F#) 43 1 2413 2 X 131 13X24

7 d ~ IHiH mm mm G - 8 Ab(G#) Db m7 Db7+ Db7+ Dbm9 Dbll Dbll 231 12 X34 22u 2413 2 X 134 9 A llHH mm ~ m iji 10 Bb (A#) Dbll Dbmll DbmMaj7 Db7b9 11 B(Cb) 23X14 23144 4 2 11- m ~ ~ M 12 c

Movable forms of chords starting with "Db" (C #) in the first fret will change in letter name as indicated in the diagram of the fingerboard. (The numbers and sy mbols following the letter name remain the same). For Example: Db when played in the 5th fret will become F Dbm9 when played in the 8th fret will become Abm9 Follow the sa me pattern for any of the chords on this page. This system will be used throughout the book. Follow each diagram of the fingerboard accordingly. 8 MOVABLE FORMS STARTING WITH uD" IN THE FIRST FRET

Dm Gm

•'...,_ ~• FRET s

1 0 0 D Dm Dm D+ D (D 7) D 0 (D 0 7) 2 Eb(D#) Mil 3 E Dm6 Dm7 Dm7 4 F 5 F#(Gb)

6 D9 D9 Dm7b5 Dm7b5 Dm9 G ..--... - 7 Ab(G#) --- 8 A Dm9 DmMaj7 D7b5 D7b9 D7b9 ....--.. 9 Bb(A#) m1 X34 2 mm m24 13 m1324 mm2 X13 1 10 B(Cb) D7#9 D7#9 D7b5b9 D7b5#9 D7+b9 11 ~ ..... ~ -----.. ,.... c 4211 43211 3 1 14 2 12 Db(C#) mm m ;m - - D7+(#9) D9b5 D9b5 D9+5 D9+5 D+ll 9 MOVABLE FORMS STARTING WITH nEb" (D#) IN THE FIRST FRET

Eb Gb-F#

•...... f..--' • FRETs 1 Eb(D#) Eb Eb Eb Ebm 1243 lt243 2 X134 1342 2 E ~ ~ mm mm

3 F Ebm Ebm Eb+ Eb+ 11342'"" 2 X13 4 1 342 2 X134 4 Gb(F#) mm mm ~ m 5 G E Ebo Eb6 Eb6 ..----...... --- 2 X 131 1 314 6 Ab(G#) m mm a 7 A Ebm6 Ebm6 Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 8 Bb(A#) 2 X141 1333 2 X1 34 ~ 9 B(Cb) mm m Eb7 Eb7 Eb7 Ebm7 10 c 1324 11324 3 XU2 1423 11 Db(C#) mm mm mffi ~ Ebm7 Ebm7 12 D ~ mm11423 mm2 X U3 10 MOVABLE FORMS STARTING WITH "Eb" (D#) IN THE FIRST FRET

Eb7+ E7+

•...... v • FRET s 1 Eb(D#) Eb+7 Eb+7 Ebmaj9 Eb9 2 X13--4 1 3X1421- 2 E a ;m mm Ebll 3 Ebm9 Ebll F Eb9 Eb7sus 13X24 2X1431 1324 4X132 4 Gb(F#) m m-m 1m ml

5 G Ebmll Ebmll Eb7b5 Eb7b5

~ 2X113 6 Ab(G#) mm mm m 7 A Eb7b9 Eb7b9 Eb9b5 Eb7b5 12X34 4X1231-- - 8 Bb(A#) mm mm 9 B(Cb) - - Eb+ll Eb9/6 Ebm7b5 Ebm7b5 10 c --... 11 mrn Db(C#) - ml a 12 EbmMaj7 EbmMaj7 D 2 X134 - ~