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Dots (•) indicate on-scale fret positions. Open strings are also always on scale with these patterns.
┌────────┬───┬───┬───┬───┐ │ String │ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ ╞════════╪═══╪═══╪═══╪═══╡ └────────┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
My favorite! D minor, or an E minor with a capo on second. Use index finger and pinkie finger on the bright A string, and then middle finger and ringer finger on middle D and on F respectively. Great pattern because you don't have to dip into the bass strings for the root note.
┌────────┬───┬───┬───┬───┐ │ String │ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ ╞════════╪═══╪═══╪═══╪═══╡ └────────┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
┌────────┬───┬───┬───┬───┐ │ String │ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ ╞════════╪═══╪═══╪═══╪═══╡ └────────┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
A zero indicates no capo or the empty key signature. A number followed by a suit indicator indicates a capo at that fret and which fretting pattern to use.
┌───────────────┬──────────────┐ │ signature │ capo+pattern │ ╞═══════════════╪══════════════╡ │ 0 │ 0♦,2♣ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────┤ │ b │ 0♥,5♦ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────┤ │ # │ 2♥ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────┤ │ bb │ 0♣,5♥ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────┤ │ ## │ 2♦,4♣ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────┤ │ bbb │ 3♦,5♣ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────┤ │ ### │ 4♥ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────┤ │ bbbb │ 3♥ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────┤ │ #### │ 4♦,6♣ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────┤ │ bbbbb │ 1♦,3♣ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────┤ │ ##### │ 1♣,6♥ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────┤ │ bbbbbb/###### │ 1♥, 6♦ │ └───────────────┴──────────────┘
When there are alternatives, use the lower capo number for a fuller sound or the higher capo number for a brighter sound.
You can additionally put a partial capo on the bass strings (or retune them).
┌──────┬───────────────┬───────────────┬───────┐ │ capo │ ♦ │ ♥ │ ♣ │ ╞══════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════╡ │ 0 │ 0 │ b │ bb │ ├──────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────┤ │ 1 │ bbbbb │ bbbbbb/###### │ ##### │ ├──────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────┤ │ 2 │ ## │ # │ 0 │ ├──────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────┤ │ 3 │ bbb │ bbbb │ bbbbb │ ├──────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────┤ │ 4 │ #### │ ### │ ## │ ├──────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────┤ │ 5 │ b │ bb │ bbb │ ├──────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────┤ │ 6 │ bbbbbb/###### │ ##### │ #### │ └──────┴───────────────┴───────────────┴───────┘