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Fretboard Wizard
<div>In lesson #1 Tony teaches the 4 different patterns. </div><div>
</div><div>I would like to better understand how to best use each of these patterns and when to use them?</div><div>
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I don’t specifically remember the patterns but I would venture to guess they are related to chord shapes. Take a look at it through that lens and see if it becomes clear. I like the topic: patterns. It is an exercise in fractiles. Patterns of patterns of patterns. It is another way to understand. Keep going and you may get your questions answered along the way. I found Tony to be clever in how questions are raised and then answered. It was motivating tactic for me.
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Thanks Jeff,
I was just hoping someone could help me better understand when to use them. It appears Tony goes through them so quickly which I did not understand how to use them.
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I’m not an expert but here is how is was explained to me.
You can use any of the 5 shapes (C A G E D) to play any major chord. Each shape has a root note defined on a single string. The E shape is on E string, string 6; The G shape root is also on the 6th string; the A shape is on A string, string 5; etc. By sliding that shape up and down the string you can play all 12 notes with that one shape.
That being said 90% of the time you will use either the E shape or A shape. I believe the reason for this is because the other shapes are finger twisters and more difficult to play. We are at the limit of my knowledge here so there may be uses for the other shapes.
As to why we would switch between the E and A shapes when we could play every chord with just one of them, there are 2 main reasons. One is to keep your hand in smaller area of the fret board instead of sliding up and down 12 frets. The other is to stay in the same octave range or rather have similar voicings.
Take all of the above with a grain of salt. I could be completely wrong. 🙂
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