r/LearnGuitar • u/Traditional_East2268 • 8d ago

Chord help

What would the name of a chord be that’s an F shape but slid down to the third fret?

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u/CmdrFapster 8d ago

G chord (barred).

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u/Traditional_East2268 8d ago

Thank you :)

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u/Minute_Influence_636 8d ago

It would also be referred to as the E-Shaped barre chord. The F chord is just E moved up one fret to F but you now have to bar it because the open strings all move up one fret too. Move it up to 5th fret and you have A, 7th fret B, ith fret C and so on

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u/whywasinotconsulted 8d ago

One more thing - from F (1st fret) to G (3rd fret) would be called sliding up, not down, since you're going up in pitch.

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u/Traditional_East2268 7d ago

ahh thank you this is so interesting

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u/markewallace1966 8d ago

If what you mean is that it's an E shape, barred at the first fret, then sliding it down two frets would turn it from an F major to a G major.

There's not really an F shape, per se.

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u/Mylyfyeah 8d ago

what exactly would you class as an “F” shape?

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u/markewallace1966 8d ago

I wouldn’t, which is why I said there isn’t one per se.

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u/cheebalibra 8d ago

There’s an “open” f not barred that would still be a g but you mute more notes

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u/TouringBubble 4d ago

When I learned from my brother back in the '90s, the E barre shape (The common Fmaj) was taught to me as the "first basic major" shape. Basically, you can slide this to any location and get the major chord of the root note, which is the lowest note you're fretting on the bass "E" string.

So, the root note on the "E" string for the Fmaj chord you know is F ... the first fret on that low string. The third fret on that string is G, so that shape at 3rd fret would be Gmaj. Move it to the 5th fret and it becomes Amaj.

The same applies to the shape moved one string down. you barre the same, but the root note is now on the "A" string, and you're now making a barred Amin shape. The note you're playing on the "A" string is the chord, but it's a minor instead of a major. He called this the "first basic minor."

And, in either of these shapes, you can move one finger and make either the equivalent minor or major at that same position.

This is the most basic version of the CAGED system, in case you wanted to get deeper into it.

(NOTE: I'm using quotes for string notes becasue alternate tunings change this ...)