A Minor Movable Chord

In this topic we will learn to form a chords using chords that we learn in a previous lesson. Basically, for beginners, there are four simple chords can be use to form a movable chords. They are A chord, E chord, A Minor chord and E minor chords. This is because these chords are easy to hold and the notes that form these chords are near with each other. Let see the A Minor chord first.


An A minor chord are form in the first fret and you can see that the fingering are not complicated. As I stated in a previous lesson, the music notes in guitar fret increase when we play the string from the guitar neck to the sound hole for acoustic guitar or the neck pickup for electric guitar. This rule absolutely can be apply in chords too. When we play A minor chords in second fret with index finger barred the first fret, we will get a A#minor chord. Can you here the different in term of sound? what you will hear is the sound will be more sharp than the A minor. Move the A minor chords to third fret and barre the second fret. This will give you a B minor chord and move another fret will give you B#minor chord. See the diagram below



A# minor in A minor form, 1st fret
If you look closely you will find that a yellow dots are in shape of A minor but in the different fret. The blue dots indicates the fret is barre.

This work also when you want to form a B minor and C minor chord. See figure below.

B Minor chord on A minor form, 2nd fret


C minor chord in A minor form, 3rd fret
If you go more deep into the fretboard, you will play D minor chord and so on. But remember that the E chord and B chord don't have a # (sharp)!