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Guitar/Chord shapes short definition
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Chord shapes (short definition)A chord shape on the guitar is (usually) a barre chord. Its name comes from the easier-to-grip basic chords, almost as if you had placed a capo in the corresponding fret instead of the barre index finger and fingered the simple chord.
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