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Banjo tablatures for Common Chord Shapes - G tuning

Exercises

Recomended level: Beginner

Here, you'll learn some of the common chord shapes used in Vamping backup. You'll learn the 3 common chord shapes for major and minor chords, and the pattern that will help you unlock finding these shapes anywhere on the banjo neck. These shapes are known as the root, 1st inversion and 2nd inversion shapes.

  • Banjo Common Chord Shapes - G tuning 3 Major Chord Shapes

    3 Major Chord Shapes

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G/A
    • Tempo
      60 bpm
    • Tuning
      gDGBD

    Here are the 3 common major chord shapes used for vamping on the banjo - Root Shape, 1st Inversion, and 2nd Inversion. The banjo is tuned to one of them - the second inversion or ba...

    Banjo Common Chord Shapes - G tuning 3 Major Chord Shapes
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  • Banjo Common Chord Shapes - G tuning 3 Minor Chord Shapes

    3 Minor Chord Shapes

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      Gm/Am
    • Tempo
      60 bpm
    • Tuning
      gDGBD

    Here are the 3 common minor chord shapes used for vamping on the banjo - Root Shape, 1st Inversion, and 2nd Inversion. The pattern can clearly be seen when we play through th...

    Banjo Common Chord Shapes - G tuning 3 Minor Chord Shapes
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