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  Guitar chord diagrams and chord theory. This is the Chord Section of Olav Torvund's Guitar Site.
  Modified: Jan 8 2008
• Minor
  Guitar chord diagrams and chord theory. This is the Chord Section of Olav Torvund's Guitar Site.
  Modified: Jan 8 2008
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  Guitar chord diagrams and chord theory. This is the Chord Section of Olav Torvund's Guitar Site.
  Modified: Jan 4 2008
• Sonic shapes
  Guitar chord diagrams and chord theory. This is the Chord Section of Olav Torvund's Guitar Site.
  Modified: Jan 4 2008
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  Guitar chord diagrams and chord theory. This is the Chord Section of Olav Torvund's Guitar Site.
  Modified: Jan 4 2008

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The Gm7 has the notes G-Bb-D-F, and the Bb6 has the notes Bb-D-F-G. These are the same notes, and the Bb6 is the Gm7 (realtivet minor) in first inversion and Gm7 is the Bb6 (relative major) in third inversion. Usually I am note able to tell the difference, and as the Gm and Bb often can substitute each other, it might a matter of preferences when it comes to notation. But I have included voicings sith omitted 5th for the m7 chords. If we invert these notes, we will end up with the 1-5-6 in the 6th chord, and it does not really get the character of a major chord. So these m7-voicings does not really work as relative major 6 chords. And if we try to do the same with the Bb6, we end up with a plain Gm chord.

Closed four-note positions -Root position(=Gm7 in 1. inversion)
	5 fr		3 fr		8 fr

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Closed four-note positions - 1. inversion (=Gm7 in 2. inversion)
	8 fr		3 fr		11 fr

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Closed four-note positions - 2. inversion (=Gm7 in 3. inversion)
	12 fr		7 fr

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Closed four-note positions - 3. inversion - (= Gm7 in Root position
	3 fr		10 fr		5 fr

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Closed five-note positions
	3 fr		10 fr	·	12 fr
These two are in root position, and you can easliy see the relation with the barré positions.				The next two are both in first inversion.

	8 fr		8 fr	·	8 fr		8 fr
Here I have not grouped them according to inversion. But you see that they are all derived from the same basic shape.

	5 fr			·	3 fr

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Barré chord positions
	10 fr		10 fr		3 fr		3 fr

	8 fr		8 fr
These are hard to play, particulary the second one, where you have to make a barré with your first finger, and then another small barré with your 2nd finger on 6th and 5th fret.

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Skip-string voicings - Root position (=Gm7 in 1. inversion)
	5 fr		12 fr

Skip sting voicing - 1. inversion				Skip sting voicing - 2. inversion
	8 fr		3 fr		11 fr		6 fr

Skip-string fingerings - 3. inversion(= Gm7 Root position)
					10 fr

	8 fr

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