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EGS Lesson Six  Developing our understanding of the fingerboard — 6th and 5th string geography

Sixth and fifth string notes

The key to learning all of the notes on the fifth and sixth strings is that we will then be able to play every power chord in two different positions. One on the sixth string and one on the fifth string.

We need to know two positions of each chord as this enables the guitarist to find the next chord that they require in as close a position to the existing chord as possible.

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