Lauren BatemanGuitar Teacher; Founder of the 7 Level Guitar System

All Minor Chords With One Finger #short

11 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube demonstration by Lauren Bateman teaching a one-finger method to play all minor guitar chords by pressing the bottom three strings (low E, B, G) with the first finger. The bottom note on the pressed string determines the chord; Bateman demonstrates starting at the 2nd fret (F# minor) and then enumerates every minor chord up to E minor.

Questions this video answers

Press the bottom three strings — low E, B, and G — with the first (index) finger.

The bottom note on the pressed string determines the chord (the fret position of the pressed strings).

Starts on the 2nd fret, playing F# minor.

F# minor, F minor, G minor, G# minor, A minor, A# minor, B minor, C minor, C# minor, D minor, D# minor, E minor.

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I'm going to show you a cool trick to playing all of your minor chords on the guitar with just one finger. So all you need to do is you just need to press the bottom three strings. So your E string, your B string, and your G string with just your first finger and the bottom note on this string is going to determine what chord you're playing. So right now, I'm on the second fret. I'm playing in F sharp minor. If I move this back one fret, I've got an F minor. So it's F minor, F sharp minor, G minor, G sharp minor, A minor, A sharp minor, B minor, C minor, C sharp minor, D minor, D sharp minor. And finally, E minor.