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Chord Shapes and Capos: How To Decode a Guitarist’s Hands
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Chord Shapes and Capos: How To Decode a Guitarist’s Hands

This post is a guide to a common tool/tip/hack: watching the guitarist’s hands and understanding their chord shapes. Of course, you want to use this skill as a confirmation to what you’re hearing, and not rely on it completely. Why? Because what happens if the guitarist doesn’t know the chords? You’ll want to use these shapes and fingerboard knowledge in tandem with your own growing skill set of hearing and understanding chord progressions.

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