Blues Guitar For Dummies
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Moveable chords have no open positions. Blues guitar playing uses moveable chord forms as much as any other type of guitar style, including the common 6th-string root chords shown here:

Moveable chords with the root on the 6th string.
Moveable chords with the root on the 6th string.

Common moveable chords rooted on the 5th string include these:

Moveable chords with the root on the 5th string.
Moveable chords with the root on the 5th string.
Some more complex moveable 5th-string-root chords.
Some more complex moveable 5th-string-root chords.

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Jon Chappell has jammed with countless blues musicians at Chicago's blues clubs. He is an award-winning guitarist and composer as well as past editor- in-chief of Guitar Magazine and Home Recording Magazine. His other books include Guitar For Dummies, Guitar Exercises For Dummies, Classical Guitar For Dummies, and Rock Guitar For Dummies

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