Published:
2013-11-04
Updated:
2015-06-09

Learning Ukulele with Curt

Basic Movable Form Chords

Sometimes called barre chords, these chords venture beyond the third fret.

Author(s): Curt Sheller Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications Code: UL114b

Main Category: Chords Main Instrument: Ukulele

Subjects: Chords

2015-06-09

Basic Movable Form Chords

Sometimes called barre chords, these chords venture beyond the third fret.

Movable chord forms are chords with no open strings. Sometimes called _barre_ chords, these chords are transposable by moving each note of the chord the same number of frets up and down the neck.

Each movable form is based on a common open position chord. Movable forms allow you to play chords not found in the open position and in any key.

Here is a series of 21 chord lessons , taking basic open position chords and showing their movable forms. Each lesson contains practice progressions, additional derived chords with tips and tricks for remembering the chords.

Beyond the basic open position chords that are way too many chord shapes to memorize — even on the ukulele. It's better to start learning where chords come from and how to derive chords from your known core set of chords.