One of the members used this in answering a questions that I posted. I don't have a clue as to what any of this means. r, m,i HUHHH? I feel really over my head. I just don't get it. I know what the e b g d a e is. (the strings right). It can't be index middle ring finger can it? If so I need to grow two more index, ring and middle fingers.
Code:
e--0-------0-------0--------X-------X------X-----
b—-2r------2p------2r-------2i------2m-----2r----
g—-2m------2r------2i-------2i------2m-----2r----
d—-2i------2m------2m-------2i------2m-----2r----
a--0-------0-------0--------0-------0------0-----
e------------------------------------------------
r, m, i do stand for ring, middle, index fingers. In the cases where there are multiple r's, m's or i's shown, they are indicating a barre. A barre simply means to lay the finger across all the strings with enough pressure to properly fret the notes. It takes practice, but it will come.
-- John
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There's a man in the line and she's blowin' his mind, thinking that he's already made her."
'Coming into Los Angeles' - Arlo Guthrie
And the "2" means second fret. This diagram, which I think was Wes Inman's, was just to show different ways you could position your fingers to play an "A" chord.
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