Well, for chords, I am so perverse that I am doing almost everything in open D -- Rick F. (bless his heart) has helped create all sorts of jazz chordings (the trick seems to be to focus on the Em7, F#m7, Gm7 setup in open D, since that gives you the low bass, and also the bass runs on the fifth string and sixth, and then you can decide on what you want to do on the high strings, with a few changes you can get the maj7, etc.).

One that is hard to find is the B7, which is 4th string, first fret, 5th string, second fret, first string, first fret. Also, try barring the fifth fret (G) and using the other fingers as if you were doing a G or an A7 in the open D. Voila, C, and D7. You can do the same thing at A (7th fret, voila D and E7). You can bar up and down the whole guitar in all keys, naturally, and also get the different IVs and V7s. Another good Gm is 5,3,2 strings, all in the first fret.



yours, Peter T.