## Every open chord is a movable chord

Put the index where the nut was and move the other fingers up. Strings are G C E A.

- **Majors:** A (G-shape) 2 4 5 4 · D (C-shape) 2 2 2 5 · G (F-shape) 4 2 3 2
- **Minors:** Bm (Am-shape) 4 2 2 2 · Am (Gm-shape) 2 4 5 3 · Em (Dm-shape) 4 4 3 2
- **Sevenths:** B♭7 1 2 1 1 · A7 (G7-shape) 2 4 3 4

## One chord, four places

D open 2 2 2 0 · C-shape at fret 2: 2 2 2 5 · B♭ grip at fret 5: 7 6 5 5 · G-shape at fret 7: 7 9 10 9. Pick the voicing nearest the chord before it.

## Park the hand: I–V–vi–IV in D

D 2 2 2 5 · A 2 4 5 4 · Bm 4 2 2 2 · G 4 2 3 2 — index on fret 2 throughout. Then compare with the open grips.

## Ready when

- You can turn open G, C, F, Am, Gm, Dm and G7 into movables and name them at any fret.
- D in all four places, changing on the click.
- D · A · Bm · G parked at fret 2 at 80 bpm.

**Sources:** Hal Leonard Ukulele Method Book 2 (closed and movable chord forms) · Berklee ukulele-lab chord families.