| These
        diagrams show fingerings for the E shape.  The same
        voicings as an open E major but playable anywhere. 
        The roots on the 6th and 1st strings should be barred
        with the first finger, but using the thumb on the 6th
        string, and the first finger over strings 1 to 4, is also
        very popular as simply removing the second finger
        flattens the third, and  removing the third finger
        produces a dominant seventh. Hammering up to the
        major-third with the second finger on the 3rd string is
        as much a signature of this shape as the solid fifths on
        the bottom two strings.  |