Example 9-9a

howabout using your left-hand thumb for bass notes more? Ex 9 is a really simple move that I give to pupils for moving from barre chords to thumb bass chords and back. Try doing Ex 9a as well. This is how Brian May and many others play A string rooted chords. It’s well worth mastering them. To go from these shapes to lead playing is seamless, from barre chords it is less so. For illustration, I have shown a D minor voicing here but you should obviously work on any other feasible A string rooted chords you can think of as well.