What does this mean...

[Sleepy Aligator]

What does this # symbol mean? What would also be some symbols to show a diminished chord?

[13noon]

# means sharp, you take the note and raise it one half step. to show a diminished chord you either have the little superscript-circle (like a degree sign) or else written "dim" by the chord name.

[Sleepy Aligator]

But what if you see a chord like F# or G# or D# do you move the chord up a fret or something from it's normal posistion?? Whats the difference between for exmaple G and G#, whats the difference in the fingering and how do you determine the new fingering?

[ianb]

If you are using a movable chord shape, then you just move the shape up 1 fret and that will take care of all the notes for you.

[Sleepy Aligator]

So with the G that wouldn't really work as the G shape can't move up a fret?

[ianb]

That is correct, you would need to use something more like an E Shape barred at the 4th Fret.

The notes on a G are G,B and D some of which are available on the open strings.
The notes in a G# chord are
G#,C,D#
Which are not available as open strings, unless you use a capo.

[Sleepy Aligator]

How do you know those are the notes for a G#? I've seen these come up alot, like F#, D# etc..say those shapes cannot move up how do you know where it can be created??

[ianb]

Get the notes for a G# Major Scale.

G#,A#,C,C#,D#,F,G

The chord for a G# will be built from notes 1,3 and 5 from the above list

G#,C,D#

You must play all of the named notes, they can be from any octave and they can each be repeated on different strings, as long as you have all of the notes and no others then you have the correct chord.
If you put in extra notes then the name of the chord changes to reflect the notes that are being used.

[Sleepy Aligator]

Right yeah, it speaks for itself really then. Thanks for the explanation. :cool: