Clayh wrote:

Hi, I'm in my school's jazz band as a percussionist, and I also play guitar (Just not in Jazz Band). We are playing "Hot Chocolate" from the Polar Express movie, and I'm doing guitar on this song because we need a guitarist. I have the music, and it's almost all chords, but they're all really weird (Think F13, Bb13, C7/E). I also have a sheet of all the chord fingerings with the roots circled, but above all the fingerings, it doesn't have the chord name, just the add-ons (I don't know what they're called) like "Maj7", and "7(#11)". I have no idea how to match these to the chords in the song. HELP!

~Clay

Hi Clay,

This is my first post smile

Maybe the chords in the sheet contains moveable chords, which means it can be played anywhere on the fretboard by playing the exact fingering pattern. Thats why they circled the root. The key of the chord will change depending on its position on the fretboard but the still maintaining the chords name (just like playing barre chords which be played anywhere on the fretboard)