Some ideas to help your chord “comping” on the top 4 strings. There are 7 chords in each pattern in the exact order that I identify. Try transposing these ideas.
pattern: CDCDCDC
-0–2–3–5–8–10–12—
-1–3–5–7–8–10–13—
-0–2–5–7–9–11–12—
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pattern: DCDCDCD
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-1–3–5–7–8—10–13—-
-0–2–5–7–9—11–12—-
-2–4–5–7–10–12–14—-
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Use only the first two fingers to finger the following pattern. On the first chord, try also fingering the 5 fret of the low E string and think of what chord that reminds you of.
pattern: Am6 E7(E9)   Cm6 G7(G9)   Dm6 A7(A9)   Fm6 C7(C9)
-5–7—8–10—10–12—13–15-
-5–7—8–10—10–12—13–15-
-5–7—8–10—10–12—13–15-
-4–6—7–9—-9—11—12–14-
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The next pattern is another important idea on comping. You can also play this as a set of arpeggios. I show how to do the squarish arpeggio at the end of the next example.
pattern: G Am6   G/B Cm6   G D7
-3–5—7–8—-7–5–|——-5-8-5——-
-3–7—8–10—8–7–|—–7——-7—–
-4–5—7–8—-7–5–|—5———–5—
-5–7—9–10—9–7–|-7—————7-
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