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What do 1/2CII, CII, IV, CIV, 1/2CII, CV, 1/2CVII, 1/2CV, etc mean in classical guitar sheet music ???

Hi there,

Those Roman numerals indicate the fret where you play a Barre chord (where the finger covers all or part of the 6 strings).

For example "C1V" would mean to play a full barre chord on the 4th fret. Where you see a "1/2" means to play a half-barre chord which covers either 3 or 4 strings (from the bottom E" string upwards of course).

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Trevor M.