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Guitar bar chords
Always remember when you play guitar chords, have your fingers
fret the chords as close to the fret as possible.
We will begin by explaining the E chord.
This guitar chord is very
important because it can easily be converted to many bar chords. When you
bar the E chord, it has now been converted to a movable major
chord. You can now play over 15 different chords by moving this root 6, E bar
chord to different positions of the guitar.
The E bar chord is a Root 6 bar chord, which means the chord is
determined by the note on the 6th string. Remember the 6th string is the
Low E string. Look at the illustration below.
|
The open E chord |
The chord is now the
F chord after being barred at first
fret.
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Tablature for the F Chord.
----1---
----1---
----2---
----3---
----3---
----1---
|
The first image to the left is
the E major chord. The second image is the F major chord. Notice the
index finger is behind the 1st fret and the other fingers have the same
fingering as the open E chord. The note on the first fret Low
E 6th string is
the F note. Look Below. Also note that the index finger is close to the
fret.
|
This type of bar chord is determined by the note on the 6th string
which is the Low E string. Root 6 bar chord |
Look at the image above and
notice the F note at the 1st fret 6th string, or Low E
string. Now
notice the index finger to the left covering that fret. Since the index
finger is on the 1st fret F note, it is now the F chord.
If you moved this same fingering to the 3rd fret it would become the
G chord. Look above and notice the note at the 3rd fret Low
E 6th string. It
is the G note.
Moving this fingering to the 8th fret would be the C chord. The 10th
fret would be the D chord. Remember I told you earlier that everything
repeats after 12 frets. That goes for scales and chords too. |
Now you have learned that you can easily convert the open
E chord to the movable bar chord and play over 15 different chords on
the guitar. The root 6 or E bar chord is determined by the note on Low
E 6th string. Play this
chord in every fret possible along the Low E string and note which chord it would be. More
root 6 minor and major bar chords. Use
these bar chords to play a progression.
Good luck,
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