The open E chord above.

The first image to the left is the E major chord in the open position. You can use this chord to construct movable root 6 bar chords. Take a look at the image below the E, notice the same fingering pattern is being played along with the index finger.     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. Also notice that the index finger is close to the fret. The chord is now the F major chord after being barred at the first fret. The root 6 E type bar chord can be played all along the Low E string. The note of the Low E string, index finger determines the major chord being played.

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 major 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 when I told you earlier that all the notes repeat after 12 frets? Well, that goes for scales and chords too. If you played this fingering pattern at the 12th fret, it would be the E major chord same as the E chord in the open position 12 frets away.

Here is the root 6 type bar chord played using your thumb. The note on the Low E string determines the chord. This chord is being played at the 5th fret and would now be the A major chord. Notice the index finger playing the two notes on the B and high E string.

Here is the same A chord played at the 5th fret, but this time using the 1 finger in place of the thumb. Notice the other fingers have the same fingering as the open E chord. This is why it is often referred to the E type bar chord. But, it is also called the root 6 bar chord. The chord is determined by the note of Low E string or 6th string. Use this fingering pattern to play all the major chords up and down the fret board. This would be the A major chord at the fifth fret, but with the same fingering moved to the 7th fret would be the B major chord.

D minor chord above A minor chord

Notice the chord being illustrated now. This is called a root 5 minor type bar chord. This chord gets its name from the notes played along the A string. You can move this bar chord up and down the fretboard to play all the minor chords. Notice that this bar chord uses the fingering pattern of the open position A minor chord. The chord to the left has the index finger on the 5th fret. Look at the illustration above and find the D note 5th fret on the A string. This type of minor bar chord uses the open Am chord, along with the index finger. Since the index finger is at the D note, A string it would be the Dm chord. The notes of the Dm chord are D F and A. This means since the A note is in the Dm chord, we can play that A note 5th fret low E string. But, you must understand that the chord being played is the Dm chord and you should know that the chord is determined by the note on the D string. This means, you don't have to play the note on the Low E string. If we moved this fingering pattern to the 3rd fret, we would be playing the C minor chord. If we played this fingering pattern at the 2nd fret, we would have the Bm chord and so on. The chord to the left is the Am chord in the open position. We can use this chord to play all the minor chords up and down the fretboard, just like we used the E chord. This chord uses the A string to determine the chord being played.

G bar chord 3rd fret

I have played two chords and used the G bar chord at the 3rd fret as shown. I then played the Em chord in the open position. I then played a lead over the G chord using the G major pentatonic scale 3rd fret position. When the Em chord comes up, I used the G major pentatonic or Em pentatonic scale in the open position. At the end of the lead for the Em, I jumped to the 12 fret of the G major scale or E Aeolian mode. Listen to this lead and electric guitar rhythm Listen to just the rhythm alone Practice the G major scale. Practice the G major progressions and begin to incorporate this scale.

	More root 6 minor and major bar chords.
	Use these bar chords to play a progression.