Barre chords are useful tools for guitarists. Just by knowing a few shapes a guitarist could play many chords in any key. A guitarist just needs to know one major barre chord shape and they would be able to play any major chord in any key.
Same with a minor chord, dominant chord, sus chord, you name it. Just learn the shape and you can play that chord in any key, anywhere’s on the guitar. This is a phenomanal aspect about the guitar, not many instruments have this power.
This is in direct conflict with the basic open position chords. With those chords, you need to learn a new shape for every new chord. Not so with barre chords, because you only need a few shapes and your can literally play any of the most used chords in any key anywheres on the guitar neck. Phenomanal.
The barre is a technique where one finger is used to fret many strings on the guitar. It is most commonly used when referring to the 1st finger fretting all the strings on the same fret. When done this way, the barre replaces the use of the nut on the guitar. The following is a barre, done with the 1st finger, located on the 2nd fret.
The diagram to the left clearly indicates that all the strings should be fretted on the 2nd fret with the 1st finger. When played, each string should ring clearly. This will be hard at first, but with practice it will come. The barre will be easier to fret by rotating your index finger slightly towards the nut.
Notice that the barre completely replaces the use of the nut. Most important of all is notice that after applying the barre to the guitar, you still have 3 fingers left to fret other notes to make different chord shapes.
In the next section, we will start to use those extra fingers to make barre chords shapes. Now its going to get interesting.
Part II - Your first Barre Chord
Same with a minor chord, dominant chord, sus chord, you name it. Just learn the shape and you can play that chord in any key, anywhere’s on the guitar. This is a phenomanal aspect about the guitar, not many instruments have this power.
This is in direct conflict with the basic open position chords. With those chords, you need to learn a new shape for every new chord. Not so with barre chords, because you only need a few shapes and your can literally play any of the most used chords in any key anywheres on the guitar neck. Phenomanal.
The Barre
The barre is a technique where one finger is used to fret many strings on the guitar. It is most commonly used when referring to the 1st finger fretting all the strings on the same fret. When done this way, the barre replaces the use of the nut on the guitar. The following is a barre, done with the 1st finger, located on the 2nd fret.
The diagram to the left clearly indicates that all the strings should be fretted on the 2nd fret with the 1st finger. When played, each string should ring clearly. This will be hard at first, but with practice it will come. The barre will be easier to fret by rotating your index finger slightly towards the nut.
Notice that the barre completely replaces the use of the nut. Most important of all is notice that after applying the barre to the guitar, you still have 3 fingers left to fret other notes to make different chord shapes.
In the next section, we will start to use those extra fingers to make barre chords shapes. Now its going to get interesting.
Part II - Your first Barre Chord
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