Barre Chords

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Barre Chords; Music & Instruments
Topic Started: Jul 8 2006, 04:27 PM (212 Views)
Blake	Jul 8 2006, 04:27 PM Post #1
Vwls Sck!! Posts: 1,073 Group: Members Member #31 Joined: June 29, 2006 Last.fm: Kick2theOvaries	Barre Chords Advantages of Barre Chords: Playing a barre chord involves re-fingering an open position chord so as to leave the first finger free to play the barre by fretting all six strings. The whole chord can then be moved up the fingerboard to different pitches. The main advantage of using barre chords is that you can move the same shape up or down the fretboard to create new chords without the need to memorize a whole host of different fingerings for each chord. Using barre chords will allow you to play more unusual chords, which are unobtainable in open position. Major Barre Chords: To play majore chords in barre form, begin by re-fingering an open position E major chord using the second, third and fourth fingers. Then move this up to different fingerboard positions, with the first finger fretting all the strings on the adjacent lower fret. In theory, you could play all major chords with just this one barre chord shape. And practice, however, thi would involve leaping around the fretboard too much when changing from one chord to another. Therefor, knowing at least two shapes for each chord type will enable you to play through most songs without ever having ti shift more than a couple of frets for each chord to change. The second major shape you can convert to a barre chord is the open position A major shape; moving this shape with the barre on the on frets 3,5,7 of the A string will give the chords of C, D and E major. Minor Barre Chords: Open position minor chords can also be converted to barre chords. The E minor and A minor shapes can be re-fingered to leave the first finger free to make the barre. When the E minor shape is moved up, the pitch of the chord should be taken from the barre position on the E string. When the A minor chord is moved up, the pitch should be taken from the barre position on the A string. Mixing Barre Chords: Most songs will combine a mixture of major and minor chords. Whether you decide to use an E or A shape barre chord will depend on the position of the previous and the following chord; the trick is to choose the shape that will avoid an lare fretboard shifts Barre Chord Technique: -Keep the first finger striaght and in line with the fret. -The creaser between the joints of the barring finger should not coincide with the strings. -When you move between barre chords ensure your thumb also shifts, so that your whole hand position is moving with each chord change. -blake
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