This lesson assumes you’ve got a guitar that’s in tune, you know your note names, and have mastered your open major and minor chords.
The key takeaway from this lesson is that every shape or pattern you learn on the guitar is moveable! The key is to know what the root note has to changed to. We are going to go through a few examples using common open chords.
E string major bar chords:
Play your E major chord but make sure to leave your index finger free. From there we will slide everything up one fret and place our index finger down on the first fret to form and F major bar chord. Slide everything up again and find F# major. Continue up the fretboard noting the changing root note: G Major, G# Major, A Major and so on.
E string minor bar chords:
Play E minor but make sure to leave your index finger free. Slide the shape up one fret and lay your index finger down on the first fret to find F minor. Slide everything up again and find F# minor. Continue up the fret board noting each chords name by identifying the root.
A string major bar chords:
Play A major but make sure to leave your index finger free. Slide the shape up one fret and lay your index finger down on the first fret to find A#/Bb Major. Slide the shape up again and find B major. Continue up the fret board noting each chords name by identifying the root.
A string minor bar chords:
Play A minor but make sure to leave your index finger free. Slide the shape up one fret and lay your index finger down on the first fret to find A#/Bb Minor. Slide that shape up and find B minor. Once again, continue up the fretboard noting each chords name by identifying the root.
Happy practice!
Next we will combine our knowledge of scales and chords to understand related chords and chord progressions!
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