Bar Chords

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Hey guitar enthusiasts! In this tutorial, we're tackling bar chords. We'll examine the best approach to forming a clean-sounding bar chord, and the steps for constructing a ton of cool chords (covering all major, minor, 7, minor 7 and major 7 chords). So to begin, what is a bar chord? A bar chord, in essence, is a chord where one more fingers cover more th...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: So when we look at any chord, for instance: Abm - the first thing we want to do is find an Ab note. The same would apply for a any chord: Bm (B), C# (C#), Ebm (Eb), D#m (D#), Cmaj7 (C), Ebm7 (Eb) etc. Always identify what the root of the chord is, first. Step 1: Let's examine a quick and easy way to locate said notes on the E and A strings. Step 2: To pr...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: So now that we're familiar with locating any 5 chord, let's get to the barring. Let's use Am for this example. Using the previous steps, our approach will be to locate an A note (fifth fret on low E string) and add our ring and pinky fingers to form the 5 chord. Step 3: Bar your index finger. Your index finger now be fretting the root of the chord, and th...

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