Guitar players, need your help

[Vegitto]

I've been trying to play some songs with barre chords. You know, easy songs 🙂. I was looking for a list of the barre chords or something. Basically just Major and Minor 😛.
I've got this, but that's just chords. I hope you understand 😛.

Thanks in advance 🙂.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

Try here. There is three barre chord lessons.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Barre chords are pretty simple once you understand. The main bare chord positions are A,Am,E,Em, you can make any major or minor chord with those four positions just by moving to different frets on the fretboard.

Lets start with the A position, as you should know a standard A chord is made by fretting the 2nd(B),3rd(G), and 4th(D) strings all on the second fret. The A barre position can be done by using the middle,ring and pinkie finger to fret the three strings while using the index finger to bar two frets up. The easier and most common way is to use the ring finger to bar across the last four strings and just not strumming across the bottom E string, and using the index finger to bar two frets up.

Each fret on the guitar is 1/2 step, so by moving the barred chord position up the fretboard the chord changes by a 1/2 step each time. For example if you fret the 3 strings mentioned at the 3rd fret and bar across the 1st, you have moved from an A chord to a Bflat. Go up another fret to the 4th with a bar across the 2nd and its a B chord, go up one more and its a C chord, etc... Moving up the fret board one fret at a time and the chords would be A,Bflat,B,C,C#,D,D#,E,F,F#,G

The other positions work the same way. A basic Am chord is 2nd string 1st fret, and 3rd and 4th on the 2nd fret. You fret these strings with the middle, ring and pinkie and bar one fret above the middle finger. As you move down the fretboard the chords would be
Am,Bflatm,Bm,Cm,C#m,Dm,D#m,Em,Fm,F#m,Gm

The same applies to the E position chords. Apply the same logic and you will figure it out

 

[thelanx]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Barre chords are pretty simple once you understand. The main bare chord positions are A,Am,E,Em, you can make any major or minor chord with those four positions just by moving to different frets on the fretboard.

Lets start with the A position, as you should know a standard A chord is made by fretting the 2nd(B),3rd(G), and 4th(D) strings all on the second fret. The A barre position can be done by using the middle,ring and pinkie finger to fret the three strings while using the index finger to bar two frets up. The easier and most common way is to use the ring finger to bar across the last four strings and just not strumming across the bottom E string, and using the index finger to bar two frets up.

Each fret on the guitar is 1/2 step, so by moving the barred chord position up the fretboard the chord changes by a 1/2 step each time. For example if you fret the 3 strings mentioned at the 1st fret and bar across the 1st, you have moved from an A chord to a Bflat. Go up another fret to the 4th with a bar across the 2nd and its a B chord, go up one more and its a C chord, etc... Moving up the fret board one fret at a time and the chords would be A,Bflat,B,C,C#,D,D#,E,F,F#,G

The other positions work the same way. A basic Am chord is 2nd string 1st fret, and 3rd and 4th on the 2nd fret. You fret these strings with the middle, ring and pinkie and bar one fret above the middle finger. As you move down the fretboard the chords would be
Am,Bflatm,Bm,Cm,C#m,Dm,D#m,Em,Fm,F#m,Gm

The same applies to the E position chords. Apply the same logic and you will figure it out

Yeah there is no need to memorize all the barre chords, just remember (and later understand the theory) of the four basic shapes. Then just move up and down the fretboard as GuitarDaddy has described to play different barre chords.

 

[Wag]

Yah. Learn the basic open chords and you should be able to play barre chords no problem. Just takes some practice.

 

[BlancoNino]

Playing barre chords is commonly overlooked. I learned to play them when I was 15 while everyone else was playing nirvana and other gay crap. Ska/Reggae stuff is fun as hell to play.

 

[Linflas]

Wow all this time and I never knew it were spelled barre. I always assumed it was spelled bar because they involved using the index finger as a bar across all 6 strings. 😱

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: Linflas
Wow all this time and I never knew it were spelled barre. I always assumed it was spelled bar because they involved using the index finger as a bar across all 6 strings. 😱

same.

 

[Vegitto]

Well, thanks, all 🙂. But I already knew and understood this. I just want, like, a list of them, so I don't have to make a calculation every time I wanna play a chord 😛.

 

[Vegitto]

Oh, by the way: Nirvana isn't gay. I agree that it's easy music, but it's still cool. I was trying to play Jumping Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones, but just doing it ordinarily sounds kinda boring.. 😛
And a friend of mine played the EXACT same thing I was playing in barre (it's basically all he can do 😛), and it sounded so much better 🙂.

Thanks in advance 🙂.

 

[Vegitto]

Uuuhm.. Help? 😛

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: Linflas
Wow all this time and I never knew it were spelled barre. I always assumed it was spelled bar because they involved using the index finger as a bar across all 6 strings. 😱

same.

It goes either way. I have a couple of books that say "bar".

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Oh, by the way: Nirvana isn't gay. I agree that it's easy music, but it's still cool. I was trying to play Jumping Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones, but just doing it ordinarily sounds kinda boring.. 😛
And a friend of mine played the EXACT same thing I was playing in barre (it's basically all he can do 😛), and it sounded so much better 🙂.

Thanks in advance 🙂.

Generally, open position chords sound better than barre chords when playing acoustic soungs, but barre chords are great if you're using any sort of distortion or overdrive as the bass notes in those cases drive the melody. If I remember, that song is in B, and the "filler" riff is just part of a straight major pentatonic scale. Most people play the B chord in the 6th string 7th position because the scale is best laid out in that position.

I guess my point is, each chord and scale can be played in different ways, but a good musician will find the combination that works most efficiently.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Well, thanks, all 🙂. But I already knew and understood this. I just want, like, a list of them, so I don't have to make a calculation every time I wanna play a chord 😛.

There are many chord books listing most all possible chords including barre chords. But you will quickly find that making the calcs in your head is quicker than finding them in a book. Most good chord books are pretty thick with many chords on each page, they are good for finding obscure infrequently played chords, but thats about it IMHO.

If you think trying to calc where your next chord is in your head is slow. Try taking your hands of the quitar and thumbing through a book🙂

One of the best aides I've seen is a chord poster, it's a wall poster with diagrams for the most frequently played chords. That might be of help to you

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Well, thanks, all 🙂. But I already knew and understood this. I just want, like, a list of them, so I don't have to make a calculation every time I wanna play a chord 😛.

There are many chord books listing most all possible chords including barre chords. But you will quickly find that making the calcs in your head is quicker than finding them in a book. Most good chord books are pretty thick with many chords on each page, they are good for finding obscure infrequently played chords, but thats about it IMHO.

If you think trying to calc where your next chord is in your head is slow. Try taking your hands of the quitar and thumbing through a book🙂

One of the best aides I've seen is a chord poster, it's a wall poster with diagrams for the most frequently played chords. That might be of help to you

Well, that doesn't hold true for me 😛. I have photographic memory, but I suck ass at maths 😛.

 

[Rock Hydra]

I hate using barre chords, but I used the To Live Is To Die intro by Metallica to learn how to do it proficiently.

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: Rock Hydra
I hate using barre chords, but I used the To Live Is To Die intro by Metallica to learn how to do it proficiently.

I don't know that song, but I'll look into it. Thanks 🙂.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/home/nav...=tp&q=Guitar+Chords+Poster

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076923...f=pd_bbs_1/102-4623287-2096154?ie=UTF8

 

[Omegachi]

i needed this too, thanks 🙂