----- Bar Chords. No Open Strings -----
For most people, to bar is the hardest thing that they ever have to
learn on the guitar. Practice the barre as a series of steps:
1. Position the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers, and not the first.
2. Straighten the 1st finger, bending the wrist as necessary.
3. Place it near the fret, straight, and parallel to it.
4. Putting a knuckle between strings most needing pressure.
5. Apply pressure slowly, keeping the other fingers in place.
When you fail start over. Don't struggle with a barre already down.
The strings marked "x" are not allowed to sound. 3=G means that
at the tenth fret the chord is G. % = repeat measure sign.
Major Minor 7th m7th = type of chord
1 = F ╒╤╤╤╤╕ ╒╤╤╤╤╕ ╒╤╤╤╤╕ ╒╤╤╤╤╕
3 = G 1│││11 1││111 1│1│11 1│1111 = bar the first fret
5 = A ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤
7 = B │││2││ ││││││ │││2││ ││││││ 8=C means that chords
8 = C ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ barring the 8th fret
10 = D │34│││ │34│││ │3││││ │3││││ will be C chords:
12 = E ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ C, Cm, C7, Cm7.
7th major minor 7th m7 major dim
1=C ╒╤╤╤╤╕ 2=B ╒╤╤╤╤╕ ╒╤╤╤╤╕ ╒╤╤╤╤╕ ╒╤╤╤╤╕ 2-D ╒╤╤╤╤╕ ╒╤╤╤╤╕
3=D ││││1│ 3=C │1│││1 │1│││1 │1│1│1 │1│1│1 4=E │││1│1 1││1│1
5=E ├┼┼┼┼┤ 5=D ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ 5=F ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤
6=F ││2│││ 7=E ││││││ ││││2│ ││││││ ││││2│ 7=G ││││2│ │2││││
8=G ├┼┼┼┼┤ 8=F ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ 9=A ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤
10=A 3││4││ 10=G ││234│ ││34││ ││3│4│ ││3│││ 11=B ││3│││ ││3│4│
12=B ├┼┼┼┼┤ 12=A ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤ 12=C ├┼┼┼┼┤ ├┼┼┼┼┤
x x │4││││
I, II, III, IV = Position is the fret of the 1st finger.
II II
(1.) ││: D / Bm / Em / A7 / :││ (2.) ││: G / Bm / C / D7 / :││
V VII V III I
(3.) ││: E / A / B / / / :││ (4.) ││: Am / G / F / E / :││
V VII V III V VIII
(5.) ││: E / A / B / A / :││ (5.) ││: E / G / A / C / :││
VIII VI VIII VI III I II
(6.) C / A /:││ C / A G F ///││D /// ...││A /// % Bm /// % D...
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