Learning Guitar: Why should I learn barre chords?

So you’re a beginner guitar player and have learned all your open position chords, and are looking to learn some barre chords. Maybe you’ve tried in the past and failed, but this time you’re going to learn how to play them. So why should you learn barre chords? Simply put, barre chords will allow you to take the same chord position, and just move it up and down the fretboard to make new chords. This is powerful knowledge to have when learning guitar.

For example, you want to play an A# Major chord, but you don’t know the chord. If you know how to play the Major barre chord with the Root note on the E string,(see below) then simply take the same shape and move it to the 6th fret, which is an A# note. That’s it. Now you will be able to move that barre chord shape and move it up and down the neck to form many different chords. It all depends on what note you are barring.

You now need to memorize all the notes on the Low E String. If you do, you will be able to play any chord within seconds! Think of how fast you will start playing new chords. After you have done this, memorize the notes on the A String, and now you will know how to play barre chords with the root note on 2 different strings. This is awesome!

If you fail to see the significance of this, reread this blog or contact me. You need to learn this to continue to move forward with your guitar playing.

So how do you play these barre chords? Well, below is how to play a Major barre chord with the root on the E string. The 5 on the right tells you that it is to be played on the 5th fret, which is an A note, thus an A chord.

This chord is used in many popular songs including Stairway to Heaven, All Along the Watchtower, Ramblin Man, and many more.

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