Welcome to the sixth video of the Rhythm Guitar Quick-Start Series! In this lesson, we’re going to learn two different shapes for minor bar chords. These are really important to learn because in lesson seven you need to know these minor bar chord shapes so you can play through some of the more common chord progressions. These minor bar chord shapes should be easy for you to learn because they’re based off the two major bar chord shapes that you learned in the last couple of videos.
To get started, we’ll use our six-string E bar chord shape as our base, putting it on the fifth fret to make an A bar chord. To turn this into a minor bar chord, all you need to do is change one note. Simply take your middle finger off, and that changes this A major into an A minor bar chord.
Practice this a few times, while trying to remember all the tips I’ve given you to keep your chords clean sounding. You’ll notice when I take my middle finger off the string, it naturally comes back to help my index finger with the bar, making it a bit easier.
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Basically, we just took an E major bar chord shape and turned it into an E minor, except we used a bar instead of open chords. Just like all the other bar chords you’ve learned, you can move this shape anywhere along the fretboard. You can look at your sixth string notes as a reference to find out which minor bar chord you’re playing.
If I move my bar up to the seventh fret and look at the note on the sixth string, I know this bar chord is a B minor using the E minor shape. Like always, try moving this shape around and remember that the name of the specific bar chord you’re playing comes from the lowest root note on the sixth string.
The next minor bar chord shape that we’ll look at comes from the open A major chord you learned earlier. Put the A major bar chord shape on at the seventh fret. This will be an E major bar chord because the root note on the seventh fret of the fifth string is an E.
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Just like the last shape we learned, we only have to change one note, although this one isn’t quite as easy since we’ll have to change the fingering. The note you’re playing with your pinky on the ninth fret needs to move down to the eighth fret, and of course your pinky can’t move that way.
Instead, your middle finger will come back to the eighth fret of the B string, your third finger will grab the ninth fret of the D string, and your pinky will grab the ninth fret of the G string. Leaving the low E string out, this is the shape for your A minor bar chord. Since your index finger is on the seventh fret, this is an E minor chord using the A minor shape.
Get that shape down and then just like you did with your other bar chord shapes, practice moving it all around the fretboard. If you have trouble memorizing this shape, an easy way to remember it is to think of your sixth string root note major bar chord. It’s the same shape with your middle, third, and fourth fingers but the shape is moved over one string set.
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Changing from the major bar chord to the minor bar chord is a good way to think about it. First get comfortable changing back and forth between the two, and then begin moving all around the fretboard. You can use the on-screen graphic again to reference the notes on the fifth string to see what chord you’re playing.
Thanks for watching this lesson. Take both of these minor bar chord shapes and move them up and down the fretboard. In the next video, using all the bar chords you’ve learned so far, we’ll play through some of the most important chord progressions you’ll need to learn as a rhythm guitar player. See you in the next lesson: Common Chord Progressions.Once you know how to play the basic open chords like G, C, D, A, E, F, Am, Em, Dm, and other chord forms like sus, sus2, sus4, dom7, min7, add9, etc, it’s time to learn bar chords! Although you can play lots of songs with just open chords, your playing will be limited at times. Bar chords will add a ton of versatility to your guitar playing and several popular country and bluegrass songs are played with bar chords.
The bar chords are challenging but very beneficial because you can move one bar chord shape across the entire fretboard and play the same chord shape in 12 different keys. There are many other bar chord shapes, but these are the four shapes that you will probably use most often. Also a lot of the other bar chords are derived from these shapes.
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Let’s take a look at the first chord diagram, the “E major” shape bar chord. The blue line is where you will “bar” the fret using index finger. Place your index finger on the first fret across all the strings and rotate your index finger slightly onto its side to hold down all the strings.
Next place your middle finger on third string, second fret. Place your ring finger on the fifth string, third fret. Place your pinky on the fourth string, third fret. Pick all the strings one by one to make sure each string rings out clearly. If you don’t get a good sound out of each string it might be due to some of your fingers touching nearby strings or you might need to apply some more pressure on the strings using the tip of your fingers.
The E major shape bar chord indicates a bar with an “E major shape” chord played with your middle, ring and pinky. When you play the E major shape bar chord with your pointer finger bar on the first fret, you’re actually playing an F major chord. The lowest note which you press with your index finger on the sixth string, first fret is the F note, which is also the root note of the chord. This root note defines the name of the chord.
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Now if you move the entire E major shape bar chord up a half step (one fret), you’re playing an F sharp major (F#) chord because your lowest note (the root note) is now on the sixth string, second fret, which is an F# note.
As you can see, you are able to move the E major shape bar chord to any location across the entire fretboard. As another example, if you play the E major shape bar chord with your index finger barring the third fret, you will sound a G major chord. If you move that shape up the fretboard one fret at a time, you will play the G#, A, A#, B, C, D, D#, E, and finally back to F major chord on the 13th fret.
You can move all other bar chord shapes in the same exact way. The second chord diagram, the Em chord shape, is actually an F minor (Fm) chord with the pointer finger barring across the first fret. The third chord diagram is an A# major chord or B flat (Bb). The fourth chord diagram is A# minor (A#m) or Bb minor (Bbm).
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If you look at “A major shape” bar chord, you can see the lowest note (the root note) is now on the fifth string and not on the sixth string — the low E string is muted. Move the entire chord up a half step (one fret) and you will play the B major chord with the root note on the 2nd fret. Move the shape up another half step and you will play a C major. You get the idea.
Practice bar chords on a regular basis and play songs with bar chords as much as you can. Pay attention to how you place your fingers and check if you can find any errors. Replace or move your fingers if necessary. Strive to make all the notes sound clean and clear.
IMPORTANT: Memorize all the notes on the 6th and 5th string, so you’re able to easily find all the bar chords across the fretboard.The E Major chord is one of the most common and popular chords on the guitar. The open E chord is one of the first chords that most guitarists learn, and it has been used in countless songs across many genres.
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The most common way to play the E chord is in the open position. This is one of the most commonly used chord shapes and one of the first ones that most guitarists learn.
The easiest version of the E chord is essentially a mini version of the standard, open E chord. It uses the first three strings of the guitar and only involves one finger (as well as open strings).
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