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Major Barre Chords
In lesson 5 you learnt how to play power chords on the E string. This
time we are going to play Major and Minor Barre chords on the E string
using the E Major and E Minor shapes. Barre Chords are very important
to learn because they allow you to play chords that can't be played
as open chords. Example 1 is a C Major chord. To play it, Barre your
1st finger at the 8th fret across all 6 strings. Now finger the E
Major chord with your left hand using fingers 2, 3 and 4.
Tip - Keep your thumb in a low position on the neck for Barre
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Example 1
This chord is the E Major chord shape. Here it is played at the 8th
fret (C) so it is a C Major. |
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Example
2
If you move the chord shape to the 10th fret the chord becomes
D Major.
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Example 3
The same shape played at the 3rd fret is G Major.
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Minor Barre Chords
The Minor chord is very similar to the Major chord shape. Play a Major
chord (E Shape) on the 5th fret, now take off your 2nd finger, your
now playing the E Minor shape. Since the Root note is on the 5th fret
the chord becomes A Minor. See Example 4. |
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Example 4
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Example
5
This is the E Minor shape played at the 9th fret. Since the Root
is C# (9th fret) the chord is C# Minor.
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Left Hand Muting
In lesson 4
you were introduced to Palm muting. In this lesson we going to look
at Left hand Muting which is often referred to as Percussive Muting.
Try example 6. Play a G Major chord. Now release the pressure from
your thumb and fingers but keep your fingers resting on the strings.
Strum the G Major 8 times, on the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th times release
the pressure from your left hand.
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Example
6
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Example
7
The strumming pattern below is a variation of strum pattern
3 in lesson 2. The difference is that this pattern plays the chords
in Barre chord form and has Left hand Muting.
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Note - play the
pattern four times |
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 Setting
Up Your Guitar and Amp
These are the Marshall Rock-Kit guitar and amp settings used by
us for the sound file recordings that accompany this lesson. |
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