Hey guys...
Please go through this 201 sections if you have already attended the guitar sessions in campus, else if you are a beginner, I recommend you stick to the 101 series for the time being.
Back again, this time with Barre chords. In our sessions, all of you had a tough time holding the barre chord. Definitely it will be tough in the beginning but you guys will get a hang of it slowly.
Now, before we begin, be sure to remember the 4 important chords here:
1. The E Major
2. The E Minor
3. The A Major
4. The A Minor
For all of you who are doing this for the first time, don't get baffled or anything, it will come with time.
For barre chords, I need you guys to check out the following two links
For holding techniques:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpMhueVEz2g
For variations of the barre chords:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNe4oHE8WLU
Always remember that to know which is the root note of your barre chord, the only thing that you need to do is know the note that is being pressed by your index finger.
Just for your reference I am sharing a few sample chord diagrams below which you can refer to after you have checked out the videos
First the E major: this is an open chord and the same structure is repeated for all the major barre chords. All you need to do is just move your hand parallel down the guitar fret board:
Note that in the diagram to your left, the top string is open. The open top string is the E note right, so you have the E major chord here
Now the pic on the
left is how you hold the F major barre chord. Note the fact that the index finger is pressing down on the 1st frets of the 1st , 2nd and 6th strings. The other 3 fingers are basically holding an E major shape, but just shifted one fret down from where we hold the E major.
The pic on the left is a better diagram of the above figure only. In this diagram, the note played by the top string is an F note, because you are holding the first fret of your 6th string. So.... an F Major chord
Now similarly if you want to hold, say like an A major barre chord, all you need to do is shift down your hand parallel, so that your index finger now holds the A note on the top string(6th string). Walla !!!! you get an A major chord.
Keep practicing... do write back if you get confused.
Please go through this 201 sections if you have already attended the guitar sessions in campus, else if you are a beginner, I recommend you stick to the 101 series for the time being.
Back again, this time with Barre chords. In our sessions, all of you had a tough time holding the barre chord. Definitely it will be tough in the beginning but you guys will get a hang of it slowly.
Now, before we begin, be sure to remember the 4 important chords here:
1. The E Major
2. The E Minor
3. The A Major
4. The A Minor
For all of you who are doing this for the first time, don't get baffled or anything, it will come with time.
For barre chords, I need you guys to check out the following two links
For holding techniques:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpMhueVEz2g
For variations of the barre chords:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNe4oHE8WLU
Always remember that to know which is the root note of your barre chord, the only thing that you need to do is know the note that is being pressed by your index finger.
Just for your reference I am sharing a few sample chord diagrams below which you can refer to after you have checked out the videos
First the E major: this is an open chord and the same structure is repeated for all the major barre chords. All you need to do is just move your hand parallel down the guitar fret board:
 |
| E Major |
 |
| F Major Holding Technique |
Note that in the diagram to your left, the top string is open. The open top string is the E note right, so you have the E major chord here
Now the pic on the
left is how you hold the F major barre chord. Note the fact that the index finger is pressing down on the 1st frets of the 1st , 2nd and 6th strings. The other 3 fingers are basically holding an E major shape, but just shifted one fret down from where we hold the E major.
 |
| F Major Finger Position |
The pic on the left is a better diagram of the above figure only. In this diagram, the note played by the top string is an F note, because you are holding the first fret of your 6th string. So.... an F Major chord
Now similarly if you want to hold, say like an A major barre chord, all you need to do is shift down your hand parallel, so that your index finger now holds the A note on the top string(6th string). Walla !!!! you get an A major chord.
Keep practicing... do write back if you get confused.
Hi..we are still stuck on chords shifting, this part would take a lot of time..:(
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to let u know..u have been an awesome teacher..dunno about others but i did learn a lot..have been tryng to get a hold of chords before joining Infy..n now i not only remember the chords, can shift from one to the next too( though still need lot of pratice)..i hope the sessions start again..every class was enjoyable..Kudos to ur effort...Thanks to Mystic Chimes for organising such an amazing workshop..:)
Hi Sadhana, thanks for following the blog. I was a little tied up with some work so could not be more active on this blog. I'll try and post as many links and video lessons that I get a hold of so that you can learn faster.
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