BAR CHORDS

Bar chords are movable chords that can be played up and down the neck with the same hand position.
Try these six different bar chords. As you can see the E chord here is the same pattern as the the F and G. The only difference is that you now take your first finger and bar the entire fret. This allows you to play this formation any where up and down the neck of the guitar.
Once you have the hand position down for a bar chord, try playing a power chord at every fret going up and down the neck.

Tips:

  • Use tips of the finger to fret the notes and place the finger just behind the fret. Be careful not to place you finger on top of the fret because this will cause fret noise or can cause the note to not ring at all.
  • Your thumb should rest somewhere between the center and top of the back of the neck
  • Once you have fingers in the proper chord position try playing each string individually to see if all the strings are ringing.
  • If you find a string that isn't ringing check to make sure that your finger is just behind the fret and not on top of the fret. Also, check to see if another finger is touching that string causing it not to ring.
Bar chord chart