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The guitar neck with the notes of the E string: If you slide 1 fret up from the F chord we have an F# or Gb (see guitar music theory for more about # and b). 2 frets and we have an E chord again (on the 12th fret). 2 frets further (the 10th) gives us a D chord. Now slide 1 fret up (remember, between b/c and e/f only 1 half step) and you're on the C chord. Slide 2 more frets to the 5th fret and you have An A chord. The chord you are fingering now is the G chord. Starting from the F chord slide up 2 frets (so you are on the 3rd fret now). Knowing this you can find every major chord there is. All notes in the C major scale are 2 half steps apart from each other, except between E & F (1 half step) and B & C (also 1 half note).One fret on the guitar equals a half step.Some things you need to know before we go any further: Experiment with the position of your thumb and with the way you put pressure on the strings. Try the same chord higher on the neck and it will be easier. The F chord is also the most difficult bar chord because the frets are so wide at the beginning of the guitar neck. There's nothing wrong with your fingers, this is a difficult thing to do but you'll soon get the hang of it if you practice enough. You'll notice that not all strings sound clear and some strings don't have any sound at all. By sliding one fret up from the E chord we made an F chord out of it. From low to high these are the notes in the chord: F C F A C F or 1 5 1 3 5 1. The bass note of the chord is on the first fret of the E string: the note F. If you have followed my explanation correctly it should look something like this: Then 'bar' all the strings on the first fret with your index finger. Now slide all the notes you are fretting (all 3 of them) one fret higher on the neck. The bass note or 1 of this chord is the open string E (if the 1 in this sentence sounds like Chinese to you, you'd better read the guitar music theory tutorial).

Instead of fretting the chord with finger 1, 2 and 3 we're going to fret it with finger 2, 3 and 4 like you can see on the following picture: To make a bar chord out of the E chord, we need to change the fingering.

Here's the guitar diagram and guitar chord picture for the E chord: Let's start with the first type: bar chords derived from the E chord. This kind of chord has it's bass note on the A string.

Guitar bar chords derived from the chord of A.

This kind of chord has it's bass note on the E string.

Guitar bar chords derived from the chord of E.

Here are the 2 most important types of guitar bar chords: Have a look at this guitar bar chord picture and the chord diagram for a better understanding: Once you're able to play them you wonder what was so difficult about it (but I guess that's the case with most of the things you learn). I've had a few students who could fret guitar bar chords almost perfectly within first week they started learning them, but for most beginning guitar players it takes a bit longer. You have to give this some time and practice. I wish I could offer you a bar chords made easy solution, but I'm afraid I can't. Taking all the frets with one finger is not an easy thing to do. They are used extensively in all kinds of music.īar chords are called the way they are because you 'bar' all the strings at one fret with your index finger. Guitar bar chords (or barre chords/barré chords) play an important part in guitar playing.