E Shape Barre Chord Grip, Major and Minor (Guitar Lesson IM-111) How to play IF Stage 1
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0:10 - 0:12Hi, how are you doing? Justin here.
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0:12 - 0:15Welcome to the Intermediate Foundation 1 Course.
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0:15 - 0:19In this first lesson we're going to be
checking out the E shape barre chord. -
0:20 - 0:22A lot of you guys will have come from
the beginners course, -
0:22 - 0:25and already had a little bit of a sneaky look at
the F chord probably, -
0:25 - 0:28but we're gonna go into a lot more detail on
how to play these barre chords -
0:28 - 0:30and how to move them around
up and down the neck, etc. -
0:31 - 0:36Before we start you need to know at least
the notes on the thickest string (the 6th string). -
0:36 - 0:39You should really know the notes
on fifth string and the sixth string by now, but -
0:39 - 0:43it's absolutely essential that you
know the notes on the sixth string. -
0:43 - 0:47A couple of you are probably a bit
concerned about being able to play barre chords. -
0:48 - 0:52Everybody struggles when
they're learning barre chords pretty much, -
0:52 - 0:54I've seen a few students over the
years pick them up pretty quickly, -
0:54 - 0:58but most people most of the time find it
difficult and painful and it takes a while -
0:58 - 1:01That's kind of normal,
so don't freak out if that's you. -
1:02 - 1:08Also, a lot of people are kind of concerned
about having their hands too fat or too small -
1:08 - 1:11or too thin or too long or
the wrong shape, or whatever. -
1:11 - 1:15I've never had a student or met anyone
that just couldn't play barre chords. -
1:15 - 1:19Some people have a bit of a struggle with it,
those with big fat fingers, -
1:19 - 1:23you'll probably find this a bit easier
because your hands are probably quite strong. -
1:23 - 1:26A lot of people have trouble
pressing down all the strings, -
1:26 - 1:28so you should be alright
in that department. -
1:28 - 1:30Those of you with thin fingers might
have to work on the strength of it, -
1:30 - 1:33but you'll get your fingers
into a good place quickly. -
1:33 - 1:37So whatever it is that you think is being the
thing that's stopping you from playing barre chords, -
1:37 - 1:42probably won't exist after the end of this lesson,
it's just going to be about practice. -
1:42 - 1:46So what we're doing in this lesson is just
E shape Major and Minor. -
1:46 - 1:50Now, E shape comes from the name
of the E open chord. -
1:50 - 1:55So really, what the idea is if we had
-- I'm going to do a close up in a sec -- -
1:56 - 2:01If we had a regular E shape open chord,
E shape major chord, -
2:01 - 2:05and we reposition our fingers so
we're not using our first finger, -
2:05 - 2:10slide it up the neck and use our first finger,
almost like a capo, to press down on all of the strings. -
2:11 - 2:13That's our E shape barre chord.
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2:13 - 2:18So the barre is kind of functioning like
a capo and the shape that we put in front of it -
2:18 - 2:20is where we get our name from.
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2:20 - 2:25And, like I said, we're doing E shape to
start off with, you can do like C shape and A shape and D shape -
2:25 - 2:31and all sorts of stuff, for the intermediate
level I'd try and focus on the E shape and the A shape. -
2:31 - 2:33So we're gonna be just working with the E shape,
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2:33 - 2:36getting that really good to start off with,
that's the kind of the point. -
2:36 - 2:39Ok, so let's get to a close-up,
have a close-up look at the shape, -
2:39 - 2:41and then I'll go through and look at the techniques,
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2:41 - 2:43then we'll go through and explain some of the
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2:43 - 2:45common problems people have with them,
and how to solve it. -
2:45 - 2:47So, let's get to a close-up.
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2:48 - 2:51The way that I'd recommend you start off
playing your barre chords -
2:51 - 2:55is first of all to put down a regular
open E chord, an E Major chord. -
2:55 - 2:59Now what we're going to be doing is kind of
changing the fingers around, -
2:59 - 3:03so we're playing the same dots,
but we're not using our first finger. -
3:03 - 3:08So your gonna lift off the first finger,
move the 2nd finger to where the 1st finger was, -
3:08 - 3:13the 3rd finger to where the 2nd finger was,
and the little finger to where the 3rd finger was. -
3:13 - 3:18So what we end up with: 2nd finger in the 1st fret of the 3rd string,
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3:18 - 3:213rd finger on the 2nd fret of the 5th string,
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3:21 - 3:24and the little finger on the
2nd fret of the 4th string. -
3:24 - 3:27It should sound exactly the same as
your regular E chord. -
3:27 - 3:28So if we play it that way:
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3:28 - 3:30♪
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3:30 - 3:32Change the fingering around
and play it again: -
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3:33 - 3:35It should sound exactly the same.
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3:35 - 3:37Now to actually start with our barre,
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3:37 - 3:40what I recommend you do
is you slide the shape up, -
3:40 - 3:44so that your 2nd finger
is in the 4th fret. -
3:44 - 3:48Now some of you may have well tried to play
an F barre chord as your 1st barre chord, -
3:48 - 3:52and that's OK, but it's also the
hardest place to play a barre chord, -
3:52 - 3:54because the strings are the highest point
here at the nut. -
3:54 - 3:59So if you move it up here to the
2nd finger in the 4th fret, -
3:59 - 4:02you should find putting your barre down
a little bit easier. -
4:02 - 4:06The first and probably most important
technical thing that you need to think about -
4:06 - 4:10is what part of your finger creates the barre.
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4:10 - 4:14Now, the flat part of your finger, like this,
is very soft and fleshy. -
4:14 - 4:19And it's very difficult to get a solid barre down
if you're using the flat. -
4:19 - 4:22So really what we're using
is kind of the outside, -
4:22 - 4:26like 45 kinda degree angle there,
of 1st finger. -
4:26 - 4:28And the way to achieve this,
the way you think about it, -
4:28 - 4:33is when you put it on the actual guitar neck,
put it down flat right on the fret. -
4:34 - 4:39So you can see that the fret is underneath,
I know normally that you try and put your finger just behind the fret, -
4:39 - 4:42but what you want to do is
put if flat of the fret, -
4:42 - 4:44and then roll it onto the side.
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4:44 - 4:47So I'm actually kind of
twisting the finger around -
4:47 - 4:51so instead of being flat on the fleshy part,
I'm using this little part here, -
4:51 - 4:54and it's a lot harder you can feel it yourself
with your other finger, -
4:54 - 5:00that the edge of it, the 45 degree angle
of the finger is a lot harder than the flat part. -
5:00 - 5:06So, put it down flat, roll it over onto the
side and then put your chord shape down. -
5:06 - 5:11So that's probably the most important part that
you want to get used to, -
5:11 - 5:12is the rolling of the finger.
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5:12 - 5:17It also helps to think of the angle pressure
as being kind of across. -
5:17 - 5:20It's not directly in, if you're pressing directly in,
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5:20 - 5:24you're really going to hurt this muscle here
in between your first finger and your thumb, -
5:24 - 5:25it's gonna get really sore.
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5:25 - 5:30So what you're trying to really do is
angling the pressure kind of sideways, -
5:30 - 5:3345 degree angle into the wood,
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5:33 - 5:36not just pressing flat, that'll just make your hand sore
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5:36 - 5:38and it'll be difficult to get the chord nice.
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5:38 - 5:42So, finger on flat, roll it 45 degrees,
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5:42 - 5:45then place the rest of the fingers.
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5:45 - 5:48Now, also while we're talking here about
placing the rest of the fingers, -
5:48 - 5:49don't let them do this:
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5:49 - 5:52especially with the angle kind of going 45 degrees.
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5:52 - 5:57A lot of people end up rolling all their
fingers and they collapse over the top. -
5:57 - 6:02That just makes it really difficult to play and
difficult to change chords, and all sorts of problems. -
6:02 - 6:08So, really what we're doing there is making
sure that the fingers are kind of nice and squarely on. -
6:08 - 6:10You can see there that wrong, move them out,
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6:10 - 6:14just think about pulling your knuckles, here,
towards you a little bit, -
6:14 - 6:18and that should help get the fingers nice and square,
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6:18 - 6:21The barre can still be kind of...
so much like dividing the pressure -
6:21 - 6:23The bar pressure is going over there
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6:23 - 6:25The fingers are pointing kinda
back towards you a little bit -
6:25 - 6:28Another really important thing to be
aware of right at the start, -
6:28 - 6:30is the angle of your wrist.
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6:30 - 6:33Now, lots of beginners when they start
trying to do barre chords -
6:33 - 6:39end up with their wrist in this really
weird kind of contorted shape like this -
6:39 - 6:43and that really doesn't work, you know,
having that angle there. -
6:43 - 6:45Really what your after is this kind of shape
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6:45 - 6:49where the angle between the arm
an the wrist is quite flat. -
6:49 - 6:50There's a little bit of angle,
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6:50 - 6:52you know,a little bit is OK,
but just not this. -
6:52 - 6:55Really avoid pushing that thing...
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6:56 - 6:59You'll probably find that all of your shoulder and stuff is tense.
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6:59 - 7:03Really, what you want is that
your hand is flat, level with your arm, -
7:03 - 7:05and then when you go to do the barre chord,
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7:05 - 7:08it kind of just folds around, but the arm is still...
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7:08 - 7:11it's the fingers that make that 45 degree angle.
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7:11 - 7:14You kind of see the angles of my fingers there.
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7:14 - 7:18It's not like I'm doing this and keeping my hand and my fingers flat like that to do the barre,
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7:18 - 7:23it's the fingers that make the
45 degree angle to the hand -
7:23 - 7:26That's really important.
A lot of people muck that up. -
7:26 - 7:29A good way of think of it is just like I said,
to try and keep that -
7:29 - 7:33hand kinda apart, the hand and the arm flat
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7:33 - 7:34and then relax the shoulder
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7:34 - 7:36A lot of people put a lot of tension in there.
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7:36 - 7:37So try and get the chord on it, just
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7:37 - 7:41wobble your elbow out a little bit,
and just kind of try and relax. -
7:41 - 7:44Some time helps to push your
shoulders down first and then relax, -
7:44 - 7:48because, often when you push your shoulder
down, actually that's the most relaxed position, so -
7:48 - 7:51don't let your shoulder be
kinda up like this or whatever, -
7:51 - 7:55just try and relax the shoulder down,
you know, keep the hand flat, -
7:55 - 7:59grab the chord and make sure
the angle is on the fingers. -
8:00 - 8:03Another really good hint about
putting your barre chords down -
8:03 - 8:08is to make sure you realize what notes are
actually being played by the barre. -
8:08 - 8:11'Cause you should notice that the
3rd string, 4th string and 5th string -
8:11 - 8:13are covered by these fingers, so
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8:13 - 8:15the barre is not actually having to
hold those notes down, -
8:15 - 8:20really all it's covering is the thickest string
and the thinnest two strings. -
8:20 - 8:24So they are the kind of the points
where you really need to be -
8:24 - 8:26holding your barre down really tight.
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8:26 - 8:29Is having that note and the two thinnest strings,
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8:29 - 8:31the thickest and the thinnest two
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8:31 - 8:35from your barre, that's really important.
So what can be a good test for your barre -
8:35 - 8:38is, can you do the 6th string and the thinnest two, straight away.
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8:38 - 8:41If you then put your fingers on,
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8:41 - 8:46and one of the notes isn't ringing out,
you know it's the fingers' fault, not the barre's fault. -
8:46 - 8:49Some people also find it helpful
-- I know I did when I was learning -- -
8:49 - 8:52to think of the pressure in the barre
as being in the middle. -
8:52 - 8:56So it's kinda...
I'm thinking about focusing my pressure -
8:56 - 8:58into the middle of the barre.
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8:58 - 9:00I know that it sounds ridiculous, but
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9:00 - 9:03especially if the notes that we want to
play are the ones in the outside, -
9:03 - 9:05but if you focus your pressure in the middle,
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9:05 - 9:09it kinda seems to press both of the edges
down at the same time. -
9:09 - 9:13So that can be a really, really good way of
kinda thinking about your barre. -
9:13 - 9:17You're pressing sideways,
but you´re also thinking of the pressure -
9:17 - 9:21is being in the middle of the finger,
that's where you "focus your energy, man" -
9:21 - 9:24as you're trying to get the barre chord down.
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9:25 - 9:27Now, let´s go through some of the really common mistakes.
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9:27 - 9:29What you should be practicing is
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9:29 - 9:30putting your chord down, you know,
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9:30 - 9:34get your barre up, put it on,
roll it back, put the chord, the fingers down, -
9:34 - 9:38and then strum: (plays)
pick out the notes one at a time: -
9:38 - 9:41. . .
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9:41 - 9:43And then strum again
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9:43 - 9:47Now, what you are likely to find is
that some of the notes don't ring out properly, -
9:47 - 9:50and so what I'm gonna try to do is
show you the really the common ways. -
9:50 - 9:53Now this is the first mistake
that people get and it sounds like this: -
9:53 - 9:55. . .
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9:55 - 9:59and the thinnest two strings don't ring out,
and that's nearly always the fault of the barre. -
9:59 - 10:04Because, as they roll it back, they
roll it back too far at the beginning and -
10:04 - 10:08here you'll see that it's kinda
too far away from the fret. -
10:08 - 10:11So make sure that your barre,
even though it's rolled over, -
10:11 - 10:13is really nicely lying down with the fret.
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10:13 - 10:16From your eyesight
-- wich should be just kinda in there -- -
10:16 - 10:18you should just see the fret, but only just.
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10:18 - 10:21Make sure it's not too far back,
or you'll have to press too hard. -
10:21 - 10:24So, that's the first really,
relly common thing. -
10:24 - 10:25Second thing.
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10:25 - 10:28What you'll find is what you feel is
that your fingers collapse, -
10:28 - 10:29we have already talked
about that a bit, but -
10:29 - 10:34when your fingers collapse they tend to lay down
and mute up other strings. -
10:34 - 10:37So, as I said, check that you've got your 1st string
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10:37 - 10:38and your 5th and 6th string there,
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10:38 - 10:40. . .
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10:40 - 10:42that they are ringing out fine
before you get your shape. -
10:42 - 10:44If your shape is collapsed,
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10:44 - 10:45. . .
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10:45 - 10:47you'll probably get this kind of sound,
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10:47 - 10:49where half the notes aren't really ringing out.
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10:49 - 10:52And generally it's that underneath
of the second finger, -
10:52 - 10:55might be muting the second string,
that's a really common mistake. -
10:55 - 11:00Also, the little finger is sometimes
lying over and muting the third string. -
11:00 - 11:04That's a really common mistake there,
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11:04 - 11:05so make sure...
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11:05 - 11:07The way I think of it with the barre chord,
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11:07 - 11:09is to make sure that the fingers are nice and round
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11:09 - 11:11as they're going onto the guitar neck.
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11:11 - 11:15Think of it as being on the tips,
don't let them lay too flat. -
11:15 - 11:18If they lay too flat there,
it can be really awkward. -
11:18 - 11:23If I just turn around a little bit,
sou you can see the angle of the fingers, -
11:23 - 11:25you can see they are nice and round.
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11:25 - 11:28It's not like that when the fingers are kinda flat on.
It doesn't work. -
11:28 - 11:31So the fingers have to be nice and round, like that.
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11:31 - 11:34That's the way to get your barre chord.
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11:34 - 11:37It can sometimes help to think of pushing that kind of
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11:37 - 11:40the knuckle where your little finger joins your hand,
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11:40 - 11:41to push that up towards the guitar neck,
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11:41 - 11:44that can help to keep your fingers
nice and round there. -
11:44 - 11:49That's an important... important trick that one.
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11:49 - 11:51And the other thing I want to mention here,
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11:51 - 11:56is not having your first finger
extended over the top of the neck too much. -
11:56 - 11:59It's another really common beginner problem,
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11:59 - 12:02is where they put the barre right over the end.
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12:02 - 12:05Now, it´s OK to kind of experiment a little bit,
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12:05 - 12:08in fact, many of you will have to
move it up and down a little bit, -
12:08 - 12:12just to try and get to the point where
it's holding all of the strings down properly. -
12:12 - 12:16But, you know, don't be poking it right off the end.
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12:16 - 12:20I wouldn't have thought any more of, say,
five millimeters off the end, -
12:20 - 12:22like the quarter of an inch, or something like that.
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12:22 - 12:25That's enough. Don't let it get right over.
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12:25 - 12:27Unless it's the ONLY way you can do it,
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12:27 - 12:30if it's the only way you can do it,
then you have to adapt some things later on, -
12:30 - 12:33but that would be the basic tip.
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12:33 - 12:36We are also going to check out
the Minor shape today. -
12:36 - 12:41Hopefully, most of you remember that
this was your regular E chord there, -
12:41 - 12:42and if you lift off your first finger,
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12:42 - 12:45you get to an E minor chord.
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12:45 - 12:47So, it's actually exactly the same
with the barre chord, -
12:47 - 12:51when you've got your -- this would be a --
G barre chord. -
12:51 - 12:57When you want to play a G minor, you simply
lift the second finger off the shape, -
12:57 - 13:00so you're just left with the bare and you
3rd and 4th fingers. -
13:00 - 13:02. . .
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13:02 - 13:05Now this presents a couple of interesting problems,
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13:05 - 13:09the first one being that we've got another
note that we have to play with the barre, -
13:09 - 13:13so before we were just covering the 6th string
and the 2nd and 1st strings, -
13:13 - 13:16now we've got to cover the 6th string
and the 3rd, 2nd and 1st strings. -
13:16 - 13:20So, for most people, they find this quite tricky
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13:20 - 13:23compared to doing the regular major shape.
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13:23 - 13:25You should work on the major shape first and
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13:25 - 13:29be kinda comfy with that before
you even think doing the minor chord, but -
13:29 - 13:33as soon as you can, then have a go at
lifting off that second finger. -
13:33 - 13:34Now, when you lift it off,
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13:34 - 13:38it is OK if you want to put it down on top
of your first finger. -
13:38 - 13:41It's not ideal, really, but it's OK.
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13:41 - 13:43I do it sometimes if I'm playing
barre chords for a long time, -
13:43 - 13:45and fingers are getting sore a bit,
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13:45 - 13:49then I'll often use my second finger
as support the first finger there a bit. -
13:50 - 13:55So, that can be quite a good plan,
otherwise just leave it hanging around. -
13:55 - 13:58Now, what you will find is
to get the note on that third string, -
13:58 - 14:01it takes a little bit of manipulation with the first finger.
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14:01 - 14:05With the major shape you can kinda be a bit, (plays)
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14:05 - 14:07you know, there's bit of leeway there
with the first finger. -
14:07 - 14:08With the minor chord,
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14:08 - 14:09. . .
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14:09 - 14:12And I have to actually lift my finger up just
a couple of milllimiters, -
14:12 - 14:16it's not that much,
but just a little bit more up, -
14:16 - 14:18in order to get that note nice and clear.
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14:18 - 14:19. . .
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14:19 - 14:22You will find sometimes too,
this is the string to check, so -
14:22 - 14:25when you'r doing your strum,
and picking it out, -
14:25 - 14:26. . .
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14:26 - 14:29It's that third string... that's the note,
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14:29 - 14:30that's the note that makes it minor.
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14:30 - 14:33Major: (plays). Minor.
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14:33 - 14:37So, just checking that note,
the third string is good. -
14:37 - 14:39Sometimes the little finger
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14:39 - 14:42can lay down a bit flat and mute
the third string, so that's the... -
14:42 - 14:45That's kinda the most common
problem there with the Minor. -
14:47 - 14:50We've talked an awful lot now about
about how to play a barre chord, -
14:50 - 14:54so let's now have a little look at
WHERE to play your barre chord. -
14:54 - 14:58I mentioned already that knowing the notes
on the 6th string was very important, -
14:58 - 15:03and this is because this is how we get the
note name of our barre chord. -
15:03 - 15:06So, assuming that you know
the notes on the 6th string already, -
15:07 - 15:11you'll notice we were playing
before a G barre chord, -
15:11 - 15:15and the reason that our G barre chord
was found at the 3rd fret, -
15:15 - 15:19is because the note on the 6th string,
the thickest string, -
15:19 - 15:21at the 3rd fret is the note G.
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15:21 - 15:26So, putting that chord there
on the 3rd fret is a G chord, -
15:26 - 15:31because the root note is found
on the thickest string at the 3rd fret. -
15:31 - 15:32. . .
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15:32 - 15:36Now, if we want to move that around
and let's say play a B chord, -
15:36 - 15:41then all we would have to do is
find a B note on the 6th string, -
15:41 - 15:45which happens to be, in this case,
on the 7th fret of the 6th string, -
15:45 - 15:48and put our shape down,
put our barre down on the 7th fret -
15:48 - 15:50which is where the note B
is found under the first finger, -
15:50 - 15:52put the rest of the fingers down and
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15:52 - 15:53. . .
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15:53 - 15:56We've got ourselves a B chord.
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15:56 - 15:59This also works for sharps and flats,
of course, so -
15:59 - 16:02hopefully you remember about finding
the notes with the power chords and stuff. -
16:02 - 16:05If we're looking for, say, the chord Ab (A flat),
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16:05 - 16:08we would find A, which would be at the 5th fret.
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16:08 - 16:12Ab -- Flat tire goes down, we go down the fret,
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16:12 - 16:15so we'd move down there to the 4th fret,
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16:15 - 16:17put our shape down,
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16:17 - 16:20and we've got our Ab chord.
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16:20 - 16:23Now of course we can also add into that Minor.
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16:23 - 16:26So if we wanted to find a C Minor barre chord,
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16:26 - 16:29we would find C, which would be at the 8th fret,
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16:29 - 16:34put down the shape for Minor,
so in other ways leaving the second finger off -
16:34 - 16:35. . .
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16:35 - 16:37and playing it we've got our C Minor barre chord.
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16:37 - 16:40So, we have two shapes: the Major shape and the Minor shape,
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16:40 - 16:43there are twleve available notes.
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16:43 - 16:46-- playing the barre chord right up
near the 12th fret is quite kinda tricky -- -
16:46 - 16:47But in theory, there are twelve notes,
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16:47 - 16:52so in effect, by doing this one lesson,
you've in fact learned 24 new chords, -
16:52 - 16:54which is kind of funky.
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16:54 - 16:57And probably one of the
best things that you can do -
16:57 - 16:59to be practicing now for your barre chords,
as part of the course now, -
16:59 - 17:02if you want to set aside five minutes,
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17:02 - 17:04or ten minutes to do this exercise.
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17:04 - 17:08what you want to do is either find a
bit of sheet of music, or a song that you like -
17:08 - 17:12and be able to play every chord
in that song as a barre chord. -
17:12 - 17:15So, let's say the first chord was G,
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17:15 - 17:18We go: "OK. Well, third fret, that was G, there we go"
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17:18 - 17:20OK, there we go (plays)
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17:20 - 17:24Now let's say that the next chord was a Bb Minor.
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17:24 - 17:27You're gonna go... First of all find the note names,
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17:27 - 17:30so you find B, and you got all this B-Bb,
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17:30 - 17:32there's Bb, and then you put down the MINOR shape.
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17:32 - 17:34So think of it is a two stage thing:
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17:34 - 17:38The note name, is it a Bb or an F#, or G,
or C, or whatever, -
17:38 - 17:42and then is it a Major or Minor shape
that you put down in front of it. -
17:43 - 17:45And each time you play the chord,
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17:45 - 17:47you should play the chord -- in this case Bb Minor --
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17:47 - 17:49. . .
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17:49 - 17:52Strum, then pick out the notes
one at a time -
17:52 - 17:54. . .
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17:54 - 17:57Make sure all of the notes are good,
if any of the notes are not good, -
17:57 - 18:01try and fiddle with the chord and
make sure you've got it right, OK? -
18:01 - 18:02. . .
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18:02 - 18:05If it's a bit like this (plays),
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18:05 - 18:08then look down and see if you can figure out
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18:08 - 18:13what it is that is going wrong. Now the barre is
too far away, so I'll just manipulate that around -
18:13 - 18:14(plays)
Ah, now we got it. -
18:14 - 18:18That's really the best way to practice,
and just go through, -
18:18 - 18:20randomly playing barre chords.
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18:20 - 18:22It does take a bit of practice
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18:22 - 18:23I wouldn't really recommend
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18:23 - 18:26practicing your barre chords for longer
than 5 minutes in one sitting. -
18:26 - 18:28Five minutes is quite a long time,
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18:28 - 18:30you should find that you can give
that little muscle there -
18:30 - 18:32in between your thumb and your first finger
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18:32 - 18:34quite a workout within the five minutes.
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18:34 - 18:37So, that's what I'd recommend for your practice.
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18:37 - 18:38I know this has been a very long lesson,
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18:38 - 18:40but the barre chords are really...
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18:40 - 18:45probably one of the most fundamental
parts of the Intermediate Foundation stage, -
18:45 - 18:47and really, once you can do your barre chords,
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18:47 - 18:50you're kinda graduating out of the
intermediate level as a guitar player. -
18:50 - 18:55So, really this is something to
spend quite a lot of time on -
18:56 - 18:57It's gonna take a bit of practice, you know.
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18:57 - 19:01Don't expect to get this right away.
It is going to be a little bit tough. -
19:01 - 19:03It'll be a bit frustrating, but stick at it.
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19:04 - 19:07Everyone can do it, so you know,
just be patient and get stuck into it. -
19:07 - 19:10So, I hope you've enjoyed that look
at barre chords, -
19:10 - 19:14and that you are getting them kind of right and
feeling comfortable with them. -
19:14 - 19:17If you've got any question still,
wander over to the forum, -
19:17 - 19:22at justinguitar.com/forum
and there's plenty of people, including me, -
19:22 - 19:25that can come along and help you out and
answer any of your questions. -
19:25 - 19:28I hope you've had fun with that
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19:28 - 19:30and I'll see you for another lesson very, very soon.
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19:30 - 19:32Take care of yourselves, bye-bye.
- Title:
- E Shape Barre Chord Grip, Major and Minor (Guitar Lesson IM-111) How to play IF Stage 1
- Description:
-
Justin's Completely Free, Intermediate Guitar Course Lesson IM-111.
Stage 1, Lesson 1In this guitar lesson we are going to be looking at E Shape Major and Minor barre chords. Yep. A 20 minute lesson just on these two chords! There is going to be a lot of talking (I like to call it explaining) and I'm trying to answer every question I have been asked about playing these chords, so that at the end you will be playing them perfect. That's my intention anyhow, hope it helps you learn then quick and well :)
Find the related course notes on the following link:
http://justinguitar.com/en/IM-111-EShapeMajorMinorBarreChords.phpThis is part of Justin's Intermediate Guitar Method, Foundation. A series of lessons available free online!
http://justinguitar.com/en/IM-000-IntermediateMethod.php
Taught by Justin Sandercoe.
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And it is all totally free, no bull. No sample lessons, no memberships, no free ebook. Just tons of great lessons :)
To get help with this lesson (and for further info and tabs), find the Lesson ID in the video title (like ST-667 or whatever) and then look it up on the Lesson Index page of justinguitar.com
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Have fun :)
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- Video Language:
- English, British
- Team:
- JustinGuitar (legacy)
- Project:
- Intermediate Method (IM)
- Duration:
- 19:38