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When you play a regular open E chord, [br]the low note E is the open string,

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which is the 6th string.

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So that's kind of the, what we [br]call the 'root' note of the chord.

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The concept of this root note is that if[br]we move a chord and it doesn't use any

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open strings the chord has a root note [br]and that becomes the name of the chord.

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So this chord here, where [br]we moved E up one fret,

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and put the barre down to make F, [br]the reason that that chord is called F,

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is cause the root note, the note [br]underneath your first finger is the note F.

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Now if we think about where the [br]other notes are on the 6th string,

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say the 3rd fret of the [br]6th string is the note G,

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so if we put down our barre chord shape, [br]the same one that we're just talking about now,

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but now the 3rd fret, [br]the note underneath the 1st finger,

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3rd fret, 6th string, is the note [br]G, so it becomes a G chord.

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And then if we move it up [br]another two frets it becomes the note A.

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So this becomes A barre chord, and you [br]can hear these things if you test them,

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it's quite a nice thing to listen [br]to, is the G at the 3rd fret,

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barre chord and G open [br]chord. Very, very similar chords.

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An A chord with open A. [br]That's A at the 5th fret.

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They sound slightly different of [br]course, it's a different voicing,

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or a different grip of the [br]chord, but it's essentially the same chord.

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So it's a good [br]idea that you hear [br]that.

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Now, there's also a [br]few very common variations.

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Of this E shape. We've [br]just been talking about E Major,

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and that's definitely the first one [br]that you should try and get down,

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but after that you can [br]also learn minor, dominant 7th,

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and minor 7. Dominant 7th [br]is obviously sometimes just called 7.

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So, we're gonna go [br]back to another closeup now,

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if I can get my little [br]remote going, and then we'll check

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out what these other variations are [br]on the E barre chord shape.

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OK, here we are now, this [br]is up at the 5th fret,

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I'm holding this chord down, this [br]would be an A barre chord,

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A Major, and just very often [br]referred to as just A barre chord.

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Now, the first variation that [br]you want to learn of this,

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or the first kind of way [br]of changing this into another chord,

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is by lifting of the 2nd [br]finger, will get us an Am chord.

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Just the same as when you had an E [br]open chord and you lifted off your 1st finger,

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you got an Em chord, [br]with this, we started with A,

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if we lift off the 2nd [br]finger we get Am barre chord.

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Obviously my helps in [br]here (?), there's the Major,

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lift off that 2nd finger, [br]and you've got the minor.

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Now you can see that my 2nd finger's kind of

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lending a little bit of assistance [br]there to the 1st finger.

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It's completely cool for that one [br]to sit on top there a bit.

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It does make it a lot [br]easier to hold the barre down.

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I don't recommend that [br]you only learn that way,

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but particularly when you start, you [br]might want a little bit of assistance.

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Or if the action's high on your guitar, and [br]you need to press the strings down pretty hard,

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that can be a bit of [br]an advantage. So then we've got Major,

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lift off the 2nd finger, minor. Now, if [br]we go back to Major for a second,

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and we lift off little finger, [br]we end up with a 7.

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Just again, if you think back to E [br]chord, if you have a regular E chord,

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and you lifted off your 3rd [br]finger, you'd end up with E7.

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And so the same shape applies [br]up here, so this is A,

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lift off little finger, and you've got [br]A7, now you can combine those two things,

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which was lifting off [br]2nd finger to get minor,

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lifting off little finger to [br]get 7, and you get m7.

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Am7, so Major, lift off [br]2nd finger rather, is minor,

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lift off little finger is A7. [br]Lift off 2nd finger and little finger,

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and you get Am7. So there (?) [br]the four common E shape barre chord forms.

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Major, minor, 7 and m7.

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So you definitely want [br]to check those things out.

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Remember that they all move, [br]so that was A, 7,

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with the little finger off, if [br]I move it up 1 it's Bb7,

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if I move it up again it's B7. You got it.

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They all move around as much as you like.

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This is a pretty weird one, I'm [br]not trying to show off my T-shirt,

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and I'm not trying to look [br]like I'm chopping my own head off.

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I just want to talk a little [br]bit about this part of your arm,

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and how it sits for your barre chord.

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So right now I'm holding an A barre chord,

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You can see here that this join [br]here from my forearm into my hand,

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is quite straight along here.

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A lot of people when [br]they start their barre chords,

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they try and do this, so in [br]order to make their 1st finger straight here,

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their trying to [br]straighten their whole hand,

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and they put a really [br]big kink in their hand there,

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and that's kinda bending [br]in the wrong place.

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If you keep your [br]1st finger straight of course,

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you think about it, instead of, [br]to make your 1st finger straight,

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you can either do that, [br]bring your whole hand up,

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or you could just bend your fingers up, [br]and keep this part of your hand straight.

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Which is a lot [br]better, you've got all of [br]

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the muscles that control [br]your fingers are in your forearm,

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they're up here, you can see them [br]wiggling around when you move your fingers.

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And they're controlled by tendons which [br]run down the back of your fingers,

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down into your forearm there, and [br]if your wrist is locked like that,

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it's not very good for [br]the tendons, they tend to rub,

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and it can kinda lead to RSI [br]and I think it's called Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

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I'm not a doctor, but this is [br]just the, no, I'm not a doctor,

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but I'll have a look at it for you.

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So, this is what I've [br]heard about this Carpal Tunnel,

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is caused often by the wrist [br]being too locked up like this.

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So, try and make sure [br]when you're playing your barre,

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if you find that your [br]wrist is forward like that,

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try and concentrate on flattening [br]that part of your wrist out,

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and making sure that you're [br]bending, it's not perfectly flat,

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but it's pretty close to flat.

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That's my barre chord shape there.

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(?) it's pretty straight, yeah?

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So, um, yeah, so just be aware of that.

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Also be aware of this.

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A lot of people do this [br]when they try and play barre chords.

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They stick their elbow right out [br]like this, it looks kinda funny.

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I call it chicken wings.

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So, just be aware of that.

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If you find that your [br]elbow's looking a bit uncomfortable,

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or you've got a lot [br]of tension in your shoulder,

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try and imagine that your fingers are stapled or nailed onto the guitar neck,

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and then just relax your forearm.

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'Cause it really should be, even [br]though look I'm playing the chord,

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this is really completely loose [br]see, it's not even slightly tense.

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So, you want to think about that.

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Well I hope you enjoyed [br]that, my first solo installment,

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and that it made sense, and that it's helping you with your E shape barre chords.

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I'm planning on doing all of[br]the other barre chords as well,

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the A shape and C shape, and [br]those kind of interesting CAGED ones as well.

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But I thought I'd start off [br]with this and see how much,

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how long it takes me to edit it.

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I'm a still a bit slow on [br]the i-movie, but practice makes perfect, hey.

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You all know about that, as I do as well.

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So, hope you have fun, and I'll, I always[br]kind of get stuttery at the end.

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It's really funny. Take care of yourselves [br]and I'll see you soon. Bye Bye.

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There's the t-shirt close up, for [br]any of you that missed it.

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(Tassie devil singing.)