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Basic Major and Minor Barre Chords For Guitar

Root on the 6th String
Guitar Barre Chords

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The root is the primary note a chord is built from. The root of an A chord is A, the root of an Am chord is A, the root of an A7sus2 chord is A. In the barre chord charts below the root is indicated by an open circle (barre chord root). Whatever fret the circle is on, that will be the root of the chord.

You will need to learn the names of the notes on the 6th and 5th strings to really make use of barre chords. Here are the name of the notes on the 6th string of the guitar to use as a reference.

Note names on the 6th string of the guitar

names of the notes on the 6th string of the guitar

Major Barre Chord
Root on the 6th String
major barre chord chart
major barre chord picture

The note that gives most people trouble in this barre chord, is the 2nd string. Keep your thumb in the middle of the neck and your 1st finger straight.

Minor Barre Chord
Root on the 6th String
minor barre chord chart
minor barre chord picture

The note that gives most people trouble in this barre chord, is the 3rd string. Without this note it is not a minor barre chord, so make sure this note sounds..


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Intro barre chords on the guitar
Root on the 6th string barre chords
Root on the 5th string barre chords
More help with with major root 5th string barre chords
Guitar barre chords summary

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