{"id":122870,"date":"2023-06-24T01:28:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T01:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/?page_id=122870"},"modified":"2023-08-16T03:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T03:44:05","slug":"intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Barre Chords + Note Theory &#8211; Intermediate Acoustic &#8211; Lesson 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"font-size: 32px;color: #0315b5;text-align: center;font-family:Open Sans;font-weight:700;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >Exploring Barre Chords + Note Theory - Lesson 2<\/h2><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 16px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"ts-vcsc-youtube-1989971\" class=\"ts-video-container ts-ratio-sixteen-to-nine  ts-video-overlay-false\"  style=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ts-video-iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FMw2EGWmbDo?autoplay=0&showinfo=1&controls=1&autohide=1&rel=0&loop=0&modestbranding=0&mute=0&vq=auto&wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Think of your barre finger (index) as a capo. Your barre finger presses down all the strings (like a capo) and this changes the key of the open strings. When you place the barre finger down and a common open chord, like E then you&#8217;re changing the chord of E to another chord. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This is also called transposing.<\/span> So a barre chord in essence is taking our common open chords and transposing them key to other keys which in turn makes different chords.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The most common open chords to transpose and use as barres are: <strong>E, Em, A, Am<\/strong> and all of their relative seven shapes. You can transpose other common open chords like C and D, but they&#8217;re less common.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In order for the above method to be effective it&#8217;s important you know the notes on the E and A string.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">On the E string frets <strong>3,5<\/strong> and <strong>7<\/strong> have the notes <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>G A B<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">On the A string frets <strong>3,5<\/strong> and <strong>7 <\/strong>have the notes <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>C D E<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Commit the musical alphabet to memory:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A &#8211; A# &#8211; B &#8211; C &#8211; C# &#8211; D &#8211; D# &#8211; E &#8211; F &#8211; F# &#8211; G &#8211; G#<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Every space in the alphabet has a sharp (#) except between B and C and E and F.<\/p>\n<p>Every one fret movement going up the neck (towards the sound hole) is a one step movement up the musical alphabet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2.50<\/span> in the video for a description of the above method when transposing an E chord into an F.<\/p>\n<p>The same process described above can be performed with many common open chords.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Practising making your E chord with your middle, ring and pinky finger (the fingers you use when making a barre chord) is a great routine for moving your barre chords around. (see 5.17 in the video).<\/p>\n<p>The A shape barre chord is more challenging than the E shape. My advice is to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">start with the E shape barres first<\/span> and then onto A shapes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Barre chords are NOT happening by accident.<\/span> They are open chords that are being transposed to other chords!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please email <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"mailto:drue@learnguitarinlondon.com\">drue@learnguitarinlondon.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> with either a video of yourself strumming the below chord sequences as barre chords or you could send in a picture of each chord that you have figured out.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Barre Chord Progression &#8211; Exercise 1<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A &#8211; F#m &#8211; Bm &#8211; E<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Barre Chord Progression &#8211; Exercise 2<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>G#m &#8211; B &#8211; F# &#8211; C#m<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-black\" href=\"https:\/\/premium-student-area.com\/lesson-1-intermediate-acoustic\/\" title=\"Lesson 2 \u2013 Naming A Horse \u2013 Beyond Fingerstyle Freedom \u2013 Drue James\">&lt;&lt;&lt; Previous Lesson<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-index\/\" title=\"Lesson 2 \u2013 Naming A Horse \u2013 Beyond Fingerstyle Freedom \u2013 Drue James\">Course Lesson Index<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-success\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-course-lesson-3\/\" title=\"Lesson 2 \u2013 Naming A Horse \u2013 Beyond Fingerstyle Freedom \u2013 Drue James\">Go To Lesson 3 &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Course Progress Bar<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"wppb-wrapper inside full\"><div class=\"inside\">28 \/ 100<\/div><div class=\"wppb-progress full\"><span class=\"green\" style=\"width: 28%;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<script>(function(p,u,s,h){p.botId = \"0UCgS0\";s=u.createElement('script');s.type='text\/javascript';s.id=\"bot-widget-script\";s.src='https:\/\/app.conversiobot.com\/lib\/js\/gadget.js';s.setAttribute('bid',\"0UCgS0\");h=u.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];h.parentNode.insertBefore(s,h);})(window,document);<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exploring Barre Chords + Note Theory - Lesson 2 Think of your barre finger (index) as a capo. Your barre [...]","protected":false},"author":50009,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-122870","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Exploring Barre Chords + Note Theory - Intermediate Acoustic - Lesson 2 - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Exploring Barre Chords + Note Theory - Intermediate Acoustic - Lesson 2 - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-16T03:44:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\\\/index.php\\\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\\\/index.php\\\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Exploring Barre Chords + Note Theory - Intermediate Acoustic - Lesson 2 - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-24T01:28:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-16T03:44:05+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\\\/index.php\\\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\\\/index.php\\\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\\\/index.php\\\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Exploring Barre Chords + Note Theory &#8211; Intermediate Acoustic &#8211; Lesson 2\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James\",\"description\":\"Acoustic Guitar Lessons Taught With Patience and Understanding.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Exploring Barre Chords + Note Theory - Intermediate Acoustic - Lesson 2 - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Exploring Barre Chords + Note Theory - Intermediate Acoustic - Lesson 2 - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James","og_url":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\/","og_site_name":"LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James","article_modified_time":"2023-08-16T03:44:05+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\/","url":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\/","name":"Exploring Barre Chords + Note Theory - Intermediate Acoustic - Lesson 2 - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-06-24T01:28:32+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-16T03:44:05+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Exploring Barre Chords + Note Theory &#8211; Intermediate Acoustic &#8211; Lesson 2"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/","name":"LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James","description":"Acoustic Guitar Lessons Taught With Patience and Understanding.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122870"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123229,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122870\/revisions\/123229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}