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SESSION 8 – Barre Chords on the 5th String
B o n u s R e s o u r c e s
RESOURCES
Key Concepts
Notes on the Fifth String Fifth String Barre Chords
Keys & Key Signatures
Skills Gained in this Session
Locating All of the Notes on the Fifth String Memorization of the 5 Fifth String Barre Chord Forms
Understanding Keys & Key Signatures Determining a Key from the Key Signature
Play your music with unashamed passion and feeling; tempered and
strengthened with the forge of musical understanding and knowledge.
Session Overview
In this session, the concept of barre chords is traforms based off of the fifth string are introduced. These will be used in conjunction with the nsferred to the fifth string. Five new chord
sixth string barre chords that were learned last sewill comprise the basic chord capability to play inssion. Both of these sets of moveable chords any key. By mastering barre chords, you
are no longer “bound” to the common, open, “guitar- friendly” keys of C, G, D, A and E.
Barre chords generally work best up until about thereach. So it is good to get used to using either the 6th or the 5th string forms and constantly 8th fret. After that, they get pretty hard to
switch between these forms as needed. If one form the other form. Generally, you want to keep chords in the same vicigets too high on the neck, then I switch to nity of each other on the
neck so that you are not jumping all over the neck.
Keys and key signatures are introduced based off of gradual step by step understanding of scales and keys is leading you to the place of being able the major scales learned last session. This
to look at a chord and immediately know what notes given in the lesson book and in the bonus resources to help you learn key signatures. The are in that chord. Many worksheets are
bottom line of key signatures is that they must be almost instantaneously match the 12 keys with theirmemorized. key signatures then all of the rest of Once you can correctly and
the music theory in this book will fall into place.
The ability to look at a piece of music and determitime you need to play, or accompany, or solo over ane the key is a skill that you will use every ny piece of music you may come across.
It is one of the most useful skills any musician shnot be the “flashiest” aspects of guitar playing, but it is the very foundation of musical ould know. The content in this session may
understanding that will put you above the average gC and D. Keep Learning and Growing! uitar player who only knows how to play G,
Fifth and sixth
string barre chords
can be used
interchangeably in
a progression.
The bottom line of
keys & key
signatures is that
they must be
memorized.
Take the time to
learn the 12 keys
and their 12 key
signatures.
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