Study No. 5 — Barre chords

Note after Note · Level 4 (Intermediate) · study · Guitar, sheet music and tablature

F major (E shape, barre at fret 1), B♭ and B♭m (A shape, barre at fret 1), F7 and C7: changes in a folk strumming rhythm.

▶ Play this piece with the interactive score

How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• The barre holds with the weight of the arm, not by squeezing the neck with the thumb. Roll the index finger slightly onto its bony edge.

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