Here are the barre chord shapes with a fifth string root. They are built from open-position A major and A minor chords. Notice how these two open position shapes are simply moved up, and the first finger plays the root and the third finger forms the barre on the major shape.

An alternate fingering is also shown with the first finger forming the barre and the other notes being played with single fingers. Practice both ways to get the feel of each. The mirror shape uses the barre with first finger all the way across the fretboard.

Barre chord shapes are movable to any fret on the fingerboard because they contain no upper airings. Since we are looking at shapes from sixth and fifth string roots with only major and minor chord types, we need only (earn a total of four shapes to play these from any of the twelve foots (A-B-Bb-C-etc.,)

This vertical diagram is the most commonly used diagram for guitar. It is used to show the first four or five frets starting at the nut. The frets are actually the metal wires. However, the „fret area“ (the space between the nut and fret, or from one fret to the next) is generally referred to as the „fret.“ Frets are numbered from #1 as the lowest, all the way up the neck to the highest.

Sometimes a numeral will be used at the lowest fret in the diagram to indicate a different starting fret other than the first fret. This way, you can use this diagram to show any four or five consecutive frets on the guitar.