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.,)

The term root refers to the note which gives the chord its name. For example, A is the root of A7, and E is the root of Em.

You have learned three types of chords, built on еach of the seven roots, That's our twenty-one chords. Learn and memorize where the root is located on each chord shape. Most of the time, the root is the lowest note (also known as the „bass note“). You should be able to clearly pluck the root first, and then follow that with full strumming. The coordination should feel comfortable at many different tempos. Remember to vary your tempos and your strums.