Playing E7 Barre Chords on the Guitar

Video Transcript

"Alright now we know the shape of the E type major and minor bar chords. What about the seventh chords? Well the same theory is going to apply to these. So watch! As before we had an E major, to play an E seventh we just picked up our third finger but remember our first finger is going to be barring. Our first finger is going to be out of commission for arch shapes, so let's use our third finger for the A string second fret, our forth finer for the D string second fret and our second finger for first fret of the G. They're only recommended in a bar shape. If you're playing open, use the regular fingering. Now if we pick up our forth finger we reveal the open D string which is our seventh note. Now let's look at this if we add the bar. Alright! This could be difficult, a bar has to be going up, the same time as these two fingers are putting pressure on. Sometimes it's easier to have that forth finger there. If we want to get a seventh chord feel this is what we do. Now watch! Listen to the similarity between this and the open A seventh. Remember we had kicked this guy out. Another benefit of seventh chords or rather a bar chords in general, is that you get that extra second octave on top, which you don't get with your open chords."