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Summary: Learn tips on how to properly play a barred B chord on a left handed guitar with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.
Stephen Haendiges is a seasoned musician, guitarist, teacher, composer and performer with over 15 years of experience. Stephen has recorded and performed in top clubs all around the...read more
"Okay in this segment we're going to keep going up the musical alphabet and the next chord we're going to make is B major. Now I showed you this earlier. I'm showing this in a different position. As far as the barre chords, we're going to do the same position as we did in the previous with A and A sharp: first finger, seventh fret, which is B; third finger, ninth fret; fourth finger also ninth fret; and then your middle finger, of course, is on the eighth fret. When you play this chord it will go like this... Now the other way to play that, you could start from the A string like I showed earlier, with your first finger on the second fret on the A string, which is B as well, and with your pinkie on the D, G and B strings, and go...It's a little bit different because you don't have that high B here like you do on this one. But that's two different ways you can do barre chords, the same chord."