How to Barre an E Chord on a Left Handed Guitar

Video Transcript

"Okay, in this segment we're going to do the E Major barre chord, which at the twelfth fret, which also represents the first octave, is E on the twelfth fret. So you have..that's what I mean by octave is you start open E and then of course this would make E. The fourteenth fret for your third and fourth fingers on the A and D strings. Your second finger on the thirteenth fret, and barring the B and E strings at the twelfth fret. So it will sound like this...When you have your hands positioned properly that's how it should sound. Now if you want to play it down here, which most people do, you can play it here at the seventh fret and barring the D, G and B strings on the ninth fret, which is far more common and much easier to play. But if you want the extra cool little tonality there with the high E you can go... and that's your E Major barre chord."