List of all chords and their notes
The term barre refers to the hand position which acts as a barre to act as if the nut has moved to a new position. A barre chord is a chord formed when the fingers, usually the index finger, blocks more than 1 string and acts as a guitar capo.
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Supposing that this is your first barre chord, we will give a short insight on how a barre chord is formed and how to play it cleanly. The most used position of the F chord is the classic barred chord at the 1st fret.
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Similar to the first chord above, here we have the full barre chord version of an F major chord. This position puts an angle on the fingers and makes it easier to hold the barre for the bottom 2 or 3 Fingers. You can place the inner part of the hand, meaning the inner side of your thumb, rather than the tip, on the guitar neck. For this particular type of partial barre chord, the hand position can be slightly different than the strict hand position needed to play full barre chords. Alternatively, you can play only the 3 bottom strings, leaving the D string muted since the F note is repeated twice in the same chord in both the E and D strings. Imagine this chord as a mini barred chord, since you only barre the 2 bottom strings.
There are several similar variations, but this is one of the most common and is an alteration of a barre chord where the low E and A strings are left muted making it a bit easier to play than the classic Barre chord shape. This shape is widely considered the basic F major chord.