Chords, Barre Chords.....?

Question

I'm quite a novice when it comes to playing guitar so i;m goning to have to ask quite a big question, but i was wandering, all i know when playing a guitar are open chords and barre chords. I've only ever heard of 7th chords and other types and i'm not sure whether these are barre chords, open chords or what. It's the same with "power chords". What are they? How are they defined? And are there any other types i should know about?

Answer 1

Alrighty... none of the previous answers have it here.

Barre Chords are basically in three forms. You take your pointer finger and cover the entire fret. In front of that you form an "E", "A" or "D" power chord. If it were to be "tabbed out... and "E" barre chord would look like this:

--X-------- E (high)
--X-------- B
--X-X----- G
--X----X-- D
--X----X-- A
--X-------- E (low)

An "A" barre chord:

--X-------- E (high)
--X----X-- B
--X----X-- G
--X----X-- D
--X-------- A
--X-------- E (low)

So the chords are formed just like a normal "power chord" or "open chord" but using your forefinger you can move the chord up and down the neck. For instance, an "E" barre chord moved up one fret from open would then be an F chord...etc...

The same is true of minor chords and 7th chords. They form the chord infron of the forefinger barring.

Hope that helps explain it

Answer 2

I think very few players know "all chords" but a competent player should know all major, minor, seventh, major seventh, minor seventh chords, augmented and diminished chords and be able to work out the more rare, complex chords. There will be many people who are good to listen to, who produce good music who know few chords but they are not "good" on the guitar. They may be good song writers, singers or performers though, or, if in a band, the "good" aspect might be the power or energy of the music rather than the instrumental ability of the guitarist. If you know only C A and D then, effectively, you can't play the guitar and I can't see how you would be able to play anything either alone or with others. You can't even play a C Am F G sequence or a twelve bar. So, I would say it is possible to be "good at guitar" without knowing "all chords" but not without knowing some of them!.

Answer 3

I've been playing guitar for about a year and I've heard of them, but I don't think I could explain. They are all different but I suggest you find a local store or something and see if they might be able to explain it. I've got a teacher, so you might want to find one. They are extremely helpful and tons of fun. You'll learn a lot and they can tell you where to use them and how they are formed and stuff. Good luck!

Answer 4

dude, bar chords are practicaly power chords. 7th chords are just like bar chords, thee just a bit trikyer to play
i think thats wut ur asking
word ur question better next time mate