E Based Barre Chords Lesson by Teleman40

E Based Barre Chords

By learning the E based pattern you will add 48
chords to your repitoire.
Major, minor, minor 7ths, and 7ths.

The first thing to do is to memorize the name of 
the notes on the low E string right up to the 12 
fret.These 12 notes will be the *root* of all your
chords.You are also working on knowing the notes on
the fretboard because the notes on the high e(1st) 
string are the same as the notes on the low E(6th)
string. You memorized 2 strings with little or no work.

 e|-F-|-F#|-G-|-G#|-A-|-A#|-B-|-C-|-C#|-D-|-D#|-E-|
 B|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 G|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 D|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 A|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 E|-F-|-F#|-G-|-G#|-A-|-A#|-B-|-C-|-C#|-D-|-D#|-E-|
 0  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  
                                Fret Numbers

Take fingers 2,3,4 and form the open E chord, now slide
up 1 fret and lay your 1st finger across the 1st fret,
you have your major F chord.
   
   F Major            
 e|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 B|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 G|-1-|-2-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 D|-1-|---|-4-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 A|-1-|---|-3-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 E|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 0  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  
                                Fret Numbers

Keep the same finger placement and lift the 2nd finger
you have an Fm

   Fm
 e|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 B|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 G|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 D|-1-|---|-4-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 A|-1-|---|-3-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 E|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 0  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12