Learn All About A Shape Barre Chords!

In this module, we will learn how to play A Shape Barre Chords on the guitar. These grips are based on the Open A Chord shape.

🚨 Before You Start! Please make sure you are confident with your E Shape Barre Chords before starting with A Shape Barre Chords. Some experience playing both Root 6 and Root 5 Power Chords will also help you easily get these A Shape Barres under your fingers.

Are A Shape Major Chords Hard to Play?

A Shape Major Chords are technically harder to play than the E Shape Barre Chords like the infamous F Chord. Playing them well requires more finger strength and dexterity, but learning A Shape Major Chords is an important step for an Intermediate Guitar Player, so stick with it!

You can play the chords to most songs once you master A Shape Barre Chords and E Shape Barre Chords. It's a big deal. :)

What You'll Learn

We'll start this course by learning a few approaches to playing the A Major Barre Chord. We'll explore my favorite way of playing A Major Barre Chords and dig into some popular variations and alternative ways of playing it and why they might not be the best for most guitarists!

Then, we'll check out the A Minor Barre Chord, which is pretty easy! We'll also learn how to play a 7th Chord, the Minor 7th Chord, Sus Chords, and new Triad Shapes! By the end of this module, you'll get loads of very useful grips under your fingers.

👉Let's get stuck in and learn how to play the A Major Barre Chord!