Barre chords ยท Your first barre chord

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Add three fingers to the barre at fret 5 and you have A: the same chord as your open A, an octave higher. Build it one finger at a time.

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A~barre chord diagram51EADGBe
  1. 1Finger 1low E string and B string and high e string, fret 5
  2. 2Finger 2G string, fret 6
  3. 3Finger 3A string, fret 7
  4. 4Finger 4D string, fret 7