Root 4 Bar Chord Shapes

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Course: Bar Chords for Guitar
Root 4 Bar Chord Shapes

Root 4 Bar Chord Shapes

Bar chords can also have their root note on a different string, e.g., root 4 Bar chords. Root 4 Bar chord shapes are based upon open D chords. The following root 4 Bar chord shapes are also called D formation bar chords.

D 

Dm 

D7

D6

 

 

F

 

 

Fm

 

 

F7

 

 

F6

The following chord progression uses root 4 Bar chords.

Rhythm Pattern

The following diagrams show three more D formation root 4 Bar chords as well as another useful root 4 bar Bar chord based upon the basic Fmaj7 chord. The root note is on the 4th string but it is not on the same fret as the first finger bar.

Dmaj7 

Dm7 

D7sus

Fmaj7 

 

 

Fmaj7

 

 

Fm7

 

 

F7sus

 

 

Abmaj7

The following chord progression combines D formation root 4 Bar chords with the Fmaj7 formation chord shape shown in the previous diagrams.

Rhythm Pattern

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