This lesson will introduce you to the two most common root five bar chords, the root five Major bar chord and the root five Minor bar chord. These two chords are derived from the basic A Major and A Minor chords.
As the term root five suggests, the root (name) of the chord can be determined from the note on the fifth string, fretted with the first finger bar. The examples given in this lesson of the root five bar chords are played on the first fret. As the note on the first fret of the fifth string is an A# or Bb, the chords A# or Bb Major and A# or Bb Minor are produced at the first fret.