Now we are combining the bar with the chord.
What we first want to do is fret our E chord.
Then we are going to move our third and our fourth fingers on the same strings and in the same positions we're going to
move those up to the fifth fret leaving our second finger on the fourth fret G string.
Strum, make sure you've got it clean and then with the joint of your thumb being in the middle on the hump of the neck
you're going to add the bar chord slowly so that is going to look like this.
Like that.
Now when you first do this it's not going to be pretty.
So you really want to fool around with your hand a little bit and make sure you're getting the right support.
Again, notice where my thumb is in relation to the rest of my hand.
My thumb is not over here, it's not over here, it's directly in between my first and my second fingers.
That's how I'm able to get that clean chord.
Again the steps.
Fret the chord.
Add the bar.
Take your hand off.
Do it again.
Once you've done that a number of times and you're feeling more comfortable with it try doing it all in one motion.
Now we're going to do the same thing with these combined that we did with the other exercises
so with the bar exercise and then the chord exercise.
Now we're going to start with our E chord.
Then work up a fret at a time.
Then you are going to end with your first finger on the twelfth fret.
Your third and fourth fingers with be on the fourteenth fret.
The challenge is when you're up here you've got to squeeze in your fingers a lot more to make that clean.
When you're down here you have to be applying a lot more strength to get everything clean.
Be aware of that the easiest way to do them are really between the third and seventh frets with your bar.
So when you're starting out if you just have to do this section to get it clean
and then go with the higher and the lowers as you get more advanced that works to.
Those are the three exercises for the A form that are going to help you get clean
and help strengthen your hand as you figure those out.
Let's go in the next section to the A formation bar chord.