“Unlock New Depths of Creativity: Spice Up Your Blues With Barre Chords!”

Hey everyone,

This is Steve from Guitar Zoom. In my previous video, we took a look at how to make blues sound a bit more authentic by shifting our open chords into dominant seventh chords.

In this video, we’re going to take things to the next level by converting those chords into bar chords. I’m going to show you how to take an A7, D7, and E7 chord and expand them.

To start, we’ll leave the A7 chord as it is. For the D7 chord, we’ll convert it into a D9 chord by placing our first finger on the fourth string, fourth fret; our middle finger on the fifth string, fifth fret; our ring finger on the third string, fifth fret; and our pinky on the second string, fifth fret. We’ll avoid playing the first and sixth strings.

We can also expand our E7 chord by using a different fingering. For this one, we’ll place our first finger on the second string, third fret; our middle finger on the fourth string, fifth fret; our ring finger on the third string, fifth fret; and our pinky on the first string, fifth fret. Again, we’ll avoid the fifth and sixth strings.

These two chords are great for creating a more spicy sound for your blues. You can also experiment with other voicings to add more flavor to your playing.

I hope you found this video helpful and that it gave you some ideas for expanding your chords. Feel free to leave a comment below and let me know how you like to spice up your blues. Thanks for watching!

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