Bar Chord Blues
Once you can make a bar chord sound reasonably good in several positions on the fretboard, the next step is to learn to change positions smoothly and in time. As you change from one root six Major bar chord to another, do not lift your fingers off the strings. It is only necessary to relese the pressure in the left hand and maintain the shape of the bar chord as you change positions.
Release pressure in left hand
Maintain chord shape and slide to next position.
Practice changing between chords very slowly at first.
The better you know the notes on the 6th string, the easier it will be to play all root 6 bar chord progressions.
Here is a bar Blues in the key of C, using only root 6 bar chords. This progression contains a common blues variation, moving to chord IV (F) in the second bar. This is often referred to as a Quick IV. In this exercise it will be necessary to move down the neck to chords IV and V instead of up. Notice the use of constant triplets as the rhythm once again. Try to keep your wrist loose as you strum and remember to use all downstrokes.
