How to Play 'Tin Pan Alley' Chords on Guitar: Part 5

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Hi, I'm Rick Tobey on behalf of Expert Village and this is Blues Progressions Part 3. Now in order to play "Tin Pan Alley" with bar chords, first we would start with the A-minor chord. And the way you would do this, is you would place your index finger across the fret board at the fifth fret. Then you would add your third finger on the A string at the seventh fret and your little finger at the seventh fret of the D string. And it would go like this. And then, to play the D-minor chord, you keep the bar your index finger where it was. Your third finger goes on the D string at the seventh fret. Your little finger goes on the seventh fret of the G string and your second finger goes on the sixth fret of the B string. And you'll notice that this formation is just like an A-minor chord played open. So this is a minor chord, but then as you add the bar, you can play it anywhere on the neck. Similarly, the A-minor chord and you'll see that this is like the E-minor chord down here, but using the bar you can play it anywhere. And then the E-minor would be just like the D-minor except it's up two frets. And then the E, the major E chord, or it's called the dominant seventh, would be played here with the third finger on the seventh fret of the A string, second finger on sixth fret of the D string, the little finger on the seventh fret of the G string and the index finger on the fifth fret of the B string. So that's how you play the bar chords for "Tin Pan Alley."

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