Moveable Chords 'A'

The "A shaped barre" so called because it is based upon the open A major chord fingering. 

This is also known as a "Root 5 barre" because the root note of the chord is "barred" by your index finger. 

Once again you'll learn 12 Major chords in root 5 position once you have this 'shape' under your fingers. Of course, just as with the root 6 chords, you'll need to learn all the notes on the A string (5th string), and once again we'll forget about the #s and b's' for the time being. 

Fig. 1 shows you all the notes on the 5th string (excluding #'s (sharps) and b's (flats) for now). 

Fig. 2 shows an example of the root 5 barre "A shape". This is the fingering for a C Major root 5 barre chord. Notice your index finger will barre the 3rd fret whist your Middle finger, will barre across the 5th fret.

Fig. 3 shows the notes for C Major. 

Fig. 4 shows the scale degrees - which you'll know are 1 3 and 5 since this is a major chord.