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Take every song you know in open position and learn it with all barre chords.

OK, but why? What's the benefit or advantage to playing things as barre chords?

Nice job BGD..  and cool to put a face with the name.. 
Also agree with you about barre chords...  learned them years ago but use them every time I play..  very handy.
Deb

Thanks y'all.

If you know 3 you can use them all over the neck not just the first 3 frets example :
your standard E Bar chord shape for F = 133211, by moving it fret for fret down the neck you are playing that chord, F F# G G# A and so on, or for an easy way just play the first and 3rd fingers on E and A string. this will work up and down the neck and are called Root 5th Bar chords, they work best on strings 4,5,and6
I found this FREE PDF down load of Barre chords http://www.guitar-skill-builder.com/Bar … Chart.html
Ok and to answer your question of why? Well once you migrate out of folk,, and even w/ in it, and with your Beatles, conservation of movement and,  quite frankly,, the other name for them is POWER CHORDS. You can get much more thump out of them, palm muting is easier, and shifting between chords is quicker.  EX going from C D E isn’t that hard open but lacks a certain growl. If you play them as a 2 or 3 finger power chord, you’re just sliding the fingers right up the neck in a smooth progression and able to swap back and forth quickly.  Best example I can think of that is not a metal song (as it was written LOLLOL  ) would be most of the very popular stuff by THE KINKS. All day and all night and You really got me ( which have been covered by Van Halen and heavier groups) here listen and watch how they are played by everyones favorite Justin guitar.  So here ya are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5V4uO2H5Sc  and  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en … rBBf7OogtU

and the VH version of you really got me:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fAd7MoT9c8

RAy Davies ( the kinks) with Metallica  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3OY1bbRgTY

Thanks, Beamer. I really got a lot of great information from your answer! I see guitar players using these barre chords all the time, and I never understood why. I have been practicing "Creep" by Radiohead and it's defintely easier to play using power chords.

I think, that is a great piece of advice. If you already know a song in the first position, you don't have to relearn it, but it's a great way of prcticing those bar chords. Without bar chords, your guitar neck is too limmited.
Not so much your major chords, they are easy enough to play but the minor, major 7ths and minor 7ths. Also The patern of a chord progression can be used in any key.

If you are using a chop rhythm, barre chords make it easier to mute all strings at the same time.
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Good work.

Thanks man!

nice play