There’s a system you can learn on the guitar neck to help you learn major chords using easy to remember chord shapes as barre chords. The system is known as the CAGED guitar system, it’s not often taught in guitar lesson dvds how ever it’s becoming a popular method among online guitar videos and other formats.
The basic premise is by using five major chord shapes C-A-G-E-D (also used to make up the name of the system) you can position them as different barre chords on the neck and create other major chords.
EXAMPLE: You can make an E major chord not just in the E position open but also by making a barre chord with a D shape at the 2nd fret, a barre chord with a C shape at the 4th fret, a barre chord with an A shape at the 7th fret and a barre chord with a G shape on the 9th fret.
All three of those examples yield an E major chord and notice how they also incorporate all five different chord shapes from the CAGED guitar system.
This can be a bit difficult to understand by reading it so I have a short four minute video for you to watch on the topic. After watching the video you should be able to go grab your guitar and practice the shapes made in the video along with finding out other variations of major chords else where on the neck.
This is a fun little system to incorporate into your practicing and adds a new dimension to playing your major chords.
Happy Practicing!