The C shaped barre chord is another moveable form
of a guitar chord that will allow you to change 
chords without having to change fingerings. The
index finger barres (holds down the strings) and 
frets the notes played on the small e and G stings, 
while the middle finger is placed on the B string, 
the ring finger is then placed on D string and the 
pinky finger is placed upon the A string as indicated 
below, showing the chord C# major.

index barre    middle    ring    pinky
e :-1-----------------------------------------------|
B :------------2------------------------------------|
G :-1-----------------------------------------------|
D :-----------------------3-------------------------|
A :-------------------------------4-----------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|

Here's what this chord looks like when written in 
tablature.

e :-1-----------------------------------------------|
B :-2-----------------------------------------------|
G :-1-----------------------------------------------|
D :-3-----------------------------------------------|
A :-4-----------------------------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|


The sound that is altered from standard and traditonal
chord positions is dramatic. Try comparing the standard
position for F major chord (example #1 below) to the 
C shaped F major barre chord, shown as example #2.

   Example #1           Example #2
   F major              C shaped F major barre chord
         
e :-1-------------------------5---------------------|
B :-1-------------------------6---------------------|
G :-2-------------------------5---------------------|
D :-3-------------------------7---------------------|
A :---------------------------8---------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|

How These Chords Are Moveable
The "roote note" is the first note played that determines
the letter name of the chord. For example:

    C# = C# major chord     D = D major chord
e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-------------------------------------------------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-4-----------------------5-----------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|

When changing chords from C# to D, simply slide your
frethand up 1 fret.

   C#                D
e :-1----------------2------------------------------|
B :-2----------------3------------------------------|
G :-1----------------2------------------------------|
D :-3----------------4------------------------------|
A :-4----------------5------------------------------|
E :-------------------------------------------------|

Here are the roote notes for these chords shown on
the A string.
    C# D  D# E  F  F# G  G#   A  A#   B   C   C#
e :-------------------------------------------------|
B :-------------------------------------------------|
G :-------------------------------------------------|
D :-------------------------------------------------|
A :-4--5--6--7--8--9--10--11--12--13--14--15--16----|
E :-------------------------------------------------|


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