Order of Barre chords

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Order of Barre chords

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Hi guys

Im new to the forum, picked up a guitar 2 months ago and have been learning since. I wondered if you could help me
Out. Imagine playing a barre chord starting Emajor, then Fmajor then F#major Gmajor etc etc whats the correct order down until the 12th fret ehere it starts at E major again? I know there is no B#major but im not sure of the order. Hope this makes sense??? Thanks
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E - F - F#/Gb - G - G#/Ab - A - A#/Bb - B - C - C#/Db - D - D#/Eb - E

Hope this helps!
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whether you'er playing a note / chord /bar chord...each next fret up is a semitone higher ..
so if you are playing a C the next fret up is C# ( either a note or a chord ) and so on
(the chord must not change 'shape' and not include open strings )
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B -- There is no B# and no E#

make a ' clock ' of the notes then you can start anywhere

going down a fret there is no Cb ( flat ) or Fb ( B# / E# res)

eg if you start @ E: E F F# G G# A A# B C C# D D# E ( octave higher ) F F# G ..and so on

hope this makes sense A
G# A#
G B
F# C
F C#
E D
D#

THIS DIAGRAM MIGHT NOT WORK ON YOUR BROWSER (draw it again as a clock )
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Posted at an almost identical time there Polyal! - I like your diagram - it works well in firefox for me.
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that clock is my biggest achievement for ages
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Yeah the clock works, thanks that really helps :)
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