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This helps, but for some reason it’s really awkward when I play the A barre chord shape unless my thumb is off center towards the headstock. Why is that?

Excellent guitar lesson. Makes a lot of sense and beautifully explained. Thank you!

The only thing I don't agree with is the thickness of the pick. Maybe for beginners it's more important, but to me, 1 mm picks sound too dull. I prefer the better attack that I get from 0.71 Dunlop Gator or 0.73 mm Dunlop Flow (not the Tortex one, though those are also okay to me). I'm not a shredder either, but some faster lines work fine.

Really really useful, as I learned on a classical but I’m trying to get to grips playing an electric and am having problems breaking habits , and with LH muting, but to be honest didn’t really think too much about my left hand position and balance. Brilliant information.

Watched the video and now I’m a new subscriber

Great Tips! I tell my students most of the same things. This one tip I learned at college addresses at four issues you addressed separately. For barre chords let the weight of your relaxed left arm pull the strings down. My classical professor at college had me play with out my left hand thumb to fix tension and overpressing issues. This will also fix weight distribution problems and your thumb will always be where it needs to be. This will also correct the hyoerextended wrist issue. Some reaches are impossible if you try to touch the neck with your thumb. And without your thumb trying to do anything other than touch the neck for reference, your sliding up and down the neck will become fluid. Give it a try 😉 BTW I use the thunb position (thumb over top) and fiddle position (fingers pointing in toward the body)

I'm getting a lot from these lessons, tho I wish they were shorter and more to the point. Almost 14 minutes on finger roll is a bit lengthy. Thanks Max.

Thank you so much! clear and simple..well done lesson.

Thanks!! Good stuff 👍

Thanks!

I just started playing (well not playing, but attempting to play) the guitar less than a week ago. I've been trying to absorb a lot of knowledge inparted by experienced guitar players on TH-cam and I have to say I have been sporadically making some of these mistakes you demonstrate in this video and strangely enough I did notice on my own that some of these positions or forms did not feel right, comfortable or ideal and here I find your video explaining the very reasons why I instinctively felt that way. I'm glad I found this video early on so I can avoid making these mistakes or allowing myself to form these into bad habits, not to say I won't make other mistakes or form other bad habits without realizing it... unless I find more helpful information like this in other videos, but avoiding a few mistakes is a nice way to start out and continue from this point forward. Thank you for taking the time to help others like myself with this information! Lastly, you asked your viewers what they find challenging and I'd say that would be guitar picking. I seriously thought fretting would be the harder challenge, but I now feel picking is a notch above in difficulty, particularly since I cannot actually find many videos that explain how to slowly develop a mastery of guitar picking at my very low end beginner level, furthermore... videos which have tasks or exercises that approach picking in a way I can understand or relate to and that are more practical to electric guitar picking vs acoustic (most videos seem to be solely focused on acoustic guitar finger strumming or picking, which is still helpful in many ways but not truly helpful in other ways when trying to learn electric.

Like just about everyone commenting, I'm an experienced guitarist who, while I don't have terrible habits, can apply this lesson deliberately and improve my playing. Thanks, Max.

Thank you!

Dude, I’ve been playing for 45 years…my jaw is on the floor.😳 A couple of these things I knew, but, I’ve still got work to do…🎸

This is the most effective technique lesson I ever discovered. Thanks.

Your videos are very helpful, thank you. I have a problem getting a clear barre chord on the frets above the 7th. The closer I get to the body of the guitar, the harder it is for me to rotate my index finger onto its edge. Usually either the B or E string gets muted. Any suggestions?

Thank you. been playing for only 3 years and yes im that guy that plays all the time the same stuff jaja started at 57 im now 60 and i have fun the pandamic got me started and i thank you for your tip.

I have a feeling all of his skills are theoretical

how about a demonstration of your practice technique

I think it’s really funny to see a guy that has tons of videos like this video talking about speed yet haven’t seen any videos that show any proficiency.Where are the videos of all the techniques or how to. Since he’s doing a lot of talking without saying anything take a metronome get a correct pick grip not a weak grip guthrie govan or oetrucci has good videos start really slow and clean increase bpm by 3-5 bpm only after getting it clean.

I notice this guy does t have any improvising over chord progressions showing off all his prowess…….sus

Tbh his grip on tbe pock is pretty weak the more material you have exposed note only the less accurate but less efficient. the ole coffee cup grip used by Guthrie govan eric johnson john petrucci is the same between all three. His grip is so weak bros dont ingrained this bad habit go look up petrucci or govans. dunlop jazz 3 and dunlop jazz 3 XL

Thanks!

Max I would like to thank you for these tips. My music teacher didn’t mention any of this. You did. I struggled a lot and agree with each point in this video. Thank you very much. I’ll be your number one fan from now on. Michael

All sounds great and makes sense, but none of it works for me. The pick spins around no matter what I do when strunmming...I hate picks and Im on the verge of giving up.....

Best left hand advice ever…liked and subscribed- thanks

Thank you for taking the time to make this video and explanations. And no fluff or repeating yourself, nice speed of talking, easy to watch and learn.

Good stuff Thank you Is that soundhole oblong or is it the flowers...😅😅😅

I like a lot of these ideas but Sorry I don't buy the thumb in the middle idea. You can't suddenly increase strength in your pinky by doing this. You need to practice using traditional exercises, using your pinky as well as the other fingers. In my humble opinion .

As a beginner, this was incredibly helpful, now I don’t have to worry about having these bad habits

Could have been a 5 minute video

Thank god I don’t have to worry about this , I’m left handed

I like the Guild Guitar. I have an 1980 D50 I bought new in 1981. Great guitar!

Wow I guilty of every mistake and I’ve been playing over ten years. Also I suffer the consequences of each mistake. This hands down no pun intended is the best most helpful video I’ve ever seen. Thank you sir so much.

Great lesson. So easy but wouldn’t realize these practises if they weren’t pointed out. I’m in a down time so I hope this will give me the incentive to pick up the guitar again.

Merci!

That was a good lesson packed with tips

this video is incredible

finally a great video for beginners! thank you!

PS. I play a 12 string acoustic and remove 6 of the strings because I am too cheap to buy a 6 String. Any tips or tricks?

It is crazy that I have played guitar since 1964 and I am only starting to learn barre chords. Let’s face it, I am a slow learner.

I’ve been trying to learn guitar for 60 yrs. Your video has helped me a lot. Your easy nature is perfect for teaching. God Bless

So slow,Man get on with it

My Wrist was broken twice and my thumb is too short to reach over

My pinky turns in, much as yours does, making it almost useless when it needs to reach for that maj7

aS a 56 year old never have played anything successfully except for a radio. I appreciate what you have shown here as I start. I been trying to see hand positions in videos with is very difficult without multi angles.

thanks so much for doing this!

What if Classical players took this advice-would they sound even better and be able to do more amazing things? is there ANY justification for the way they approach chord playing?

The thumb should never br used to assist playing ,i . E . being used to fret the E string ,A vile habit if ever there was one .

Thank you for the tips this will really help, I will let you know.