Master the B minor chord - ONCE AND FOR ALL!
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- I get so many questions about how to get this chord 'Game Ready' - this short video will help you to NAIL this chord once and for all. It's all about your practice strategy. Take your playing to the next level by finally mastering the Bm chord!
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I just started playing a month ago and im 44....you are a great tacher....thanks so much
I started guitarlessons in may 2019, so 2 years, and i am 73 now. It's a great joy
and many evenings i play at least 2 hours. I find barre chords verh difficult, though i practice a lot. I think that practice makers perfect. Hope to get enough time to learn to play this beautifull instrument. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. Nico
Thank you Nico - it's great to hear of your guitar journey - barre chords are tricky at first but with proper technique and practice you'll get them going for sure. Have fun with it. Glad to have you here with us!
Shane
Hi, 👏playalong to the songs you know the words too, it makes it easier and fun,,,, enjoy, 👌
Relearning guitar at 63.. Haven't played since I was 15.. Just loving your Tutorials .... Especially the Eagles.... Thanks ever so much 🌿🕊🌿🎸🎤☮
Thank you Georgina - very glad to have you with us and I hope you have fun with it!
Shane
Georgie...I'm with you..started back when I was 63 as well..not as easy as being 14 years old..good luck friend
The chord I like to hate but it is in so many of my favorite songs, worth working on. Thanks for the tips.
Thank you Jean - I agree....it's a necessary evil - just a few minutes a day with the approach outlined in the video and it'll be game ready in no time. Cheers!
Shane
A lot of teachers will show you the finger positioning, very few will show you how execute the chord.:)...like you did here.
I gotta say, I've been workin hard on this chord since discovering this video for myself a few weeks ago. The technique taught here has changed how I play other chords by adjusting how I hold the neck and position my wrist. It hasn't just helped with a chord I was never able to play correctly. To finally be able to play a Bm barre chord that sounds right has boosted my confidence and made practice more fruitful and enjoyable. I sincerely mean this: Thank you for posting this video. I finally get to play so many songs I stayed away from for a long time and I'm really super grateful.
That tip of concentrating on landing the different fingers in brilliant. To show my appreciation, I'll offer a couple more tips:
1) Practice taking off from different chords. I thought I had the Bm down pat until I tried "Proud Mary" in which the Bm comes after the A chord.
2) In the Bm chord played as discussed in this video, there is no need to get clean tones with the index finger on strings 2, 3, and 4. Those strings are being fretting up higher with the other fingers. With that in mind, concentrate on getting B on the 5th string clean. From there if you simply roll the index finger a bit to the left, as described, It is almost automatic to get a clean tone on the 1st string, even if the index finger is arched and doesn't even touch strings 2, 3, and 4. Same if the index finger muffles strings 2, 3, and 4.
Thank you Gato - helpful for everyone. Cheers! Shane
Have been trying your method for Bm the last few days. It was so and so, but last night the chord rang out almost perfect! Thanks 😊
I have been doing lessons at other places and this is the first video that actually took the time to break it down in different ways. I had to slow the video speed down at first but I thank you for the information
Great explanation on how and why to get this bar chord down. Also, this video is exactly why you were voted
"Best TH-cam Guitar Teacher of the Year" (by me) :-)
Ha! Big thank you Cap - so great to hear that. Hope it helps you and always happy to get your feedback - Cheers!
Shane
+1 for that vote !
Thanks for the barre lesson I search many barre tutorials but this gives me the exact way to do it
Glad to hear that Nino - hope it's working for you. Glad to have you here with us!
Shane
Thanks for the video and tips. I'm 72 and it has taken me 7 months to get to 65/70 bpm on changing up between the G,D and Bm chord using a metronome. I land the bar first but will start landing the other fingers during my practice. Actually over the last 7 months I have been on a mission to be able to play bar chords. I've made about equal progress on all of them. I should have done this when I was younger...
All good - thanks for that. I like your approach to the barre chords. Remember....we ALL struggle with them at first. Then, they just become a part of your everyday playing. I hope you're having fun with it and am happy to have you here with us. Cheers, Shane
@@GuitarAtWork Thank you!
Oh my god ur a legend I struggle to do this because my hands are too small but I got it!
That’s SO great Sophie - thanks for letting me know! Shane
Another great tutorial, and much needed by me. I cant get my 'driving finger' to get there at the same time as my other fingers. I'm confident your suggested exercise will help greatly. Thanks! Steve
Fabulous - thank you Steven - you can do it! Shane
Sometimes restringing your guitar with a lighter gauge of strings can really help the newer player. I play my acoustic a lot, and because I do infills and sing while playing, I appreciate a guitar that is a little more capable than a thickly strung guitar. Tone isn't that much different (especially when plugged in) and when I drop tune it a half a step it's even easier. :) All I need to do is throw a capo on the first fret to get to standard tuning. Been playing since the later 60s and always learning, thanks to good people like you. :)
Thanks for that - my best to you! Shane
Thanks for this, it's very good to have the small details of this.
Haha! Light bulb just clicked on...... Thanks to you Shane! I decided about a year ago to learn to play the Barr chords. This tutorial has opened up a new world for me!! 😊🎸🎉 I can't thank you enough😘
Great to hear that Julie - it's a nasty chord at first but stick with it and it'll open many doors for you!
Shane
If I could kiss u I would lol I been struggling for weeks on this bar chord. My formarm has been hurting from trying to pull my wrist forward. I tried everything. But the tip of pulling from the SHOULDER HELPED ME SO MUCH AND NOW I DONT HEAR AS MUCH BUZZ!!!! Thank u soooooooooooooooo much
That’s SO great - fabulous! Happy to hear of your progress. My best to you! Shane
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Thanks - hope you're having fun with it. Cheers, Shane
You are good at teaching. Over the past 5-10 years I haven't been satisfied enough with any guitar teacher on youtube to subscribe , until I saw your lesson on "willin". It had me coming back (not subscribed) from time to time but again, in this video tutorial I finally made a choice to subscribe to Guitar at work because your style fits with my learning curve. Thank you sir.
Thanks Diamond - glad to have you here with us. Have fun with it!
Shane
Oh my god LOL I so need this right now - working on Just Like Heaven and I Bm is such a challenge.
Keep at it Jim! Everyone struggles with the Bm at first. Just keep pecking away at it - even when it feels impossible. Cheers! Shane
Wow very practical lesson thank you.
Glad it helped you - cheers! Shane
You're a genius!! Thank you!
A big thank you CaseyAnn - I’m no genius - but I have fun pretending to be one. My best to you. Happy you are here with us.
Shane
When he talks about mixing up the "sequence", its something that i wish I have learned on Day 1 of picking up the guitar. I've been struggling with few chords and stuck to same sequence over and over again. This mix is a game changer!
Shane this is the best explanation and suggested drill ideas I have ever found. Thank you so much. Love your channel and vibe. Cheers mate.
Thank you Trav - very glad to have you here with us. Hope you're having fun with it!
Shane
I have been greatly vexed by this chord for so long. Thanks for a great Video
Thank you DV - so glad it helped you! Cheers,
Shane
Shane , thanks for all your help!! You’re an extremely talented and intelligent teacher…!! Not to mention the fact you crack me up !! 😜😎 Great taste in tunes, sense of humor , Great teaching and playing … you definitely have the extra inner mojo that truely great and accurate guitar playing requires and it really bring it together !!! ❤ Thank You so very much !!
Thank you Brad - that is SO encouraging. My very best to you and I’m glad to have you here. Shane
Just to add to the pedagogy of the B minor thing. Lots of pros grab a Bm chord like this, low to high: X2443X, where you are NOT playing a barre at all, so this way sounds great and it's super-fast to grab, once you've practiced it a bit. The high E note that you're leaving out is F#, which is optional for almost all chord strumming /rhythm playing -- because your 4th string note is F#, and you don't need two in order to get the full triad.
You lessons are very Pleassant to follow, your explainations very clear, thank you so much shane for your lessons to learn hot to play guitar!
Thank you Abang - very glad t have you with us here. Hope you are having fun with it!
Shane
Shane is next level. Pure Perfection! Thank you! 🙏
Thank you Arielle - really appreciate the encouragement - hope you're having fun with it!
Shane
Thank you sir. You are a GREAT teacher!
Much appreciated Guitarzan - always great to hear from you and hope you enjoy!
Shane
Great! Thank you!!!
Very glad you enjoyed. My best to you! Shane
Dude!!! THANK YOU!!😁
Hope it helped you dude! Shane
@@GuitarAtWork "helped" is an understatement. This technique allowed me to play Bm for the first time ever! I'm so stupid happy right now.
Best video out there!
Thanks. This is exactly the door I'm trying to break down.
Very helpful!! I've been practicing these techniques for a matter of minutes and they're already helping tremendously. Thank you!
Fabulous - a big thank you for letting us know. Very happy to have you here. Cheers, Shane
Very helpful!
Very glad - thank you! Shane
Good tip! Many thanks.
Thank you Paul - hope it's all coming together for you. Cheers,
Shane
Great suggestion on positioning the index finger. I struggled a while with some strings not ringing cleanly. This works!
Glad to hear it Blimey - a big thank you!
Shane
Great video and tips! Thank you!!
I have so much trouble with bar chords . I have big chunky bass fingers which get in my way for one ( learned bass first just because of that fact ) . But a new subscriber. Really like how you have both the lesson then play along videos as well. Makes it easier to understand some of it so much better by going back and forth . Really looking foward to learning neil young's My My Hey Hey ... that's how I found this channel . Should sound great on my 12 string 😎
Thanks Peter - much appreciated. Keep at those barre chords and soon they will come - my best to you and Happy New Year!
Shane
It's such a nice barre chord, fortunately a bit easier than the F barre. Great lesson.
Thank you Doug - it's a toughie at first but if people stick with it they'll nail it - best to you from a thawing nation's capital.
Shane
Going to get practicing the idea of assembling the chord in different ways right away.
I have always started with the ring finger, mainly because of Lyin Eyes, going from the Em to the Bm, I can leave the finger anchored in place and just slide it down And then I use the same method, starting with the ring finger, with Tequila Sunrise and some others and ya, I’ve practiced a bunch but it’s yet to get as smooth as my other chord changes and if I take a day off it’s like starting over for that and the dreaded F chord so I hope this method will work for both.
Time to get to work and I’ll let you know how it goes.
Thanks again Shane.
Thanks Wally - it really does help to practice it that way. I know it's not much fun but it'll get you there for sure!
Shane
Still a struggle, I can play it clean but can never get there as smoothly as I can when going for most open chords, it’s like as I go to make the change one or more fingers freeze.
I think it all in my head now, sort of like Charles Barkley’s golf swing( TH-cam if your not sure what I mean).
Maybe not that bad and yes I’m usually only missing the first beat these days, just really looking forward to the day it’s as smooth as my other changes.
Oh well, back to work, later😵💫
Really helpful! Thank you!😊
Thanks! Really good video. This is still an issue for me and this lesson looks like a better way to get my hand and fingers used to the motion and in the proper place and sequence to open the door to songs that include Bm instead of avoiding them or playing them sloppy. I will give this daily attention using the techniques and ideas you've suggested here.
Merci Shane!
My pleasure Jean - I really hope this video helps you - Cheers!
Shane
Great tips . Thanks!
That was wonderful. Thank you so much!!
I've watched many of your videos tonight and really appreciate your expertise and generosity!
Brazil here
Thank you!
You're the best guitar teacher man, no one could teach me bar chord but you😌🍻
Thanks Gurjot - really glad to hear of your success - keep at it!
Shane
Love! Ty!
THANKS
Yes Feel I am crushing those strings.%&@!! With a death grip.
But I really want to nail those barre chords.
Thanks for all the great hints.
Man, I feel like we just had this conversation! :D Thanks for this video!
Ha! Thank you CJ - always great to hear from you and I look forward to jamming with you again! The snow is melting here and I feel my energy rising as spring approaches....was a very long winter for us non-skiers
Shane
Great idea on the "assembly" exercise Shane!
Thank you Crazy - it really does help - will get that Bm game ready!
Shane
Though I always skip a song with a Bm chord, I’ve always wanted to play Taylor Swift’s Love Story (plucking version), and your video helped me a lot. Thank you! Little by little, I’ll get there. 😊
Solid gold advice shane!
Thank you Brandon - hope it helps you!
Shane
Excellent advice! Thanks!
Thanks Lisa - hope you are doing well!
Shane
BIG help, thanks Shane
Thank you Kevin - very glad to hear it!
Shane
After 15 minutes practicing Shane’s learning technique, B minor is no longer a problem
Thank you Shane !
My pleasure Marcel - hope it helps you!
Shane
My fave. Ow.
Thanks Rodee - a great song indeed - Cheers!
Shane
Thanks Shane. You I too have picked up my guitar again after many years and am enjoying your instructional videos for songs I never thought I could play. Is there a way to contribute to Patreon in Canadian dollars?
Thank you Leslie - So glad you are enjoying. I think Patreon only uses US$ but they just convert CAD. Best to you and glad to have you here with us!
Shane
Hi Shane - I received two charges of $10 two days in a row from patreon. Can you suggest how to rectify?
Thanks
I'm here because I want to play Wicked Game !!
Way to go Jeremey - mail the Bm and you’re good to go on Wicked Game. Cheers! Shane
Thank you! What if I previously broke my left index finger at the first knuckle when I was little? And my middle finger is long as hell?
Scoot Am one fret down either barred or not(easier).
Is it OK to play the chord with your ring finger and pinky swapping positions? For some reason I can get the chord like that but struggling badly the "proper" way.
so which strings is the barring finger supposed to be touching? because for me, my first finger cuts out the sound completely on the high E string
It's easy when you have long fingers my friend as you have 😆
Very helpful, thanks Shane! I hate Bm! I just discovered your channel. Wish I would have found it earlier, but I'm going to work on your suggestions. One question for you, I currently do not play with a pick. I mostly strum (acoustic only) with a few finger picking songs. Should I start practicing with a pick? I've been playing now for about a year. Thanks!
Hi Peggy - thanks for commenting - glad to have you here with us. I believe that some pick technique is essential for strumming songs. Although you can strum with your fingers you get a nice bright sound with the pick that is well worth exploring. Cheers!
Shane
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Easy for you, with those long fingers lol
I know.....just make sure you keep that wrist in the proper spot and you'll be able to stretch, Cheers, Shane
Nice video i whant better this helps
Thank you Folkert - hope it helps you!
Shane
I use my right pinkie toe.
Ha! That's hilarious - Cheers!
Shane
Man you talk fast! Must be from California.
Ha! It's the caffeine David...I'm sure of it. I'm actually in Canada! Shane
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it Rob - hope it's going well - Cheers!
Shane