Bar Chords Like A Boss | Must Know Tips!!! | NBN Guitar
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- One of the most challenging points when learning guitar is moving from open chords to bar chords. Bar chords can seem like an absolute nightmare to play but a few tips for technique and an optimised guitar setup can go a long way to easing the pain - so much pain.
3 types of bar chords:
A. Full bar
B. Partial bar
C. Hinge bar
Technique Tips:
1. Curve your first finger
2. Use the weight in your elbow
3. Determine if you need a bar chord or not
Guitar Tips:
- Lower your action (file down the height of the bridge and/or neck nut(s)
- adjust the truss rod (if you have one)
String Ideas:
- High tension. Good for attack/less sustain
- Medium tension. Somewhere in between High & Low
- Low tension. Easy to press/not as punchy/more sustain
For the score and lessons please go to: nbnguitar.com/...
MY GEAR:
MY GUITAR: amzn.to/2iFX8po
LOW TENSION STRINGS: amzn.to/2jwZ3jY
MEDIUM TENSION STRINGS: amzn.to/2iFW44L
HIGH TENSION STRINGS: amzn.to/2iFRxj1
HIGH TENSION STRINGS: amzn.to/2jIt9z0
ACOUSTIC STRINGS: amzn.to/2izyxHH
ELECTRIC STRINGS: amzn.to/2iGbXrT
CAPO: amzn.to/2izBwQm
PICKS: amzn.to/2izDsIG
CABLES: amzn.to/2k33DYA
PEDAL BOARD: amzn.to/2k31KLi
TECHNIQUE BOOK: Pumping Nylon: amzn.to/2jXfZNC
DSLR CAMERA: amzn.to/2iFK0R2
CAMERA MIC: amzn.to/2k2U1gn
iMac: amzn.to/2nl6avQ
My classical guitar lessons and acoustic guitar lessons will help you to learn to play the guitar. I cover a wide range of guitar music and each of my guitar lessons comes complete with matching guitar tabs and guitar sheet music. These online guitar tutorials are a one-stop shop giving you an effective means of learning beautiful guitar music without needing a teacher in your local area.
You don't need to be able to read tab or sheet music to play any of the songs in these guitar lessons but they can be a powerful tool that can assist you to become a better musician. All guitar tabs for my lessons are free and can be downloaded easily from our website or for a very small fee you can also purchase the guitar sheet music that contains standard music notation with guitar tabs underneath, suggested left & right-hand fingerings, and performance indications.
I hold a Licentiate in Performance Classical Guitar with Distinction from the Trinity College of London and I love arranging music for guitar. I have well over 20 years of teaching experience at many schools in New Zealand and also at one school in Dubai, and privately in Bahrain. I have taught people from all ages and skill levels and continue to do so via TH-cam.
Guitar Tabs | Acoustic Guitar | How to play guitar | Guitar Lesson | Learn Guitar | Classical guitar |Learn to play guitar | Guitar Music | Guitar Tutorial | Online Guitar Lesson |
![How To Easily Play Barre Chords Without Pain & Buzzing - [Complete Guide]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EcOF6mZYez0/mqdefault.jpg)
Kia ora fellow guitarists. Here's a pretty cool lesson on how to play bar chords. I'll be discussing a few awesome techniques, a good way to setup your guitar, and understanding string tension. Let your bar chords fly!
Hi there Joshua. I'm 47 yrs old guy from Finland. Started my guitar hobby about a year ago and i'm hanging between classical music and gypsy jazz type of music. Classical music seems to be winning since i always find myself going through classical tutorials in here. I just wanted to say that i usually don't like tutorials with so much talking, but your personality got me stuck :) You seem very warm and good hearted person. There's too many other type of people in the world. But yeah, I'm more like "let's get to it" type of a person. Ofcourse there has to be talking too to get through every point and there is lots of different kind of beginners with different kind of needs, not just beginners like me. Don't you ever change what and how you are and how you teach in these videos :)
Hey there 47 years old Jouni from Finland. We're almost the same age bro! The talking thing is so difficult to manage. Sometimes we TH-camrs just get carried away and so passionate when we're sharing stuff that we care about that the minutes seem like seconds. I'll keep on doing what I do and I wish you all the best with your guitar hobby :)
I always have a sore wrist and hand from bar cords. If you keep playing when your sore you can find easier ways like going close to the fret and torquing up your elbow weight. Great tutorial as always.
I think we're all plagued with getting sore be it from bar chords, extended practice sessions, or gruelling performances. Thanks for the props!
Good presentation and overview. I have been experimenting with lowering my action and it is helping. Appreciate the discussion on string differences. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! I always feel for guitarists that struggle unnecessarily due to their guitar being poorly set up and/or playing with strings that are too old or not the right tension for their style and physiology.
BEST Teacher on the Net, Thanks for the awesome channel and Website! LOVE your Teaching style, so clear and precise, perfect for me, an Intermediate Guitarist.
Thank you heaps for the positive feedback Steve W. Did you find the Adagio resources you were looking for?
Hi from London UK Josh. Yes, I found your Tabs and I use them with your excellent video. I''ll be honest here Josh, I love this beautiful piece, its a bucket list for me along with Asturius, Cavatina and Rodrigo, however, I found an 'easier' or simplified version while looking for Adagio on here, I managed to finish it in a few weeks, then I saw your version! It blew my 'easier effort out the water, much harder, but so much better and ultimately rewarding, it will take months, but i'm used to that. Your version of Adagio is the most beautiful ive ever heard, i'm so please i found your channel, as an intermediate player i guess, I studied Carcassi's works for around 3 years, your playing and teachings are perfect for me. Thank you my friend.
What is that stand on your thigh that is holding up the Gibson? ...and where can I get one?
It’s a Sagework guitar support, and you can purchase it from sagework.org/
Awesome video, thanks for uploading. Would it be possible to make a video like this for the right hand?
My pleasure. I've got 12 videos covering all 120 right-hand arpeggio studies by Mauro Giuliani :)
What's the name of the song at intro? Nice.
jdelavega46 Sonatina by Federico Moreno Torroba.
Does higher action give a valid excuse for not being able to a bar chord? I can do bar chords on all other types of guitars, but with my classical, I can’t. Mine doesn’t have a truss rod either. Should I try to lower the action? I’ve tried all the tips, and I still can’t barre on a my classical.
It will to a certain degree although for the most part a well-played barchord is a combination of many things including - strength, finger position, number of strings being barred, finger curvature etc. Definitely try lowering the action as far as you can without creating string buzz.
Hey great video! What is the song at around 9:05 called?
Meech Charin thank you. It’s the B section of Capricho Arabe by Tarrega.
Thanks for telling me my worst fear is real and there's no way to completely avoid the hand pain while playing songs with lot of bar chords :( Great advices mate, I didn't know about the truss rod since my guitar is an old Tatay but it's good to always learn new stuffs
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Mind you that's only my experience and the experience of some friends that also play guitar for a living. Perhaps the very top echelon of players don't experience pain. I perhaps should have used the word fatigue instead of pain. What is a Tatay?
It's ok! Tatay is a spanish classical guitar brand, they are pretty good but stop making them so long ago
Ahhh thanks for the information. Sounds like a keeper!
Very good tips! Thank you
Nice one Joshua, am so glad to have found your channel, great teaching style, thorough and generous for the free tabs, many thanks, all the very best to you and all
Welcome aboard Peter! I'm glad my teaching style works well for you & all the best to you too.
Great advice Josh. I have one tip for other players trying to adjust the action on their guitars. If you (or your luthier or guitar tech) sand down the depth of the saddle at the bridge (you called it a nut, which is also OK) it will obviously make the action lower. A great tip is to make, or have someone make, a couple of "shims" to sit under the saddle (in the routed slot of the bridge). That way you can raise and lower the action by taking 1 or more of the shims out from under the saddle. Also note, some classical guitars do not have truss rods because the stress/pressure created by the string tension is not as high with nylon strings as it is with steel strings.
Thanks, John
Thanks John. Thanks for sharing your tips n tricks here too. Always good to hear someone else weigh in with their advice and experience.
John Lind are you by chance a patron of Beyond the guitar?
Yes I am.
Haha I saw your name in the credits of his 'Fortnite themes' video! Good on you John for supporting our efforts :)
As always wonderful !
Thank you very much Meghna :)
Very nice guitar, as for the bar chords, my problem, for example with f chord, is not so much with the bar finger, but with my middle, which just don't stay curved. Same problem with the g major and my ring finger..
Thank you. I do love my guitar. Why not try some simple scale work or exercises to strengthen your other fingers?
Thanks for the reply, I'm doing some stretching and exercises etc, but currently the don't seem to help so much. Maybe is a matter of length, my fingers are rather short for a 52" width classical guitar. Eventually I will find a way to play the damn chords. So thanks again , keep the good work!
What song did you play at the beginning of this video? Or was it just an improvisation?
Sonatina - Torroba. I do mention it in the video.
This is awesome cuz
There's plenty of good information for guitarists on this channel. I'm glad you found something useful here.
Excellent lesson with many thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Props man! Your videos are the best ones!
Thank you very much Albert!
Very useful Josh.Thank you .
Thanks Geoff. Nice to see you're still here after 3 years as a subscriber to my channel!!
Hi Joshua. Great lesson! Long time no see buddy.
Hi Ony. Thanks bud. Yeah my wife's been really ill for the past week so my focus had to be on caring for her and locking down the shows that we together by myself. To make up for my 8 day absence I'm going to try to smash out about 3 videos this week - wish me strength haha
I hope she's better now :(. I wish you get all the strength you need!
She is thanks Ony. I must've received some strength because today I made my first reaction video! It'll be up tomorrow!
Bravo
Paolo? Is it you from ages ago?
Josh, where have you been hiding these days? I hope you're doing well. Thanks for the instructional video.
Hi Malie. Man, I've been taking care of my wife and holding down a full time job haha. My wife's been sick for the past week and her health comes first. We usually perform together and since she's been sick I've had to do our shows alone plus the multitude of other things that happen in life. It's all good though as I'm never too far away from uploading another video.
Well, i hope your wife is doing well now. You are a busy man that is forsure. You are right, family always comes first, but also dont forget your thousands and thousands of fans around the world. Lol