Whoever has spend time learning barre chords know that yeses some sort of secerat they keep from us, I have found it I'm not joking Prepare to get mind fucked This will get deleted so its your job to spread it. All I ask is that you mention the name shaldon. And dont play generic shit music that the feed us. And stop listening to mainstream garbage ❤️
You absolutely can cheat! Not cheating is for jazz and classical musicians. Pop rock blues country and of course punk musicians cheat all the time with workarounds and cutting corners where they can
Me, started guitar like two weeks ago: *tries to put my finger on all strings* "Damn this is hard, but luckily that ain't actually a thing." Me after finding out about barre chords: "um wat"
@@gundamzerostrike That's great dude! I remember struggling a lot with chord changes the first like 3 months. I only practiced like 15 minutes a day though. I think it's alright if you don't really search for tips and tricks. For me, some things just come naturally with time. Like a light bulb lights up above my head. After reading up a bit online, it seems playing guitar is full of those eureka moments. I think it's important you try to learn the songs you want to through TH-cam tutorials. Even if you don't search for tips and tricks, most of the videos always give you one without it being the main focus and you'll easily pick it up because you're actually concentrating, trying to learn that song voluntarily. Most importantly though, do whatever you want, you'll get the hang of everything given enough time. Have fun playing!
You never fail to make me burst out laughing like 10 times in just 5 minutes. Whenever exam season starts killing me I just watch a few older videos to cheer up.
This is magic. I was here a month ago and followed your instructions and tuned my guitar two steps lower and barre chords became much easier. I have played guitar 4 a very long time but had given up on barre chords. Now I can play on standard tune. I'm so happy man. Thanks 4 these tips.
I teach guitar. This has been the most helpful channel I've ever found... and there are GREAT channels out there. This loose, fun and nearly carefree, yet passionate way of teaching you do is so engaging. It makes you want to pay attention and retain information. Even as a teacher Ive struggled with that my whole life. So thank you!!!
For me I wanted to learn a lot of songs that had a B-chord or B-minor, as I also started learning violin and music theory I realized how versatile barre chords could be and the range of additional chords and variations that could be opened up even by knowing the simplest 4 major and minor chord shapes as barres- A, C, D and E. My main tip is, get your barring finger right up against the fret, that way you need minimum pressure and get maximum reach, you really don't have to press hard at all, in fact if you are against the fret it's counter productive. Once you get it there's so much stuff opens up, right away, I could play absolutely any key just using A-shape, E-shape, E-minor and A minor shapes, adding D/Dm and C decrease the amount of shifting but the Amaj/min and Emaj/min will usually be the go tos! They are just so easy to transition between and slide around!
I started playing like 2 weeks ago and barre chords were one of the first things I learned because I really wanted to play Where Is My Mind by The Pixies
I love your practical tips and good for you for learning barre chords! I am learning barre chords and here is the the most helpful tip that has helped me, which I learned literally last night when for the first time I had a "PHYSICAL" lesson with a good teacher. What I found was that the reason I sucked at barre chords was because of the position I was holding my guitar in. When he corrected how I held the guitar and where I held it in relation to my body, I could put my left hand in the right position for the first time, which until then I could never do. Gone was the grabby thumb and my thumb was now on the back of the neck for the FIRST TIME EVER! I would not have learned this and would have carried on as I was if I had not taken a physical lesson where the teacher could see what I was doing, spot my mistake (that I was completely oblivious to) and correct me. Obviously I now have to practice long and hard, but because I am now physically positioned correctly the mechanics will no longer be getting in my way. Peace and love to all guitar players!
Dude you helped me but NOT with your tips but your playing. YOu put your finger like 5000 km above the upper neck and EVERY online teacher is almost flush with fingertip and neck I just had to move my index 0.5cm higher and bam easiest barre chords of my life It took me ONE GODDAMN YEAR! DUDE I love you
You can also use your tumb to push down on the low e string. That way you only have to barre the high e and b string with your index finger. This makes chords low on the neck (where the tension is higher) easier to play. But you can only do that with major chords with the base note on the e string. (With minor chords and 7th chords you'd have to barre the highest 3 strings with your index finger wich makes it not that mutch easier than just barre the whole chord) Barre chords with the base note on the a string are often already easier to play :)
You have now made the best "quick" Barre Chord video on TH-cam. It was fun to watch, to the point, and informative. You even had some things I havent heard before
Moving from learning f chord to 5th fret is so helpful, i always thought i can't do barre chord, but when i do it on the 5th fret i can do it easily, thank you 😃😃
Barre chords seem dificult for beginners. here is a tip for everyone that hasn't mastered them yet : barre chords mostly use the index finger as base for the barre, think of your finger like a capo, it's there just for the chord to sound higher pitched, also a mistake i used to do as a beginner, was to play barre chords directly on the fret markers instead in the fret, that said, barre chords will stil be a pain because most people are not used to them, so a good practice for it is to play open chords (G, C, A), in their barre version, that helps a lot, by a week or two you should already have barre chords mastered
Notes: Start with an A rather than an F - less tension Tune down - less tension Use a capo - less tension Don't suck again - less tension... Push the body back Don't focus too much on proper form - what feels good - loosey goosey Have fun! Switch to an electric - or ok... Don't foucs too much on perfection - pros suck too Remove your high E string - or no... or maybe just cut off your leg - yeah! Great lesson! 😁
Awesome man . They will open up your playing , and give you a whole new way to play. You have all the main things to be an awesome guitarist now. Final step, play like no one is watching you Never be content with where you are at as a guitarist though. Allways keep learning and, learn music you don't even like . Every song has a new lesson to teach you
First of all, thank you for this. I was loosing hope in learning them. Second, you make practicing guitar so much fun lol, because you are genuinely just funny and not a boring teacher. So thanks 😂 you are appreciated
I never had a reason to learn barre cords, until a girl asked me to learn some queen songs and that helped and now while continuing country there are so many more things I can play Still want to learn the theory about it so I can actually play chords all over the neck that'd be neat
best way to learn barre chords is to learn the shapes, have a chart up with the fretboard and what note is where and then go on ultimate guitar and play through your favourite songs using barre chords. Or, if you want the hard way, learn to play through the circle of fifths using barre chords - then do it at redicuolus tempos, I can do it at 297 bpm
i tried it on fifth fret and it's really a lot easier, it's my fist time doing a barre chord that really pluck all the string im SHOOK so HAPPYYYYY!! thanks!! A LOOOT
EVERYBODY DOES NOT HATE YOU! I like you!...you seem like a nice guy. Your videos are great and are actually way more helpful than most of the ones out there! Too many people fall into the the "expert" trap or "this is how it is done" trap and never do their own thinking as you obviously do! There really are no rules or laws when it comes to guitar.....if it sounds good and works go for it! Keep up the good work my friend!
If you learn to play A and Emajor chords with your 2nd 3rd and 4th fingers and keep your index finger free you'll have a huge head start when it comes to learning barre chords 👍
As a self taught. This rings really true! I would use my index for those chords and it took a lot of work to relearn them the right way when it came time to barring!
After learning the basic chords and notes and such, barre chords were one of the first things I learned. The minors, normals, maj7, everything as far as they go. Mainly cause the music I like using those mostly. I really just learned to play some songs I like and since then, I’ve just figured out the rest.
I liked your part about singing man cause ive been feeling pretty meh at singing recently, good reminder to keep doing it. Also 3:50 actually cracked me up, instead of jamming a new string on the guitar you were like "meh whatever i dont need it."
Very inspiring video bro ❤ When i learned bar chords, i just learned them by putting down my fingers ,again and again, up and down the neck ,for a few Weeks, it helped me building up the muscles
Dude! Memory flowing! I got a boxer fracture this year in my fretting hand, so your pinkie reach looking fab. Also, I snapped the high e on my Gretsch Jim Dandy four years ago & it's during that stint I experimented most with barre chords. I liked C into C7 into jazzy barred upper Cs & trills with my pinkie fing. Or whatever. I'm on the hunt for a new acoustic now, but that's whatever too. Anyway, you keep it up. Make sure to get your steam wishlist packed with Rocksmith DLC btw. 🤴
I've now been playing for over two years and I still can't do open chords. I play barre chords in all kinds of jazz variations and like a solo every now and then. But f*****g open chords. They are horribly unrhythmic and unmutable and the chord functions are so hidden and every second song I can't even play because they don't fit open chords. Also my fingers don't go were they should. Anyway, I can't really do them but I should.
When you going for a bar chord like f chord .say coming from g marjor. Let it ring out on last strong time to get to f chord .see my profile on you tube my stuff easy way to understand the bar f chord m8
I do suggest fingerplucked songs with barre chords. You'll learn to keep your finger in place and tight on every atring. Also, use the curvature of your finger. Place it flat on the board, roll it a bit to the side and position the other fingers, you'll feel it's more "natural"
Idk why that edit at number 6 tripped me out so much, but great job man 😂 I wish your channel was around when I first started learning guitar. I think I would've had more breakthroughs sooner
Lol, exactly what you said right at the start. Once you've learned to play most of the normal, open chords and learned a load of songs so you don't bother trying to push yourself. I've only just managed to get the F major after thinking I'd NEVER be able to play barre chords. The best tip that I ever learned was making an E major shape with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers, slide them up a fret each leaving the first fret and your 1st finger free to make your barre. It worked so quick for me.
Definitely. The learning books and such should learn you to play A and E major chords with 2, 3 and 4 fingers. It's really hard to get out of the habit of playing them with your index finger after taking all that time to learn it. So I think you're absolutely 100% spot on, learning them with your index finger free means you have a huge head start when moving on to barre chords 👍👍
So I'm just dedicating myself to learning bar chords. I have to practice every day in Januari (also makes me play guitar more as I haven't been playing a lot lately). Anyways I have to do a bar chord riff every day in Januari which hopefully will make this easier haha
do a vid on all the different forms of barre chords like shapes and stuff and explain about how if you move up two frets, the chord goes up one (like fret 1 barre chord is an F and up two frets gives you a G and then A and B and so on). I didn't figure this out till like a year into playing guitar and it's a life saver to know because it means you dont have to memorize positions and makes everything so intuitive
I love your vid bro - that tip on n ot playing top e string really helped me - the few millimeters difference stopped tension in my hand and then i just used my fingertip to mute the top e - more vids please bro :)
This is a good video, it made me laugh. I believe that everyone's success is different from others, true success takes a lot of experiments. If it works, it is not necessarily a wrong way, it only might be wrong to others. Good video, I liked it. Never thought about taking a string off. I have practiced this bar chord thing for like about close to an hour now, I got it. However, the pain on my left hand sabotage the sound, it makes me don't want press it when it hurts.
Musicians: you can't cheat at an instrument. It takes time and practice.
Red light blue: *SO GUYS I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING*
Whoever has spend time learning barre chords know that yeses some sort of secerat they keep from us, I have found it
I'm not joking
Prepare to get mind fucked
This will get deleted so its your job to spread it. All I ask is that you mention the name shaldon.
And dont play generic shit music that the feed us. And stop listening to mainstream garbage ❤️
You absolutely can cheat! Not cheating is for jazz and classical musicians. Pop rock blues country and of course punk musicians cheat all the time with workarounds and cutting corners where they can
Once you learn barre chords it opens up a new world of playing guitar
Aladdin spoilers
But yeah agreed. Pretty incredible
Really???
Smashed my hands to much today, Barre chords are next.
@@LordeMarsh exactly, I love doing that on guitar
True !!!!!
Protip: if you take off all the strings, you can not only master barre chords faster, but you also get rid of the string buzz issues
bodis richard damn
The best tip ever! 🤣
How do you know you play good sound if you don't have the strings? Strings is how I know my fingers are not breaking off
Good point 🎸👍😁!
Wow
Him: you've probably already learned a decent amount of chords and techniques
Me: *sweats* *nervously* *in* *beginner*
Straight up. I know some chords and even the Pentatonic Scale, but I can't even strum to save a fish from drowning. It's fucking terrible xD
Sweating nervously in vet lol I can only shred but can't play anything else lol
Me, started guitar like two weeks ago: *tries to put my finger on all strings* "Damn this is hard, but luckily that ain't actually a thing."
Me after finding out about barre chords: "um wat"
Bet you started learning for one of the ff:
Blue bird
Silhouette
Go!!
Sign
@@abdhulhackul2620 almost 7 months in now. I'm still too scared of Naruto openings to try them. They are the goal tho lol
@@gundamzerostrike That's great dude! I remember struggling a lot with chord changes the first like 3 months. I only practiced like 15 minutes a day though. I think it's alright if you don't really search for tips and tricks. For me, some things just come naturally with time. Like a light bulb lights up above my head. After reading up a bit online, it seems playing guitar is full of those eureka moments.
I think it's important you try to learn the songs you want to through TH-cam tutorials. Even if you don't search for tips and tricks, most of the videos always give you one without it being the main focus and you'll easily pick it up because you're actually concentrating, trying to learn that song voluntarily. Most importantly though, do whatever you want, you'll get the hang of everything given enough time. Have fun playing!
I screamed 💀💀💀
This was exactly my reaction when I found out that barre chords exist
You never fail to make me burst out laughing like 10 times in just 5 minutes. Whenever exam season starts killing me I just watch a few older videos to cheer up.
yesss ikr
Literally learned the F chord yesterday after months and his first tip is to not start on the F😩😩
That's a big F in the chat.
At least it will be easier to learn the other bar chords lol
@@grimtheassassin I think you mean E#
Please swap the positions of the red and blue lights in your room so they match your logo. Thank you
bluelight red
Me earlier today: I wonder when RedLightBlue will post a new video
Me now: cool
I relate
Haha nice
Okay
Don't know how you don't have more viewers man, humor and editing is top notch
did you really add a finger to your hand for number six??😂
That shit was genius lol.
Yes. Brilliant idea 🎸👍😎!
That had me dying lol🤣🤣
Hahah I didn’t see that initially
This is magic. I was here a month ago and followed your instructions and tuned my guitar two steps lower and barre chords became much easier. I have played guitar 4 a very long time but had given up on barre chords. Now I can play on standard tune. I'm so happy man. Thanks 4 these tips.
I teach guitar. This has been the most helpful channel I've ever found... and there are GREAT channels out there.
This loose, fun and nearly carefree, yet passionate way of teaching you do is so engaging. It makes you want to pay attention and retain information. Even as a teacher Ive struggled with that my whole life.
So thank you!!!
I could get booed off stage and all i would need to feel good is just this dudes reassurance
He is CONTAGIOUSLY happy!!
Blue red man helped me do bar chords. Thank you sir very cool
came for the title, stayed for the low production quality. seriously that's a compliment I promise.
For me I wanted to learn a lot of songs that had a B-chord or B-minor, as I also started learning violin and music theory I realized how versatile barre chords could be and the range of additional chords and variations that could be opened up even by knowing the simplest 4 major and minor chord shapes as barres- A, C, D and E. My main tip is, get your barring finger right up against the fret, that way you need minimum pressure and get maximum reach, you really don't have to press hard at all, in fact if you are against the fret it's counter productive. Once you get it there's so much stuff opens up, right away, I could play absolutely any key just using A-shape, E-shape, E-minor and A minor shapes, adding D/Dm and C decrease the amount of shifting but the Amaj/min and Emaj/min will usually be the go tos! They are just so easy to transition between and slide around!
I started playing like 2 weeks ago and barre chords were one of the first things I learned because I really wanted to play Where Is My Mind by The Pixies
Was the mind found?
@@terrymiller8597 Lmaooo I completely forgot about this comment, thank you!!!
The mind was very much found. Never stopped playing
best barre chords to start with are: Bm and Cm chord.. not too hard but really satisfying
Bm was the first one i learned, had to learn it for karma police
I love your practical tips and good for you for learning barre chords! I am learning barre chords and here is the the most helpful tip that has helped me, which I learned literally last night when for the first time I had a "PHYSICAL" lesson with a good teacher. What I found was that the reason I sucked at barre chords was because of the position I was holding my guitar in. When he corrected how I held the guitar and where I held it in relation to my body, I could put my left hand in the right position for the first time, which until then I could never do. Gone was the grabby thumb and my thumb was now on the back of the neck for the FIRST TIME EVER! I would not have learned this and would have carried on as I was if I had not taken a physical lesson where the teacher could see what I was doing, spot my mistake (that I was completely oblivious to) and correct me. Obviously I now have to practice long and hard, but because I am now physically positioned correctly the mechanics will no longer be getting in my way. Peace and love to all guitar players!
Me: "Hey Mr. Redlight Blue, can you teach me how to play barre chords?"
Redlight Blue: "Play in the alps, low pressure"
😂😂😂😂❤
Dude you helped me but NOT with your tips but your playing. YOu put your finger like 5000 km above the upper neck and EVERY online teacher is almost flush with fingertip and neck
I just had to move my index 0.5cm higher and bam easiest barre chords of my life
It took me ONE GODDAMN YEAR! DUDE I love you
You’re fantastic! Keep staying true to your self it was very helpful- and made me smile too
You can also use your tumb to push down on the low e string. That way you only have to barre the high e and b string with your index finger. This makes chords low on the neck (where the tension is higher) easier to play.
But you can only do that with major chords with the base note on the e string. (With minor chords and 7th chords you'd have to barre the highest 3 strings with your index finger wich makes it not that mutch easier than just barre the whole chord)
Barre chords with the base note on the a string are often already easier to play :)
This is the way Hendrix did
You could do that…if you have long fingers, which I don’t.
You have now made the best "quick" Barre Chord video on TH-cam. It was fun to watch, to the point, and informative. You even had some things I havent heard before
Moving from learning f chord to 5th fret is so helpful, i always thought i can't do barre chord, but when i do it on the 5th fret i can do it easily, thank you 😃😃
This guy is so relatable
Barre chords seem dificult for beginners.
here is a tip for everyone that hasn't mastered them yet :
barre chords mostly use the index finger as base for the barre, think of your finger like a capo, it's there just for the chord to sound higher pitched, also a mistake i used to do as a beginner, was to play barre chords directly on the fret markers instead in the fret, that said, barre chords will stil be a pain because most people are not used to them, so a good practice for it is to play open chords (G, C, A), in their barre version, that helps a lot, by a week or two you should already have barre chords mastered
Notes:
Start with an A rather than an F - less tension
Tune down - less tension
Use a capo - less tension
Don't suck again - less tension...
Push the body back
Don't focus too much on proper form - what feels good - loosey goosey
Have fun!
Switch to an electric - or ok...
Don't foucs too much on perfection - pros suck too
Remove your high E string - or no... or maybe just cut off your leg - yeah!
Great lesson! 😁
thank you stranger :)
Awesome man . They will open up your playing , and give you a whole new way to play. You have all the main things to be an awesome guitarist now. Final step, play like no one is watching you
Never be content with where you are at as a guitarist though. Allways keep learning and, learn music you don't even like . Every song has a new lesson to teach you
I was about to start crying over barre chords and this helped a lot so thank you
I kept practicing G barre chord and slowly moved up towards f#...just yesterday I mastered the f chord...tysm bro...I am 4 months into guitar playing
I love your humor, thanks for the advice! 🎸
“When you don’t have anyone pushing you to do the hard thing… you don’t really” is 100% me lol
me who's high e string has been broken for two years: I'm way ahead of you buddy
"Where is my mind" is the reason why I'm learning how to barre
I came here for quick tips but got some tummy chuckles as well. Love your video
First of all, thank you for this. I was loosing hope in learning them. Second, you make practicing guitar so much fun lol, because you are genuinely just funny and not a boring teacher. So thanks 😂 you are appreciated
i swear every other guitar teacher on the internet is so boring, but when I come to this channel I am so much more interested... your funny dude!
I've just found my favorite guitar youtuber
2:26
Quality editing 😂
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I never had a reason to learn barre cords, until a girl asked me to learn some queen songs and that helped and now while continuing country there are so many more things I can play
Still want to learn the theory about it so I can actually play chords all over the neck that'd be neat
Ryosucc Bakahashi Chord name for barre chord are dictated by the root note on e and a string.
best way to learn barre chords is to learn the shapes, have a chart up with the fretboard and what note is where and then go on ultimate guitar and play through your favourite songs using barre chords.
Or, if you want the hard way, learn to play through the circle of fifths using barre chords - then do it at redicuolus tempos, I can do it at 297 bpm
That's not the issue people have with bare chords, people hate them because they cant play them cleanly
ah then get bigger hands lol
being 6'5" helps
For me it was the other way round, i pretty much played every song with barre chords instead of open chords
I cant understand your power
@@RedlightBlue my superpower was a shortscale electric with 9s
@@genejas i was like, damn you’re a god but then i saw that you started with electric
@@skyward7903 i got pretty small hands too, im 13
@@skyward7903 dw, after practice you’ll be able to switch chords easily and quite fast. It took me months but its all worth it
i tried it on fifth fret and it's really a lot easier, it's my fist time doing a barre chord that really pluck all the string im SHOOK so HAPPYYYYY!! thanks!! A LOOOT
I watched this video 3 months ago and used all of the advice. Seriously improved my barre chords. Thanks very much
These are actually great advice, probably the best i've seen about barre chords, these are things i did but didn't really think about it
EVERYBODY DOES NOT HATE YOU! I like you!...you seem like a nice guy. Your videos are great and are actually way more helpful than most of the ones out there! Too many people fall into the the "expert" trap or "this is how it is done" trap and never do their own thinking as you obviously do! There really are no rules or laws when it comes to guitar.....if it sounds good and works go for it! Keep up the good work my friend!
Number 6 close up and Hollywood magic made me chuckle! Subscribed!!
the way the video is edited, i love it
Omg that last tip was well worth the wait :D It's exactly the sort of thing I've come to expect from you and I love it !
Hi,thank you so much for your videos,it makes me feel less scared about playing guitar and singing,and living in general. Thank you,i love u
And obviously, naturally I fucking love this guy
This might be my favourite guitar video on TH-cam. It's genuinely entertaining without feeling forced and I finally got some good fucking tips! :D
Btw the thumb over the top can be so much fun, because you still have a pinky free to noodle while playing a chord
Your humor. I'm here for it.
You're the real chiller, barré is 100 times easyer right away. i'll always remember this moment when playing barre chords :D Thanks
If you learn to play A and Emajor chords with your 2nd 3rd and 4th fingers and keep your index finger free you'll have a huge head start when it comes to learning barre chords 👍
As a self taught. This rings really true! I would use my index for those chords and it took a lot of work to relearn them the right way when it came time to barring!
For me it was just like one day I was like BOOM Barre chords I can play them now
I LOVE YOU OMG YOU ARE A SAINT BLESS YOUR WHOLE FAMILY OR WHATEVER IDK!!!!!THE LAST TIP YOU SAVED MY LIFE OMG THANK YOU
Jimi Hendrix, John Mayer, SRV, etc: does barre chords with thumb
Redlight Blue: ‘kinda wrong’
The thumb over the top thing is it’s own style for when you want some open notes (usually an open A string) in the chord
5 years ago .. lol
currently at the moment I am looking for "how to correctly bar chord"
because playing Damien Rice - Elephant in E, painful TT
Biggest flex u can show to guitarist are doin bar chords and sounded beautifully
why does he sound like he's always running out of breath
I just did my first barre chord and i feel like a god
Brilliant! Thanks.
Omg thank you so much. This video was super helpful. I never realized barre chords aren’t that hard till I saw this. Thank you!
the vibe of this video is *immaculate*
Dude I have been playing guitar for 6 years and I relate so hard
Damn as soon as I saw that photoshoped broken finger i subscribed ...this guy is a mood
This video is the perfect combination of seriousness and humour
I personally started by playing powerchords first like the Eminor shape and then i just added my other finger later on *boom* barrechord
this is golden.
retriever
Thank you so much! A video rich of good and clear suggestions and common sense.
After learning the basic chords and notes and such, barre chords were one of the first things I learned. The minors, normals, maj7, everything as far as they go. Mainly cause the music I like using those mostly. I really just learned to play some songs I like and since then, I’ve just figured out the rest.
Man you're my favourite youtuber hands down
As a bassist I'll probably never use this, but I still love your videos
I liked your part about singing man cause ive been feeling pretty meh at singing recently, good reminder to keep doing it.
Also 3:50 actually cracked me up, instead of jamming a new string on the guitar you were like "meh whatever i dont need it."
Me: playing guitar for 3 years
My teacher: wait, you still can’t play barre chords?
you’re an absolute inspiration
No u
1:50 dude that's saved my life bro I did that and automatically it worked
All the tips were awesome and practical ! Thanks !
The song that made me want to learn barre chords was the acoustic 'my hero' rendition by dave grohl on the HSS so that was hilarious to see
Very inspiring video bro ❤
When i learned bar chords, i just learned them by putting down my fingers ,again and again, up and down the neck ,for a few Weeks, it helped me building up the muscles
Dude! Memory flowing! I got a boxer fracture this year in my fretting hand, so your pinkie reach looking fab. Also, I snapped the high e on my Gretsch Jim Dandy four years ago & it's during that stint I experimented most with barre chords. I liked C into C7 into jazzy barred upper Cs & trills with my pinkie fing. Or whatever. I'm on the hunt for a new acoustic now, but that's whatever too. Anyway, you keep it up. Make sure to get your steam wishlist packed with Rocksmith DLC btw. 🤴
I've now been playing for over two years and I still can't do open chords. I play barre chords in all kinds of jazz variations and like a solo every now and then. But f*****g open chords. They are horribly unrhythmic and unmutable and the chord functions are so hidden and every second song I can't even play because they don't fit open chords. Also my fingers don't go were they should.
Anyway, I can't really do them but I should.
When you going for a bar chord like f chord .say coming from g marjor. Let it ring out on last strong time to get to f chord .see my profile on you tube my stuff easy way to understand the bar f chord m8
I do suggest fingerplucked songs with barre chords. You'll learn to keep your finger in place and tight on every atring. Also, use the curvature of your finger. Place it flat on the board, roll it a bit to the side and position the other fingers, you'll feel it's more "natural"
that sixth finger blew my mind!
Idk why that edit at number 6 tripped me out so much, but great job man 😂 I wish your channel was around when I first started learning guitar. I think I would've had more breakthroughs sooner
Tip: play a lot of songs with power chords then one day bar chords will come naturally.
Lol, exactly what you said right at the start. Once you've learned to play most of the normal, open chords and learned a load of songs so you don't bother trying to push yourself. I've only just managed to get the F major after thinking I'd NEVER be able to play barre chords. The best tip that I ever learned was making an E major shape with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers, slide them up a fret each leaving the first fret and your 1st finger free to make your barre. It worked so quick for me.
Definitely. The learning books and such should learn you to play A and E major chords with 2, 3 and 4 fingers. It's really hard to get out of the habit of playing them with your index finger after taking all that time to learn it. So I think you're absolutely 100% spot on, learning them with your index finger free means you have a huge head start when moving on to barre chords 👍👍
So I'm just dedicating myself to learning bar chords. I have to practice every day in Januari (also makes me play guitar more as I haven't been playing a lot lately). Anyways I have to do a bar chord riff every day in Januari which hopefully will make this easier haha
💯 I love your content. 39 and just getting started with guitar. You make it entertaining for sure 😂.
do a vid on all the different forms of barre chords like shapes and stuff and explain about how if you move up two frets, the chord goes up one (like fret 1 barre chord is an F and up two frets gives you a G and then A and B and so on). I didn't figure this out till like a year into playing guitar and it's a life saver to know because it means you dont have to memorize positions and makes everything so intuitive
thats a good idea
every two frets does not = a new note, look at 5th position barre chord on fret 2 then 3, it's B then C, no Cb
I've been playing guitar four years and have just been avoiding Barre chords
Sameee
I love your vid bro - that tip on n ot playing top e string really helped me - the few millimeters difference stopped tension in my hand and then i just used my fingertip to mute the top e - more vids please bro :)
when I figured out to play and f major barre cord I basically felt like jimmy page
You are basically Jimmy page
This is a good video, it made me laugh. I believe that everyone's success is different from others, true success takes a lot of experiments. If it works, it is not necessarily a wrong way, it only might be wrong to others. Good video, I liked it. Never thought about taking a string off. I have practiced this bar chord thing for like about close to an hour now, I got it. However, the pain on my left hand sabotage the sound, it makes me don't want press it when it hurts.