Bar Chords in 5 Minutes #1 - (a.k.a. Barre Chords)

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Bar Chords in 5 Minutes #1 - (a.k.a. Barre Chords)

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This is how I teach my friends how to play bar chords. Toward the end my index finger bends a little on top, but that's because I mostly play the bottom strings. Forgot to say I teach at A in mid neck, because the strings bend easier than say, at F, at the bottom.

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Great stuff,, and ... ( 1 year ago by pablo2006b)

Great stuff,, and thank you for posting these.

wow.. thanks for ... ( 1 year ago by shaggy0007)

wow.. thanks for the tip at the start... seems to helpfull.. thanks

Thanks for the ... ( 1 year ago by CanadaBlue85)

Thanks for the videos! That is excatcly what my teacher told me practice. When you change from the A to the D, barre finger does not seem to move, are you muting the 6th string?

I should be but I'm ... ( 1 year ago by RobertWhiting)

I should be but I'm not. Basically, when I strum with the right hand, I try not to hit the 6th string, so in effect it's muted. But if it does make a sound, I don't find that it spoils the sound of the whole chord, especially when it's amplified. Thanks for the note.

Nice try, but in my ... ( 1 year ago by wahWahwahHendrix)

Nice try, but in my opinion not very helpful .
Your Thumb is completly crooked. he Always should be behind the Fretboard.
And your 1st finger is also not straigt.
With the D-chord it is wrong, because you mute the high e string !
Maybe its okay for a completly beginner, but you can´t play with that method properly

Thanks for the ... ( 1 year ago by RobertWhiting)

Thanks for the comment. I agree with you that my fingering is not perfect and urge all advancing players to look at other videos by pros on You Tube. My videos are for those people who play guitar for years without ever figuring out how to do bar chords. I just try to give them easy e-bar a-bar chord progressions to have fun with while their fingers get comfortable moving up and down the neck.

i personally think ... ( 1 year ago by lagmoredale)

i personally think that (wahwahwahhendr just thinks he is a know all if he knows so much then put your own post on youtube or shut up you clampet

thanks dude that ... ( 11 months ago by clockwise3559)

thanks dude that helped but my fingers are 2 small :(

yay my fingers are ... ( 9 months ago by clockwise3559)

yay my fingers are big enough now thanks alot man :)

your fingers grew ... ( 9 months ago by tanman8014)

your fingers grew that much in a month?

thats 2 minutes ( 5 months ago by 6270851)

thats 2 minutes

Awesome. Ive ... ( 4 months ago by helixsqrd)

Awesome. Ive played guitar for awhile and these stupid bar chords always give me trouble. Maybe my fingers aren't long enough, or the better answer is im retarded and need to practice harder. Thanks for the vid, im gonna go practice this now.

hey doc, i can't ... ( 3 months ago by Kingduck21)

hey doc, i can't play my major minor 6 string or major 5th string chords with one finger without muting that high E string. WHAT SHOULD I DO? I'm not sure if it's my finger because no matter how much pressure i put down and to what extreme i bend my ring finger I can't seem to depend on it.
Should i keep at it? How long does it take for my finger to deform to the point it can arch over that damn high e string?

I've been ... ( 3 months ago by RobertWhiting)

I've been experimenting on how to teach players to hold strings down firmly. Try this: Pinch your nose. Then pinch the bottom three strings on your neck (the thin strings) the exact same way. This gives a very strong press. Strum a while . Then gradually move your finger up until it crosses all 6 strings. Your thumb will not be in the usual "chord" position behind the neck, but the more you play, it will eventually get there, as your chord pressure gets stronger.

THe F is the ... ( 2 months ago by RobertWhiting)

THe F is the hardest barre in my book, because your arm is stretched out and it puts your hand in an awkward, twisting position. I would recommend bringing the end of your neck close to your body and playing the chord there for a while -- in basically the same position you'd be playing a barre A. Then gradually move the neck further away from you as you continue to play the F. Eventually it should feel right.

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