Afternoon Rob Been following your instructional videos for the past couple of months. New to guitar. I've just seen you in the Pub, wanted to say hello however wasn't going to disturb funeral gathering. Will book some lessons with you next week or two if ok.
I found that switching to a thinner set of strings made barre chords *so* much easier. My guitar came with 12s, and I switched to 11s. It really made a huge difference.
Yes. But the idea is to substitute difficult shapes with easy ones. Let’s say you’re playing with chords B - E. and F#. Barre chords B and F# can be played easily if you capo at fret 2 and play the ‘shapes’ A - D and E. 👍🏻
I'm trying to understand something. Without a capo, when you move from the first position, do the chords have to be barred? I thought you just move the initial chord shapes.
I have seen people moving the d chord shape without barreing. So is it okay to do it either way? Only the results are different. If I move the shapes like you did without barreing, it's okay but I would have to figure out what the chords are? Is this right? Thanks again.
It did. For example, I was using the ‘A shape’ capoed at fret 3 which showed the chord ‘C’. The idea is to use simple shapes to play difficult chords like F and Bm etc. Have a look at my vid Caged System Explained. 👍🏻
