One of the hardest things to do is keeping that first finger straight and not bending it back toward you. I have been playing guitar since 1974 and when I first started, this was one of the hardest things for me to do. It’s all in the past now, but I so appreciate you teaching people this because we didn’t have that in 1974. I was actually taking guitar lessons from soul surfer Johnny Fortune at David Platt music in Ontario. I was 23 years old. I’ve been playing every since I was 22. I know people go through a lot of hell to learn how to play this instrument. It’s not easy to play a guitar, especially when you’re a solo instrumental guitarist there’s nothing simple about it. It’s a lot of hard work thanks for your video. I appreciate you a lot. You’re really helping a lot of people out. I say thanks😀👍🎸🐂🎵🎶🎸😎
0:57 "chords are groups of notes that sound good when they're all played together at the same time" Augmented and Diminished chords: Allow us to introduce ourselves
Augmented and diminished sound good, their dissonances can be consonant. Ambient or space music uses lots of augmented chords, jazz uses diminished chords too. Its a bad definition definitely though
@@simonsanchezkumrich8489jazz uses a crap ton more than just diminished, augmented and naturals as well as sevenths are most common (not saying you were saying jazz only uses diminished just so others know)
Some more tips on how to make barre's easier: - Pull the guitar in with your right elbow to help your left hand push down on the strings - Use the side of your finger to barre the strings (less fat and more bone makes them press down better) - Make sure you're not too close or too far away from the fret. Being too close means no matter how hard you press, some strings will never ring right. But being too far means they require more force.
I have been watching your vids for some weeks now and this is the point were the new stuff I don't already know starts. But you explain everything so well and well structured that I can understand it without problems. Also all the random guitar things I heard from friends and on youtube start making sense and start to connect with each other.
Damn, you are a seriously good content creator/teacher. Your jokes are funny (well, 50/50 which isn't bad!) The magic though is even on the most basic videos you effortlessly fit in some theory which can either be ignored or taken in. As a returning player who's feeling a bit lost this stuff is gold and you've given me some direction on relearning old stuff and where to focus on new stuff. Most content creators either focus on practical or theory. Or have a big divide between their content that focuses on one or the other so the way you fit it in is amazing. Very unique and look forward to rewatching your videos with a notepad and seeing where your channel goes. 😊
I’ve been playing guitar for awhile, playing really technical pieces but never cared much to make my own music. I skipped out on a lot of the very fundamental basics. It’s so nice coming to this video, taking in all the knowledge, without needing to focus on technique at all. Super informative and great.
sometimes i'm sad that i didn't learn to play guitar a few years sooner but then i remember that if i had, i wouldn't have been able to use your videos to learn
For the video, I've been practicing barre chords for a couple weeks now but your roadmap and video have made them much easier to learn. Your also funny so thats nice
You can modify initial barre practice to be even easier, by putting a capo on the 1st fret. Then go from the 12th to 2nd fret instead. Or capo a higher fret to make it even easier. Also, great channel, bro.
I was just trying to explain bar chords over the phone to a beginning guitarist. Saw this vid and immediately sent it to him. Trying to explain how the E major open chord is the same fingering as the A major bar chord (with the bar) was just not working at all. Nice job. You didn't go into the ability to easily play 7ths etc.,using bar chords, but once someone gets the basics, some of the other stuff will come. Nice job, thanks
Thank you for taking the time to make this lesson. I guess the bottom line is, no pain, no gain. Good job. This can't be an easy subject to teach. 🙏🕊️👍
Dude 15 years i have been waiting for someone to do a video with simple explanation on hot to play Barre chords! Great video and channel keep up the great work! Thanks you
I want u to make a video about how to not keep quitting practicing guitar and getting stuck and frustrated, u seem like u might be able to help a ton w that 🙏
Play what you like people quit because they dont love or dont have enough interested in the instrument to make them keep playing listen to guitar covers solos or fingerstyle watch guitar covers of your favorite music i did that and thought damn thats cool and i wanna be able to do all that, thats what kept me going for all those years RU-vid players like, John Nathan cordy, sungha jung, alip bata, sophie burrel, josephine alexandra, ichika nito, tim hension etc etc i regularly watch all these players to keep myself motivated and ofc i enjoy listening to them
And honestly you will get stuck and feel frustated you definitely will everyone does but doesn't let us stop practicing because look what lies beyond imagine yourself playing all those cool stuffs. make that a routine at least 2 hours everyday thats bare minimum think about like this you have to study even though you dont like it MAKE THAT AN EVERYDAY ROUTINE
thanks for actually explaining. I watched a bunch of different "beginner lessons" videos and soooo many of them just go "so this is where you press down, and then strum it, and that's what we call a power chord!".... WHAT do we call a damn power chord? That one specific combination of strings with that specific pattern? What does it mean??
Subbed. Your videos have been a huge help! I’ve been following the levels to fill my learning gaps for about a month now, and it’s been working great. Keep it up!
You might not be making your finger straight enough. The problem might be that the strings are getting muted by the flesh of your knuckle. Try straightening your bar finger and give it another shot
my problem isnt that i dont push down hard enough, it's the shape of my index finger. there's a divot between my joints in that finger that make it impossible to press down every single string, bc my joint sticks out further than the middle part and i physically cant force it down any more
Brother i am from India and I want to tell you one thing please don't stop making videos because i am following your every video and if you will Stop teaching i will not be able to learn because I can't afford guitar classes so please don't stop making videos.
No matter what I do the B string never rings our i position and re-position no matter how many times I try I can’t get that one and only B string to ring , I don’t want to get the easiest way I want to learn how to play the bar as playing other chords will open up for me in the future by learning this
So I saw this video by Marty music saying that a good way to make bar chords is to use the side of your finger which is harder and more boney as well as other tips on how to do bar chords. Do you believe that those tips would help on making bar chords?
Saw an ad before this video that said "why do you think most people say they want to learn guitar but don't?" Well buddy, it's these fucking Barre chords for me😭
I can’t even lay my finger flat enough to even make contact with the B and E string let alone press down hard enough to make a sound. I’ve tried but I damn near broke my finger pressing down so hard, so f barre chords I quit guitar
Wow. I’ve been playing here and there for a long time (self taught) This helps my understanding of this out, and ultimately doesn’t lead me blind. Thanks man.
How high up the fretboard do you think we should be able to play barr chords? Is it worth spending the time to practice them in the very high frets? (Same for PowerChords) Love your Videos 😍❤️
