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Thank You so so much! I have looked up about 15 barre chord videos but no one, NO ONE explained it better than you. and I, for the first time got a good barre chord.
Mridul Tiwary I second your comment. As is the case with most things, people who have mastered a skill forget where a beginner is coming from and assumes the beginner knows some of the most basic elements which make all the difference.
Pointing the thumb towards the headstock to enable the index finger to rotate slightly towards the headstock is genius. That way, the harder part of the finger is pressing on the strings rather than the soft part. It is worth checking how little pressure you actually need to put on a string to play a clean note. I need to keep practising but just from doing this alone, I have managed some clean chords. Thanks ! 👏👏👏
I agree completely, Mike P. Also I suspect (like me) that you’ve noticed so many videos on barre chords that insist the thumb should be straight up (I think) which simply does not allow my index finger to roll at all. I would be interested in knowing how high towards the headstock is the thumb in relation to the fingers? Is it under the index finger or the third finger, or higher than the fingers? (I suspect the former.)
Also, if you're having issues with more complex barre chords hold your guitar in a more vertical position and work your elbow. Kind of an umbrella statement to cover a lot of possible issues ☺
Excellent. I would rename this video- how to get rid of B-String Buzz on a Barre Chord. Probably the most difficult part of a clean sound. Let it ring!
This was a HUGE help for me!! I've been struggling with bar Chords. Thank you for doing this video. I will try to start implementing this in my practice. AWESOME......Thank you.
This is one of the most helpful video on youtube. I still have hard time on A-shape barre-chord. It's almost an impossible barre, but I'm practicing it ...
Thanks for the great replies! If you have ideas for other videos please let me know. I'll be posting some hybrid picking licks in the near future. If this interests you please let me know about this as well!
Dr Paul, where are you with your blues playing? I could even share some blues licks with hybrid picking, which opens up some nice phrasing possibilities. I'm making room in my schedule for online lessons as well if you'd be interested in more personal development. Where are you located?
Hi John, been playing for about 2 years. Learning the pentatonic scales, but would like to be able to play chords that have that real bluesy sound to them John.Could you enlighten me sir? many thanks Doc.
You, sir, you deserve a great deal of medals, money, cookies, pizza, love, affection, beer, chicks and anything you wish for. You should be a millionaire for this video.
You certainly do need some strength, which comes with putting the time in. Once you have enough strength and have been working on your technique you should be much happier with your results.
Hi. I substitute the full bar F chord with F/C. It sounds great in the songs I sing in place of F. I just don’t wanna learn too many things at the same time when I am already making some little music with what I have learnt. Do you know any singers or guitarists for do not bar fully? I am a beginner and I am just excited to move on and learn other stuff because I can substitute my bars.
This thumb position is different to how most others recommend. Usually they say not to point it towards the headstock... What's the thinking behind this being different?
Good video. My problem with the A shaped barre is that my ring finger that makes the A shape often (too often) touches the A string and either deadens it or plays it. This is especially the case when I am going from an E shape barre to the A shaped barre. Any suggestions??
Could You made some videos about playing melodic ideas that suggest other ideas? When someone plays a melodic motif and before you hear the next phrase, you already know what it's going to sound like. ...sometimes when I listen someone's track/song I can separate individual elements which can be called the introduction, development, completion, passage between two themes etc I mean that every next phrase fit into previous,it is like...verse chorus/inhale exhale,break/passage and ending/relaxation. Each piece of this song fits together perfectly as if someone had cut the picture into pieces and then stuck them together :) My problem is: - how to build phrases which are question implying the answer? - how to build phrases which are suggestive of asking another question which suggests the next question etc etc before answer ? "The logic of improvised musical expression it is what characterizes all great musicians". ..."motives development". Phrasing typical for a particular style of music - another mysterious issues for me :)
Opiekun Dps Do you mean paraphrasing the motif and creating sequences? This can be a rhythmic or melodic concept. I can create a video in the future on this.
"paraphrasing" ? Hmm...I use google translator now,Im not enought good in english, especially musical terminology. "Melodic concept" I suppose that's it :) if we compare music to the language,I would like to know all "dialects and slang". How to "speak" in chosen genre,how to speak in jazz language how in country language,how "talk" in fusion or classical music etc etc How does it work difference,where is the secret?
Opiekun Dps I apologize it took a while to respond. Every style makes use of all 12 notes - the difference is the techniques and phrasing used. For example, Country will use chickin pickin, double stop bends and open strings to and just a few concepts...Jazz will use complex harmony, very little if any bends and more tension to resolve. I hope this helps. obviously, this takes years and years to feel comfortable. If you need more advice or want lessons please let me know. maybe we can work something out via Skype or similar.
Quite helpful. I've taught myself guitar over the last 3 years. This is the first time ive watched a video on barre chords and I found that I already do the things you say naturally. My problem is the more complex barre chords that don't require a full barre over six strings. I can do them, but my hand get tired sooo quickly. Do you have any strength exercises that you recommend for a stronger hand?
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@Kieran Jimmy thanks so much for your reply. I found the site on google and Im trying it out atm. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
Mridul and everyone who this video helped - thank you for the kind words! Please let me know if there is anything you need help with. I'd like feedback so these videos can be helpful. Maybe create some workshop opportunities online or even Skype lessons in the near future!!
Yes but how do you quickly switch back and forth between these barre chords and other chords in a song? That’s a lot of fingers to place just perfectly in complicated shapes. 😢
I've always had trouble getting the second and third note to sound, I've tried moving my finger up and moving my elbow in but nothing works :( Help please
Hi, Sharad! First, check to make sure that your strings aren't sitting too high at the nut. If it's especially difficult at the first fret check action. After that, it just takes lots of reps as you do need a little more strength at the nut.
One more video that doesn't address the elephant in the hand. Most guy players have big sausage like fleshy solid man fingers. They don't follow the contour of the bone. Although yours are the closest yet you still have pretty solid looking and big, fingers. My fingers are bony. It is not possible to get anything like even pressure all across so buzzing and dead sound is common. Doesn't matter if I use the flat, the side, the bottom or anywhere. Check out the shape of a finger bone and tell me how to get a remotely flat contact area. Maybe I should force feed myself and take supplements to try and get fat sausage fingers but it doesn't seem to work like that. Even a lot of girls I watch have sausage fingers, although smaller and more elegant. To get a good bar I need a sausage finger.
Thank you, Steve! I'm glad it helped! Please let me know what kind of lessons you would like in the future. I'll be posting videos every week and want to know what topics everyone would like covered.
Popnfreshz - I will be starting a series on RU-vid soon that will involve my subscribers. I'll be filming more consistently and lessons will be interactive with the community. For special rewards I'll be on Patreon, which will be very exciting. Look for a video soon explaining how this works. You can also go to their website and read more about it. It's an excellent win-win for everyone involved!
Luddited - how are you doing with the barre chords? You won't watch this video and get it the first time. You still have to practice and get used to the tetechnique even after learning the correct way. e
