Hey Marty, I have a recommendation for a band you may like. They're called the Tragically Hip. They're HUGE in Canada, but not really anywhere else. I find their music in general really cool. I recommend the song Pigeon Camera.
Drew, they get easier. First step is getting strong enough to do them. Second is getting strong enough to do them lightly. Really opens up the fret board. Well worth the effort.
*sandy redding & Drew Summa* I started a little past 45 myself and I got some tips from what basically amounts to guitar royalty. You may or may not know this, forgive me if you do. The first tip I got about barre chords was using the outside edge of my index finger, just rolling it back a few degrees to get rid of those gaps in the knuckle creases. That one's pretty standard. My other, and more favorite, though, was when you're play a barre chord, use your right elbow (if you're right-handed) and squeeze the guitar toward your body while you fret the chord. This prevents you from having to death grip the neck, and it reduces the amount of strength you need in your index finger. Hope something here helps, and keep on keeping on!
i started playing when i was about 18-19yrs,i'm 49 now and three or four years ago i strated on music theory,wish the fuck i'd done music theory when i started,but no net or guitar buddies mean i learned at a crawl,learned lots of chords and songs,but a human juke box sucks,once you learn some theory and a couple of scales,the fog lifts and you can paly up nad down the neck like a pro,well semi pro,you still gotta practice,but once you know what key a song is in,and the scale shapes it's played over,soloing is a piece of piss,and you can see the song on the neck,i always wondered how anyone could say "oh your in D major,or A minor or G major(Gmajor relative minor is A minor),or how chords are made,Maj,Min,sus,Dim,13s,7s,9s all that shit,fuckin counted on my fingers,so easy,just add some practice and a time machine and i'm a rock star,maybe some blow too lol.
@@stankfanger1366 thanks. I actually had gotten that tip about pushing the guitar with my right elbow and forgotten all about it. It pushes the neck into your fingers instead of the other way around. Thanks again for the reminder.
just want to thank you for taking your time out to help those younger people! Wish I had you around(RUclips)when I started at 8yrs old. had to learn the hard way! now I`m in my 60`s with Parkinson`s but now for my on pleasure still enjoy your videos! listen and learn young people, you may go places. Thanks again Marty for everything!
Low action really helps. Also I think Marty should have said in addition to rotating your elbow is that you don't need to put your finger flat on all strings, but to rotate it so it lies sideways. That way you're basically holding strings with the bones in your finger and you are applying way less strength that way. That tip really helped me and in a couple of hours I got 10 times better at playing bar chords
@@dirtysouth3291 turning your finger sideways is a bit of a cheat move. You can use that, but you won't be able to stretch your other fingers far enough for more complicated chords. I'd suggest building up finger strength by practicing the proper technique
I've been playing for 5 weeks and today I did my first F barre chord where all the strings rung out! I couldn't have done it without your help Marty thanks :)
Love that freezing spray! I use it all the time. My favorite tip for barre chords is to remember to use your arm strength and not try to simply "squeeze" the chord using only your thumb and fingers. Learned that from another Marty lesson. When I first started barre chords, I would literally barre my index finger across all 6 strings like a capo. lol. Later I realized that I only needed to barre the open strings.
Avoid them? Embrace them? There's a 3rd option: start on eletric. Because I tried for two months on an acoustic and it just made me feel stupid. Once I learned on an electric, which was surprisingly easy, I was (mostly) able to play them on acoustic. But honestly, I had so much trouble with an acoustic, in general, I just bought an acoustic sim pedal and was done with it.
One of the best practices I incorporated from my sports background when practicing is to do new stuff in slow motion. Gradually speed it up until it feels "natural". Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Thats' why it's called practice. 😎
Marty, I started watching your beginner lessons about 1 month ago. I've been practicing and also watching some other RUclipsrs as well and have learned to play a few riffs. I think I have most of the chords down that I've learned now the trick is being able to move between the chords quickly and getting the strumming patterns down. I know practice is the key and I'm getting there. I just want to give a big thanks to you for doing these videos for people like myself. If I ever become famous I'll give you a shout out!
Marty - I'm 51, have played in a bunch of cover bands over the past 25 years, I drop by your RUclips lessons often, AND one of my acoustic guitars is a Taylor 310ce. Just wanted to say thank you for the lessons, and congrats on the Fall 2018 Taylor Guitar 'Wood & Steel' article...very cool! Glad to see your hard work is paying off and being recognized. You're an excellent teacher. Rock on!
Its amazing how such a small tip like placing my elbow closer to my body helped me instantly with barre chords that i have been struggling with for days! Tanks alooot!
Same dude I'm trying to tuck my elbow but my barring finger is like "haha sucker ima stay skewed cuz you too weak" and my other fingers are having a tough time stretching to the 4th fret :( with practice it isn't that bad though
This was fantastic! It hurt, but the more I used these tips, I was able to get closer to a barre chord that sounded like a guitar and not a bumblebee in a shredder! I've been trying to play barre chords on and off (mostly off) for almost 6 years and never gotten good enough to really stick with them and play through songs - playing along with this video once has me CONVINCED I can do it! :D Thanks so much, Marty ~
it's funny that I am watching this as I am coming up on my first year of guitar and Marty is the one who taught me Seven nation army, Iron man, Sunshine of your love and just a ton of my riffs was taught just by him with these videos! Thanks Marty!
Good tips, especially about bringing the elbow in. When I learn new chords, riffs, and licks, I don’t sit there just practicing just those things. I usually do them for five to ten minutes before and after anything else-playing, practicing, learning-and during breaks in between. It typically takes me only two or three sessions to ‘get it’ as if I always knew it, but in this case of course there’s the added challenge of building the muscles and callouses for barre chords.
Thanks Marty for all you do! I started playing about 6 years ago and I’m a pretty active guitar player but if I didn’t have your videos when I was learning I wouldn’t be where I’m at today! Thanks for all the years of help
i've been playing the guitar for a year now, and i've enjoyed every little second. But i would always look at the chords, and if they had a barre chord, i'd find another version of it. I kept avoiding it day in and day out. But now i've decided to try to learn how the heck to play barre chords. Not only to improve my skills, but also challenging myself. - it's gonna be a long journey, i'm sure. But i am willing to give it a shot. so thank you :)
One of (few) the advantages of starting at 60 is that you ( I) can reflect on previous experience, & really understand that practice & incremental improvement is the only way ahead. I look forward to my first year rolling on! 😃
So many people have tried to teach me barre chords and have never succeeded, yet I watch MartyMusic vids and got it first time. now I know why I keep coming back for more lessons. Thank you Marty👌👌
Wow just by tucking my elbow into my rib cage has made a huge difference for me I basically went to playing bar chords over-night Thank-You Marty you are such an awesome teacher
Notes: Embrace the barre chord - don't avoid it - let it sound crappy until it doesn't Play a song regularly that has one barre chord in it Elbow close to ribs - helps get fingers parallel to the frets (not slanted) Practice barre first then the shape - practice shape first then the barre - practice all together Do the chord - keep the shape as you remove it (freeze spray!) - put it back - adjust it What's Going On - A - Bm - D - A Comfortably Numb - Bm - A - G-D-Em Great lesson! 😁
This is so true! I avoided them when I was 12, then again two years ago. Finally this year, I am embracing them. I practice them every day and chose songs with one barred chord. If you ring out the the first three strings, you already have a power chord. I also wish I had done so when I was 12.
Thank you so much for teaching me everything you have. I’ve always wanted to play with friends or family and now I can. I’ve really been enjoying learning Beatles music with you and making up different songs by myself. Again, Thank you.
I took the Pachelbel progression and ran through it repeatedly, in C, in D, in E, and finally in F, G and G# where it becomes entirely barre chords, it even teaches you how to move around different keys intuitively, note that when it's all barre chords I actually find it easier than when it is a mixture as once you can slide the barre around it is easier to remain in barre chord for than to switch in and out, although that gets easier with time too.
What helped me develop my barre chord chops was playing Hook by Blues Traveler. You can play it with only one or two barre chords, or barre everything and pretty much any combo you come up with for it sounds good. Lol
When I was getting started I found that if you roll your index finger over to the left just a little bit, you'll get that bony bit of your finger on the strings. Helped me a lot while I was building the strength in my finger
Hey Marty, I was wondering for those of us a little more experienced if you could give us tips on how to get a certain strumming pattern. I find personally that, that is the hardest thing for me to learn. I can learn riffs, solos, barre chords, 12 bar blues, considerably easily, but I struggle with getting any strumming pattern to sound even just good. So I was wondering if you could please, if you haven't already. Leave a like if you agree
Maxwell Silver.....hammer came down on his head. I can offer one suggestion on strumming patterns...... always keep your guitar pick moving......like the piston in an engine. The idea is to *miss* the strings on certain beats... as an example.... if you want four simple downbeat strums, it would be down (miss on the up), down (miss on the up), and so forth if I'm making any sense?
Might be a late response, but I have also had problems with strumming patterns in the past, my teacher helped me by practicing the following songs: Sultans of Swing (Rythm Guitar) by Dire Straits and Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz hope this helps you
Every self respecting musician I've met acknowledges the importance of the bass... It gives the songs soul and makes everything sound fuller and fatter.
I have been playing guitar since may 2017. I am 13 and I have learnt almost every song I play from you. The one thing that I did struggle with was barre chords and I hate to say it but I did avoid them up until about a week ago. All of my friends in my music class that played guitar all knew barre chords and I thought that’s not fair how comes I don’t can’t play them. What’s Up by the four non blondes is my favourite song of all time and I’ve played it countless times at open mics but when it came to the bm I would just play the power chord. I noticed that you had uploaded a tutorial on the song and I just watched it and suddenly something just clicked and I can play barre chords.
Sorry I have finished my comment 😂 I just wanted to say thank you so much. My dad doesn’t play guitar but every time he asks me how I learnt it 99% of the time I say from you. This sounds really sad but I feel like finally learning barre chords has been a huge milestone in playing guitar and couldn’t have done it without you. I would love to meet you in person but I can’t as I live in London but thank you so much!
How I did it was for the barring I just used to move my figure up and down the frets for about 10 minutes everyday to build up the muscle. Then for the chords I practiced normal open chords using fingers 2, 3 and 4 put them together and there it is
I am still learning how to go from other chords to barre chords but without a joke, I managed to play most barre chords just after watching this video. And most of them didn't even sound that bad. You have given the power of guitar playing Marty! XD But really. Thanks. The new guitarists are all thankful to you.
Barre chords mess up my hands often, I've gotten better with time, i like how you tell us to keep trying even though it goes horrible, that's pretty much how everything in life works. Thanks Marty for your great advices.
Most importantly don't avoid. Four months into my guitar learning excursion and at first I avoided them as I wanted to feel more comfortable with open chords. Now that I'm at a good place with open chords I'm able to start attacking the barre chords. Great stuff as always!
Damn it Marty you are such a nice and talented guy, I swear I get a big smile on my face everytime I watch one of your videos! Thank you so much for every lesson, you're a great teacher and an amazing musician!
Marty, I love your videos! Even though I have been playing for 30 years. I always learn something from your videos! That’s the beauty of music! There’s always something that can be learned and you do it in a way that makes it easy to retain the info. Also, You have some of the most BEAUTIFUL GUITARS!! Love your Les Pauls!!
If anyone out there is learning guitar and kind of a masochist, I have a suggestion: learn the Beatles "Long Long Long" by playing bar chords instead of using a capo. I'm learning bar chords with that song and I don't bother trying to do clean chord changes, I'm just doing them. And it's really great for building finger strength. I've played that over and over until my hands have gone almost numb. Then I take a few days off and you'd be surprised how quickly the muscle develops. Also, Chris Cornell's acoustic version of "I Am the Highway" is a great song for any learner. It's textbook circle of fifths (I believe in C) and has just one bar chord--F major.
I have xl hands and struggled with barre chords because I always thought the tip of my index finger had to be right on the low E string, so I had a really tough time making the chord shape. Once I figured out that it was ok for my index finger to go above the e string, to my first knuckle, I could make the chord shape and still bar comfortably with my index finger, and no longer muted strings or cramped my hand.
I was trying for months to figure out how to get my barre chords down on my acoustic, I ended up just thinking my action was too high because I could do it on my electric with no issue. Then I moved my elbow in. My life has changed, Thanks Marty
One thing that I learned was that it is easier if you are putting your finger on the thread, I didn’t knew that before so it was pretty difficult to do the barre chord
Ive been playing guitar a little under a yesr now, i must say im really happy with my progress! Im great at theory, strumming pstterns, open and barre chords, fingerstyle and arpeggios too. I dont even remember trying to learn barre chords. I attempted maybe one or two when i came across them in songs and stuff, but then one day i could like magically play them really cleanly as well? It was weird, however i think it was down to good technique in the end, lots of strength, finger layed on the hard side and stuff
I am not sure if this tip is right, but I think I just found it out. If you are having trouble fingerpicking your barre chords, pull up on them a little bit, towards the low E string. Again, not sure if that was my problem or not, but I hope it helps.
Hmm. I love Marty's tip and his whole approach to guitar. HOWEVER, on the Barre chords, I typically find myself doing the shape first, and then the index bar.
Very helpful. Full send kinda works. I can tell im gonna learn these in small bites tho my left hand isn't quite strong enough yet. Good time to focus on right hand work tho im very proud to kinda know my open chords. So much fun to make music
Thanks for all the help! I just bought a cheap guitar with lower action (an acoustic plug in.) I think it took ao long because I was using steel strings on a classical style, so the action was almost a full inch!
ah yes, the old "Digital" capo, as my first instructor once told me. If you are having troubles with Barre chords at the first position, try moving up the neck while you practice and build the clamping strength in your fretting hand.
I've been playing guitar for 9 months now, and I'm slowly adjusting to barre chords.. still a long way to go but im getting there, and you all can too 😊😊
I started learning barre chords in my first year, because I didn't have a capo, and I had to play a song for an audience. I had to learn them in 1 week and I was so proud I could play them :)
I wish that my first book or lesson would have stressed, really stressed that I should practice very deliberately listening to the notes I started learning just as much as learning where to place my fingers. Learning that first D maj chord? Concentrate on what the notes sound like from your first strum developing your ears as much as your hands. I never got good at that, the thing that’s held me back the most.
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Mate your a legend. Your lessons have been bringing my playing on an absolute treat. Thank you from England 👍🏻
Hey Marty, I have a recommendation for a band you may like. They're called the Tragically Hip. They're HUGE in Canada, but not really anywhere else. I find their music in general really cool. I recommend the song Pigeon Camera.
Marty Music love it man. Been playing for almost three months and you’re my go to
Yo dude do money for nothing dire straits
Marty Music OMG! So cool thanks a million!!!!
Another tip on practicing Barre Chords is don't practice in front of your 8 year old daughter who will laugh at you every time you mess up.
Don't forget the wife! My Aunt will sit with me for hours while I practice and enjoys it. She is deaf though.
@@swirvinirvan3789 my wife is from Colombia. I just tell her that's how its suppose to sound. She only knows salsa songs.
*+Drew Summa* Please tell me you're secretly working on a salsa song when she's not around, dude. You'll melt her!
@@stankfanger1366 I'm waiting on Marty to do a salsa lesson. Haha
extra incentive to improve
I was over 50 when I started. I didn’t avoid barre chords, but it still took a year to develop the strength for them.
I'm there with you. I'm 52 and started a little over a year ago. After practicing barre chords for a while, my hand starts killing me.
Drew, they get easier. First step is getting strong enough to do them. Second is getting strong enough to do them lightly. Really opens up the fret board. Well worth the effort.
*sandy redding & Drew Summa* I started a little past 45 myself and I got some tips from what basically amounts to guitar royalty. You may or may not know this, forgive me if you do. The first tip I got about barre chords was using the outside edge of my index finger, just rolling it back a few degrees to get rid of those gaps in the knuckle creases. That one's pretty standard. My other, and more favorite, though, was when you're play a barre chord, use your right elbow (if you're right-handed) and squeeze the guitar toward your body while you fret the chord. This prevents you from having to death grip the neck, and it reduces the amount of strength you need in your index finger. Hope something here helps, and keep on keeping on!
i started playing when i was about 18-19yrs,i'm 49 now and three or four years ago i strated on music theory,wish the fuck i'd done music theory when i started,but no net or guitar buddies mean i learned at a crawl,learned lots of chords and songs,but a human juke box sucks,once you learn some theory and a couple of scales,the fog lifts and you can paly up nad down the neck like a pro,well semi pro,you still gotta practice,but once you know what key a song is in,and the scale shapes it's played over,soloing is a piece of piss,and you can see the song on the neck,i always wondered how anyone could say "oh your in D major,or A minor or G major(Gmajor relative minor is A minor),or how chords are made,Maj,Min,sus,Dim,13s,7s,9s all that shit,fuckin counted on my fingers,so easy,just add some practice and a time machine and i'm a rock star,maybe some blow too lol.
@@stankfanger1366 thanks. I actually had gotten that tip about pushing the guitar with my right elbow and forgotten all about it. It pushes the neck into your fingers instead of the other way around. Thanks again for the reminder.
May the Schwartz be with you
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T-Shirt idea AF!
And also with you
I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!
@@jonathanszczerba612 wait a minute-
That's one reason I love playing Floyd so much as it sounds good on an acoustic or an electric
Floyd as in pink Floyd?
@@Mar345 No the other famous Floyd band.
Marvin Zimmerman no no he’s talking about the great guitarist floyd mayweather
@@lincolnchiller1274lol
jellowithjesus brah enough with nirvana already lol 😂 I think he meant same though
just want to thank you for taking your time out to help those younger people! Wish I had you around(RUclips)when I started at 8yrs old. had to learn the hard way! now I`m in my 60`s with Parkinson`s but now for my on pleasure still enjoy your videos! listen and learn young people, you may go places. Thanks again Marty for everything!
Come on now,
I hear you're struggling with barre chords;
Well, Marty can ease your pain....
And get you on your feet again
Alexander Winston When you’re trying to get a like from Marty but you got ignored👆🏻
@@ceoacca9049 dont act like a prick
Ceo ACCA he didn't get ignored
Cover shine on you crazy diamond.
Respect Marty's authoritah!
Low action really helps.
Also I think Marty should have said in addition to rotating your elbow is that you don't need to put your finger flat on all strings, but to rotate it so it lies sideways. That way you're basically holding strings with the bones in your finger and you are applying way less strength that way.
That tip really helped me and in a couple of hours I got 10 times better at playing bar chords
But when other players do it, it just looks like its flat on all the strings, not sideways
Im confused
@@dirtysouth3291 turning your finger sideways is a bit of a cheat move. You can use that, but you won't be able to stretch your other fingers far enough for more complicated chords.
I'd suggest building up finger strength by practicing the proper technique
I used this trick and got way better, now I have calluses on the side of my index finger
A life saver
Help me Marty I sprayed to much of the spray 7:46 my fingers are glued into the barre. Now I have permanent barre chord. Help
Lol how did you type then
I've been playing for 5 weeks and today I did my first F barre chord where all the strings rung out! I couldn't have done it without your help Marty thanks :)
Love that freezing spray! I use it all the time. My favorite tip for barre chords is to remember to use your arm strength and not try to simply "squeeze" the chord using only your thumb and fingers. Learned that from another Marty lesson. When I first started barre chords, I would literally barre my index finger across all 6 strings like a capo. lol. Later I realized that I only needed to barre the open strings.
Thanks so much for this dude!! I just now realized this, got my first guitar 20 years ago!!
Mind..... Blown O.O thanks man
Growing up in the 90s, soooooooo much of 90s alt is entirely bar chords that it was a great way to dive right in to the deep end with these
Avoid them? Embrace them? There's a 3rd option: start on eletric. Because I tried for two months on an acoustic and it just made me feel stupid.
Once I learned on an electric, which was surprisingly easy, I was (mostly) able to play them on acoustic.
But honestly, I had so much trouble with an acoustic, in general, I just bought an acoustic sim pedal and was done with it.
I can’t afford a electric guitar
@@rahzib1221 I just pawned mine 😭
You taught me guitar Marty I’m 6 years in and I rock some solid tunes now!! Thx for being the best guitar teacher on you tube!
One of the best practices I incorporated from my sports background when practicing is to do new stuff in slow motion. Gradually speed it up until it feels "natural". Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Thats' why it's called practice. 😎
Marty, I started watching your beginner lessons about 1 month ago. I've been practicing and also watching some other RUclipsrs as well and have learned to play a few riffs. I think I have most of the chords down that I've learned now the trick is being able to move between the chords quickly and getting the strumming patterns down. I know practice is the key and I'm getting there. I just want to give a big thanks to you for doing these videos for people like myself. If I ever become famous I'll give you a shout out!
Marty - I'm 51, have played in a bunch of cover bands over the past 25 years, I drop by your RUclips lessons often, AND one of my acoustic guitars is a Taylor 310ce. Just wanted to say thank you for the lessons, and congrats on the Fall 2018 Taylor Guitar 'Wood & Steel' article...very cool! Glad to see your hard work is paying off and being recognized. You're an excellent teacher. Rock on!
7:11 "E-string root barre chords use an E shape, and A-string root barre chords use an A shape". Absolutely Brilliant!!!
"Freeze spray." 😂🤣😂 Dude, you're the best teacher in the world.
Its amazing how such a small tip like placing my elbow closer to my body helped me instantly with barre chords that i have been struggling with for days! Tanks alooot!
MY FINGERS LITERALLY DONT STRETCH THAT FAR HOW DO YOU PLAY THAT AHHHHH
Just keep trying it, I said the same thing practicing a C chord lmao
I have tiny hands and a huge classical guitar. Playing B Major was IMPOSSIBLE for a while, but ya gotta keep trying and working on hand technique.
Same dude I'm trying to tuck my elbow but my barring finger is like "haha sucker ima stay skewed cuz you too weak" and my other fingers are having a tough time stretching to the 4th fret :( with practice it isn't that bad though
Same
My thumbs won’t touch the strings lol
When I play barre chords it sounds like there are wasps living in my guitar...
Thank you Marty. I started playing guitar about a month ago because I found your videos here. I appreciate what you do for us.
This was fantastic! It hurt, but the more I used these tips, I was able to get closer to a barre chord that sounded like a guitar and not a bumblebee in a shredder! I've been trying to play barre chords on and off (mostly off) for almost 6 years and never gotten good enough to really stick with them and play through songs - playing along with this video once has me CONVINCED I can do it! :D Thanks so much, Marty ~
it's funny that I am watching this as I am coming up on my first year of guitar and Marty is the one who taught me Seven nation army, Iron man, Sunshine of your love and just a ton of my riffs was taught just by him with these videos! Thanks Marty!
Good tips, especially about bringing the elbow in.
When I learn new chords, riffs, and licks, I don’t sit there just practicing just those things. I usually do them for five to ten minutes before and after anything else-playing, practicing, learning-and during breaks in between. It typically takes me only two or three sessions to ‘get it’ as if I always knew it, but in this case of course there’s the added challenge of building the muscles and callouses for barre chords.
Thanks Marty for all you do! I started playing about 6 years ago and I’m a pretty active guitar player but if I didn’t have your videos when I was learning I wouldn’t be where I’m at today! Thanks for all the years of help
No wonder why I am not able to play barre chords. Cause I have been avoiding it !
i so badly want to avoid it mine won’t even make SOUND.): but okay thank you for this extra push i’ll keep trying anyways
Same here T_T
Can you guys do barre cords now ?
Are still playing? Any better at barre chords?
i've been playing the guitar for a year now, and i've enjoyed every little second. But i would always look at the chords, and if they had a barre chord, i'd find another version of it. I kept avoiding it day in and day out. But now i've decided to try to learn how the heck to play barre chords. Not only to improve my skills, but also challenging myself. - it's gonna be a long journey, i'm sure. But i am willing to give it a shot.
so thank you :)
One of (few) the advantages of starting at 60 is that you ( I) can reflect on previous experience, & really understand that practice & incremental improvement is the only way ahead. I look forward to my first year rolling on! 😃
Marty you’re the best you push me to keep going
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️
So many people have tried to teach me barre chords and have never succeeded, yet I watch MartyMusic vids and got it first time. now I know why I keep coming back for more lessons.
Thank you Marty👌👌
First time I've gotten a decent sounding bar chord since I've started learning
Wow just by tucking my elbow into my rib cage has made a huge difference for me I basically went to playing bar chords over-night
Thank-You Marty you are such an awesome teacher
6:15 that’s really helpful to get better at switching chords quickly
Your literally the best music teacher I have ever had!!! Thank you so much for helping kids like me with their music dreams!
Notes:
Embrace the barre chord - don't avoid it - let it sound crappy until it doesn't
Play a song regularly that has one barre chord in it
Elbow close to ribs - helps get fingers parallel to the frets (not slanted)
Practice barre first then the shape - practice shape first then the barre - practice all together
Do the chord - keep the shape as you remove it (freeze spray!) - put it back - adjust it
What's Going On - A - Bm - D - A
Comfortably Numb - Bm - A - G-D-Em
Great lesson! 😁
This is so true! I avoided them when I was 12, then again two years ago. Finally this year, I am embracing them. I practice them every day and chose songs with one barred chord. If you ring out the the first three strings, you already have a power chord. I also wish I had done so when I was 12.
Thank you so much for teaching me everything you have. I’ve always wanted to play with friends or family and now I can. I’ve really been enjoying learning Beatles music with you and making up different songs by myself. Again, Thank you.
Bad fish by sublime is what made me get good at bar chords.
marty this is my next everest barre chords have been avoiding these tbh but your tips have helped tthankyou
I've progressed massively since watching your videos. Thanks man! Best teacher out there
Thanks for another great lesson, Marty!
Thanks Marty for another installment of I wish I knew this my first year playing guitar. Love the series 😀
I took the Pachelbel progression and ran through it repeatedly, in C, in D, in E, and finally in F, G and G# where it becomes entirely barre chords, it even teaches you how to move around different keys intuitively, note that when it's all barre chords I actually find it easier than when it is a mixture as once you can slide the barre around it is easier to remain in barre chord for than to switch in and out, although that gets easier with time too.
Best test teacher on you tube by far, appreciate it all the time you put in Marty everything i learned was because of you,legend.
What helped me develop my barre chord chops was playing Hook by Blues Traveler. You can play it with only one or two barre chords, or barre everything and pretty much any combo you come up with for it sounds good. Lol
4:35 I can't believe that even tho your trying to make it sound bad it sounds so good.....
When I was getting started I found that if you roll your index finger over to the left just a little bit, you'll get that bony bit of your finger on the strings. Helped me a lot while I was building the strength in my finger
Great advice. Wish I would have watched this when I started 3 yrs ago. Just now learning barre chords. 😬 Silver lining - got good at transposing!
Hello Marty remember me
Marty: no
Me: I'm the barre tender haha
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I was avoiding the barre chords. Just memorize the fingering and keep practicing. I was definitely overthinking it lol
It’s true with all cords in the beginning......we played even though it sounded poorly. It gets better with practice
Hey Marty, I was wondering for those of us a little more experienced if you could give us tips on how to get a certain strumming pattern. I find personally that, that is the hardest thing for me to learn. I can learn riffs, solos, barre chords, 12 bar blues, considerably easily, but I struggle with getting any strumming pattern to sound even just good. So I was wondering if you could please, if you haven't already.
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Maxwell Silver.....hammer came down on his head. I can offer one suggestion on strumming patterns...... always keep your guitar pick moving......like the piston in an engine. The idea is to *miss* the strings on certain beats... as an example.... if you want four simple downbeat strums, it would be down (miss on the up), down (miss on the up), and so forth if I'm making any sense?
@@alexander_winston ye that makes sense.
(Also Ye, you got my joke)
Might be a late response, but I have also had problems with strumming patterns in the past, my teacher helped me by practicing the following songs: Sultans of Swing (Rythm Guitar) by Dire Straits and Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz
hope this helps you
@@Snizzyyy thank you, I'll try what you suggest
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Thanks Marty for all the great lessons you give and for all the great ones to come much love
pros of being a bass player: coming into learning guitar Barre chords aren't to hard cuz my fingers are already yolked.
cons: still a bass player :(
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Every self respecting musician I've met acknowledges the importance of the bass... It gives the songs soul and makes everything sound fuller and fatter.
@@ParkourStormer it was a joke
@@spek1916 I think there was another comment that got deleted. Or I may have been too tired to be smart idk 🐥
I have been playing guitar since may 2017. I am 13 and I have learnt almost every song I play from you. The one thing that I did struggle with was barre chords and I hate to say it but I did avoid them up until about a week ago. All of my friends in my music class that played guitar all knew barre chords and I thought that’s not fair how comes I don’t can’t play them. What’s Up by the four non blondes is my favourite song of all time and I’ve played it countless times at open mics but when it came to the bm I would just play the power chord. I noticed that you had uploaded a tutorial on the song and I just watched it and suddenly something just clicked and I can play barre chords.
Sorry I have finished my comment 😂
I just wanted to say thank you so much. My dad doesn’t play guitar but every time he asks me how I learnt it 99% of the time I say from you. This sounds really sad but I feel like finally learning barre chords has been a huge milestone in playing guitar and couldn’t have done it without you. I would love to meet you in person but I can’t as I live in London but thank you so much!
Have bought several things in martystore but have to say love this video. Thanks and you have got me through lockdown💚.
How I did it was for the barring I just used to move my figure up and down the frets for about 10 minutes everyday to build up the muscle. Then for the chords I practiced normal open chords using fingers 2, 3 and 4 put them together and there it is
most helpful man on earth
I am still learning how to go from other chords to barre chords but without a joke, I managed to play most barre chords just after watching this video. And most of them didn't even sound that bad.
You have given the power of guitar playing Marty! XD
But really. Thanks. The new guitarists are all thankful to you.
Barre chords mess up my hands often, I've gotten better with time, i like how you tell us to keep trying even though it goes horrible, that's pretty much how everything in life works. Thanks Marty for your great advices.
Most importantly don't avoid. Four months into my guitar learning excursion and at first I avoided them as I wanted to feel more comfortable with open chords. Now that I'm at a good place with open chords I'm able to start attacking the barre chords. Great stuff as always!
Damn it Marty you are such a nice and talented guy, I swear I get a big smile on my face everytime I watch one of your videos! Thank you so much for every lesson, you're a great teacher and an amazing musician!
Marty, I love your videos! Even though I have been playing for 30 years. I always learn something from your videos! That’s the beauty of music! There’s always something that can be learned and you do it in a way that makes it easy to retain the info.
Also, You have some of the most BEAUTIFUL GUITARS!! Love your Les Pauls!!
Marty is the shit...hands down...love this guy
Loving the spraying of the freeze spray! Thank you!
Comfortably Numb at the begging 😍😍
I went to Roger Waters concert in Costa Rica a couple of days ago!!
If anyone out there is learning guitar and kind of a masochist, I have a suggestion: learn the Beatles "Long Long Long" by playing bar chords instead of using a capo. I'm learning bar chords with that song and I don't bother trying to do clean chord changes, I'm just doing them. And it's really great for building finger strength. I've played that over and over until my hands have gone almost numb. Then I take a few days off and you'd be surprised how quickly the muscle develops.
Also, Chris Cornell's acoustic version of "I Am the Highway" is a great song for any learner. It's textbook circle of fifths (I believe in C) and has just one bar chord--F major.
I have xl hands and struggled with barre chords because I always thought the tip of my index finger had to be right on the low E string, so I had a really tough time making the chord shape. Once I figured out that it was ok for my index finger to go above the e string, to my first knuckle, I could make the chord shape and still bar comfortably with my index finger, and no longer muted strings or cramped my hand.
I was trying for months to figure out how to get my barre chords down on my acoustic, I ended up just thinking my action was too high because I could do it on my electric with no issue. Then I moved my elbow in. My life has changed, Thanks Marty
One thing that I learned was that it is easier if you are putting your finger on the thread, I didn’t knew that before so it was pretty difficult to do the barre chord
barre chords are a natural progression after power chords
Ive been playing guitar a little under a yesr now, i must say im really happy with my progress! Im great at theory, strumming pstterns, open and barre chords, fingerstyle and arpeggios too. I dont even remember trying to learn barre chords. I attempted maybe one or two when i came across them in songs and stuff, but then one day i could like magically play them really cleanly as well? It was weird, however i think it was down to good technique in the end, lots of strength, finger layed on the hard side and stuff
I am not sure if this tip is right, but I think I just found it out. If you are having trouble fingerpicking your barre chords, pull up on them a little bit, towards the low E string. Again, not sure if that was my problem or not, but I hope it helps.
Thanks. I had my elbow near my ribs and thought I was wrong for doing so, thanks that has boosted my confidence🙂👍👍🙂
Hmm. I love Marty's tip and his whole approach to guitar. HOWEVER, on the Barre chords, I typically find myself doing the shape first, and then the index bar.
stray cat strut is my favorite way of practicing barre chords
I hugely appreciate your Nirvana lessons, but this is the sort of content that really helps you become a better player. Much appreciated
Very helpful. Full send kinda works. I can tell im gonna learn these in small bites tho my left hand isn't quite strong enough yet. Good time to focus on right hand work tho im very proud to kinda know my open chords. So much fun to make music
New subscriber! By far the best teacher on RUclips! PS i love your live forever tutorial!!
That intro man! Nice strumming Marty!
Barre Chords are where I'm at right now. It's my second year. I noticed that a capo helps a lot, especially if your action is really high!
Jebbie Sans, if you tune down a full step, then capo on the 2nd fret for standard tuning, the strings are a little easier.
Nicholas Rios exactly. I was just about to say that.
Thanks for all the help! I just bought a cheap guitar with lower action (an acoustic plug in.) I think it took ao long because I was using steel strings on a classical style, so the action was almost a full inch!
ah yes, the old "Digital" capo, as my first instructor once told me. If you are having troubles with Barre chords at the first position, try moving up the neck while you practice and build the clamping strength in your fretting hand.
This is an awesome video marty! Thanks!
I tell everybody to check out your lesson! love u man.
I've been playing guitar for 9 months now, and I'm slowly adjusting to barre chords.. still a long way to go but im getting there, and you all can too 😊😊
love you Marty
Great tip on just practicing the bar first without the shape!
Thank you for another great lesson, Marty.
As with all your videos, this one in particular has really helped, even after half a day. Thank you Marty 😊
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Good bar chords practice is learning "Walk don't run" by the Ventures :0).. It's what made a difference for me !
One of the best 9 minutes of my life
I started learning barre chords in my first year, because I didn't have a capo, and I had to play a song for an audience. I had to learn them in 1 week and I was so proud I could play them :)
You're the man Marty!
The absolute unit!!!
Yep, been playing for about a year and just keep trying those barre chords.. Ill get it some day.
I wish that my first book or lesson would have stressed, really stressed that I should practice very deliberately listening to the notes I started learning just as much as learning where to place my fingers. Learning that first D maj chord? Concentrate on what the notes sound like from your first strum developing your ears as much as your hands. I never got good at that, the thing that’s held me back the most.
Even When he try to sound horrible but he can't, his playing is too much good, ❤️
Has Marty ever released his own music?
Marty casually hearting your comment and not responding