⭐️ Barre chord strength-training exercise (guitar practice tip)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In this lesson, I'll teach you how to play barre chords using an strength-training exercise I personally used when I first started playing guitar. This technique doesn't allow you to magically avoid hard work, but it does give you a repeatable process & structure that you can use, over time, to slowly build your muscles to be able to play the chords that have stumped you for so long.
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it works!! i did this exercise everyday for 2 weeks and now i can play a barre chord perfectly!
You just gave me hope !
Charlie x that’s exiting to hear. I’m having a tough time.
Ben Allmark barre chords are super difficult, but eventually you will be able to do it without any problems!
Charlie x I hope your right. Thanks for the vote of confidence.
You gave me hope. I'm hoping it works.
Do you know what I love most about your videos? You're GENUINELY encouraging. It completely comes off as "hey dude - you can do this!" Awesome work.
it's so easy for male guitar "teachers" to fall into the pit of mansplaining and then never actually communicate anything useful. This is not one of those videos haha
@@jmacsfuzzbunny that has nothing to do with being a male. Anyone can be an asshole
Barre chords I almost felt like breaking my guitar😭😭😭. It's so frustrating
But is sound so cool when you get it..
it’s so worth it dude, I have been playing for 2 years now and I was a year in and still couldn’t get anything right but once I got the hang of it I couldn’t stop playing.
remember it’s not hard, it’s just new
@@sam-sx5if I needed to see this.
@@sam-sx5if 👏🏾🏆 Thank you I’ll take that with me
I’m gonna start doing this exercise
Wish me luck!!
best of luck
any improvement ?
You get it down yet?
Any improvement ?
Did you die of frustration?
This is hands down the most useful advice I've seen or heard on practicing barre chords. Minor chords with a root on the 6th are no longer a problem for me. Keep up the good work.
The amazing thing is that this is just common sense that all guitar teachers should know and should be teaching. I'm a beginner and I decided to try the same thing. I gave up on trying to build up finger strength by barring all six strings and sound like shit but hope it will start getting better over the months. Slowly increasing number of strings sounds better to the ear as well as slowly building up strength at same time. Starting from the 5th fret is a good idea that did not occur to me but makes sense also. Just shows how important it is to find a good teacher.
This is what I needed. My hand was just not conditioned enough. Little by little I can feel and hear the difference.
Peter Glen how up you coming along with the Barr chords ?
Brothaman! I can’t tell you how incredible the feeling was to finally transition from an E to Bb. And I feel way more comfortable tackling any song/barre chord I come across. It took a lot of practicing and hand/finger conditioning. Your lesson and excercise truly truly truly truly helped! Thank you, again!
Peter Glen that’s so awesome to hear. I’m in process of tackling the Barr chords, it’s definitely one of the hardest things I’ve had to accomplish and that’s no joke. Wish me luck, I’m gonna need it.
@@benallmark9671 You totally got this! It is no joke!!! Hahahahaha. I ran down and announced it to the entire house when I got it the first time.
Peter Glen that’s awesome !
Thank you! I found you by random chance, and incorporated this exercise into my daily practice. Three weeks later (I had an injury, not related to your exercise) I decided to try the F barre, and it rang out perfectly on my nylon-strung guitar! The next day, it also rang out beautifully on my metal-strung guitar! I never thought I'd master a barre chord, but you made it possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I'm literally trying this right now and it's helping. My problem was I wasn't applying enough pressure on the barre but when I do it sounds great. Great advice dude.
Bought a guitar just after Christmas... at 57yrs of age...to while away the winter nights in the motorhome in the UK
Got it back to van and thought i'd made a big mistake!!!...
Then I stumbled upon your tube channel... "sweet home Alabama"...
After the finger-tip pain .. and bum notes ...stuck with it and practice every day.. now all calloused up ;) and clean notes on about 9 or ten chords..
Never thought I'd ever be able to play a bar chord though ...
but with your Malibu I found I could get that Bb/C ... after "improvising" on a failed F from another song...
I can now bar to 5th string... but have to use the side of finger.. and I just can't reach that 6th with my short fingers at that angle and fret anything else...
I'd bought an entry level Yamaha F310.. and have since fitted new strings after snapping "e" whilst messing with GAD-DAD...
I've considered looking for something with a narrower neck.. but then I'd have a fat finger syndrome issue... I think
Any suggestions ?
Great channel with clear and succinct step by step lessons... a pleasure to watch and follow
Kind regards
John T
JonnieGS1200 wow
Marky Andrea Cagurangan wow indeed
Wowwww
A travel guitar has a narrow neck. Check it out at a store...
Hey, Joanie, This is J.T. from the USA. I just started last January and I'm 64. You know what edge we have on younger players? We usually are dedicated and committed to our endeavors won't give up.
This is awesome, this is really helping me, I couldn’t do it AT ALL before. I’m working my way up
I’ve been playing for a year now and this is the most valuable lesson in guitar I’ve ever known even though I know how to play bar chords
Agree
This looks like the most helpful video on RUclips , I’m getting right in this, hopefully I can nail it soon
most practical vid I've seen, thanks
Thanks ! That makes a lot of sense and I've been avoiding them for decades !! I'll give it a dedicated go !👍
I’ve been playing sloppy barre chords where the 5th string doesn’t ring out for way too long, these exercises have been helping a lot! Thank you!
Thank u. I was frustrated. Now i have something to work on.
I never knew I could practice like this. I’m going to use this exercise now. Hopefully I’ll be able to barre by the end of the year.
Any improvement?
@@miguelvictorsidbautista5349 Not yet lol. I can bar 3 strings at fret 5 but that's about it.
@@knunniek.9304 thanks. Atleast youre improving, doesnt matter if it slow or fast.
How’s your progress coming using this exercise or maybe you found another way ??
Ben Allmark I can fret 3 strings at 5th fret now. And on a very good day I can play an E maj bar chord(7th fret) but I’m still sloppy. The problem is I always have wrist pain and I’m deathly afraid of getting carpal tunnel. I have to work on my technique. Also my guitar has crazy high action(like 5 mm at 12th fret) and I’m broke so it’s the only one I have. So it’s hard to play but I’m trying.
Awesome video. Thanks 💯❤️🎸
this is a great video! i thought i'd never be able to play barre chords but im getting there thanks to this tutorial
i was looking for something like this..i will practice this its great tx
Thanks for the advice I am going to try what you suggested 🎶🎵😁
Great stuff. I find this very encouraging. Just to know this is difficult for everybody but everybody can achieve it eventually with the right exercises done in the right way.
I'll try that, i hope to get that done in a week
🎸Excellent!!! Thank you🥰🥰🥰
Great lesson so clear and well explained thanks
omg this is actually amzing thank you
Very good... thank you sir!
Very cool! Yes, this was helpful, while battling the dreaded F, any advice and tips is appreciated and useful. Excellent teaching...thanks, best of luck to you.
Thanks!
You’re very very welcome - thank you for the kind tip!! Have a great weekend 👍
This helps! Thanks!
I started out just trying to barre the first fret, not even trying to form a full chord. At first it seemed completely impossible. After doing the exercises for a couple of weeks, I’m finally able to get all the strings to ring out! Doing the exercises really works, so keep at it and keep your hopes up!
Extremely helpful thank you
Thank you so much
Am I the only one that has real difficulty with a "D-shape" barre chord..?
Just found you David. Lokking forward to learning from you. Starting from scratch @56 years of age...here goes nothing.
I'm starting from scratch at 51. I hear ya! Good luck buddy.
Good lesson
I've been playing for quite a while and I havent been able to play a lot of songs that i wanted to because I can't do barre chords
So I just played fingerstyle and learned how to play river flows in you
This video really gave me that encouragement
You're... You're user name is literally just son... How does this happen?!
Did u get it
Same!!!
Hey-thanks for the tip, sounds like this practice will be fruitful.
I learned bar chords before open chords, just because I love reggae
Useful and a lovely sounding guitar. Thanks 👍
great videos, any chance you could you a video on transitioning to barre chords? cheers
This was SUPER helpful! Thank you so much!!!
I did this continuously for 1 month straight, turns out it works.
I can play the F chord with 3 strings barred, (I know it''s not all 6 and thus not good enough, but i couldn't even do 2 simultaneously before) it sounds pretty good and I can slide it too.
Got a pretty realistic result I guess
Slowly but surely you'll get there
Don't give up brother, Give yourself at least 2 weeks minimum to practice only barre chords i tell you... you'll be surprised when it just starts clicking out of nowhere
I’ve been playing for around 10 years now. The common barre chord shapes have mostly always come intuitively for me, but man some instrumental arrangements use chords that I can (barely) stretch to (like a barre three frets behind other notes you’re fretting), but that stretch means I don’t have the same amount of control. My finger loses the notes on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th strings often times. Not sure how to improve with that sort of scenario :P
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!
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when u start these types of exercises it will hurt ur fingers a lot but when u do it everyday then it will be easy to do barre chords
Wooow God bless you and Thank you!!
Show me finger exercise across the frate
I find that I can barre fine on lower frets, but when I start going up the neck to higher frets the middle strings always get muted. Is there a certain way i should be positioning my elbow/something else when I go up? it is also harder to keep my barring finger from going flat as well when i go up, so how can i fix that
Hmm... not sure, but it could be the guitar. My first ever guitar (and older acoustic I inherited from my uncle) was warped in such a way where the further up the next you went the worst the action got - in that, the distance between the neck and the strings increased. This made it harder to push down any chord further u
...further up the neck, and also anything up the next sounded increasingly out of key.
But, this is the only thing that comes to mind it may not apply in your case!
Yep my action is higher than snoop Dogg, but I'll just gain more finger muscle to play those first fret barrs
For me its the opposite. I can bar on higher frets but I can't bar on fret 1 idk why
Yes finally! I've been searching for this kind of video whole day long and here it is phew! you gave me such a relief man thanks:)
Love you
Alwin Crasta how are your bar chords now?
Any recommendations on finger muting? Meaning I can play the first f mentioned (not full barred) but the C on the B string gets muted by my finger and I can’t figure out how to get around it 😭
I always find it so hard to play a 6 string barre chord, but where you lift your pinkie (F7, G7, Etc.)
Nice system. Thanks.
This is excellent guidance with super clear instructions and expert tips. Some of the best guitar tuition on RUclips!
I’m starting this today and I’ll update when I hopefully get it!
Hey, how's it going? I'm beginnig today :)
@@selenc.3324 I’ve been able to do them for over a month now on electric! still working on gaining more muscle to apply on my acoustic but it’s going great and I’m working on learning all of the shapes :) good luck you can do it! practice and practice till you get it I’m sure you will!
@@dannyboy4152 You're amazing :) I've been practicing on my nylon string guitar for 2 weeks now and I could bar all the 6 strings a few times. Now I believe that I can do it. Gotta keep practicing like you said :)
Loved it!
Hey, thank you man. Much appreciated. Is there any way you can show how to use your thumb properly for bar chords. Because there are a lot of videos how to bar but non of them cover use of thumb. Thank you
I think the thumb is supposed to be in the center of the neck directly behind the finger that makes the barre.pull the guitar against your chest and apply pressure against thebarre finger in front the thumb pushes against the neck in back and your forearm is used to help pull the guitar tight as well.
Great lesson! I just subscribed!!!
Wow... This is a great exercise, David.
It's been around 2 months of me playing guitar and now there is 0% pain to me while doing the exercise
All these self taught teachers of barre chords think, you‘d have to pull it down harder and develope the muscles to do so. That‘s gonna hurt and restrain your possibilities. Why get a grip of your guitar neck, when the force you need is just there ready to be used (no, I‘m not a Jedi)? The solution is using the weight of your right arm to get the strings on the frets and countering it with the weight of your other arm to hold against it. So it is possible to play any barre chord with your thumb off the neck and without cramping. Learn from the best - the classical guitarists, not from self taught and self-indulged „teachers“. You may not like their music but you will enjoy the painless playing. And never bend your wrist.
Thanks a fucking lot!!!!
I've played since 1972. Bar chords which I do mainly at times in classical music are my Achilles heel! I was thinking also to strengthen my hand with a hand grip. Or a ball.
I appreciate this lesson, I was honestly losing my hope.
Thanks for this Getting better at the bars but it's taken years already. This will help!!!! I have a lot of trouble with The Bb
Maybe this will help me improve the sound of my bar chords its been how many years that ive been struggling to it plus the pain that my hands are getting.
This is a damn good video,just the thing I was looking for.I have a question,what do I need to do if my index finger ankle starts to hurt(badly).
Thx a lot mate! I've done it just like for 2 days and i can see some progression
You're not barring 6 strings on a f chord, you're barring the high and low e. This makes life way more simple
Do you pull the guitar into your body for additional support?
Sir this was really helpful..can you please upload a lesson regarding how to go about key and scales ?
Thanks
Use the spring capo as exercise to firm up your grip..😁
i will start this exercise now, im going to update you guys on my progress.
Alright
I'll d the same
any update? ahah
im gonna do this for a week bc i struggle with this everytime i gotta play F#m or C#! wish me luck!!
thank you soo much
now i can pay bare chord
Your practice tips are actually amazing, I never comment but you deserve some gold or something
I did it while for the 8 minutes of the video and I’m already tired. Haha.
This seems like a great exercise to do everyday so I’m looking forward to the next few weeks when hopefully my barres improve.
How did it go??
Im gonna start this exercise wish me luck
Love your lessons. I feel that if I put the time, I will get there. Can you do a lesson on Shine all you crazy diamonds by Pink Floyd.
Taught
That middle finger bolster works so well instantly! whoooo!
I love how we don't even see his face in the intro lol
I found ur video useful,appreciate u brother 😍😍😍😍😍
Sir plz guide how to play f major chord like this video
David, very helpful video. What caught my eye immediately was that your wrist was straight, or had very little break in it. Would love see a video just on that. It almost seems impossible to play a barre chord with a straight wrist, until I see a video like yours. My fretting hand wrist gets very sore playing barres, and I do not want problems like carpel tunnel in the future. Again, would be awesome to see a lesson from you on that. Either way, thanks for the assistance.
Wow.... Great thinking... With your exercise, I can boost my learning process faster than I imagined earlier.... You are the best to find in the air. I learn something new every time I watch your videos. Thanks...
That is very helpful. I'd already been doing something similar all the way from fret 1 to fret 12. I started off just with 2 strings all the way down and then 3, 4, 5 and now I can barre all the way down the fret board with my index finger. My problem is trying to do it while use the other fingers on different strings. Then I get the muted or buzz. But this was still helpful cause I wasn't lifting my finger between frets. Thank you, that was very encouraging to me.
I can barre everything but the g string I don't understand LOl
Melvin The Goat it’s so effin frustrating 🤬
This video was very useful
Super motivating to the point were I do guitar exercises in the bathroom
Nerdy guy
Ahahaha same
The encouragement you give is the best part here. Yeah it takes a bit of discomfort but nothing worth learning is supposed to be easy!
I bent my thumb back and now arthritis has set in. 45 years of playing and now it hurts whenever I play a bar chord
I have to try and figure out another way.
I really hope this works. I have become pretty discouraged about my inability to do barre chords.
Alright, just started doing the exercise today. Fingers crossed I master barre chords by the end of the year :)
Haha same
progress?
I've seen players who can barre an A-chord formation by just using their ring finger on the 2nd,3rd, and 4th strings. Any suggestions on how to accomplish this?
I'm not there yet but there is light at the end of the tunnel now. FINALLY. Thanks, dude.
C shape major chord is killing me .. others are mostly playing
This is the most helpful lesson I’ve found on RUclips, you are a great teacher! Can’t wait to learn more from you, subscribed. 😊
I rediscovered my guitar about a year ago (after a nearly 30 year hiatus), and have had to retrain a lot of old muscles. I have always managed barre chords, but not mastered. I am excited to find this exercise and can't wait to improve the strength of my left hand and the sound of the chords.
Great helpful video bro ! One the best cord videos out of a shit load of shitty ones.
Oooh... thank God I found this!!!I will practice and return...it is so frustrating,can't continue my Spanish romance because of half barre...