Tips or tricks?


I know the basics of how to do them, but should there only be three strings that i am hitting or four. sometimes i see people do four string bar chords and sometimes i see three

Most bar chords are formed by barring across all six strings with your first finger then using the other fingers to form the shape of the chord. Their are bar chords where you bar the first five strings as well. Those are the only ones I know so far.

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Just out of curiosity, why on acoustic specifically? Bar chords are bar chords on acoustic or electric. Also, I've gotta agree with buda, as far as I know the whole idea of bar chords is to use your index finger to "bar" all the strings, and play them all. Using only three strings would be a power chord.

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There are simplified versions of barre chords which have a barre that covers 5, 4, or 3 strings (or 2, if you want to count the simplified F). They're usually just to get people used to pressing down on more than one string. As for the "why acoustic?" inquiry, probably because strings on an acoustic are a lot harder to push down on, especially if you learned on an electric.

So there!

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