Originally Posted by: LisaMcCHi There-

Those are some excellent suggestions from Ryan!

Also, if the tone is giving you trouble but you still want to work on the theory and some outside-the-box variations on bar chords which are easier on the hands, I have a tutorial in "Open Bar" chords you might find useful. Here's the link:

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=432

Good luck and have fun - Lisa McCormick, Guitar Tricks Instructor

thnx for the direct link..
I have been self learning guitars since last 2 months and although I can do half bars pretty comfortably but the sounds of full bars are not as clear as it should be!! the lower e almost always gets dampened!