Originally Posted by: imacountrymanI was picking up everything and moving right along, until these barre chords came up. Im having a hard time wit hthe bottom three strings in particular.

When you write "bottom three strings", do you mean the E, A & D strings (the thicker, lower strings) or the G, B & E strings (the thinner, higher strings)?

Most of playing barre chords properly comes down to having the right approach to leverage with your arm, hand and fingers. Make sure you curve your arm around without bending your wrist resulting in an uncomfortable bending angle. It's best if you avoid bending your wrist at all by raising the neck up at an angle toward the ceiling.

To do this, reach your entire hand under the neck and only then reach back and place your thumb back behind the neck. Many beginners hold the neck in their palm or allow not enough of their hand and fingers to grab the strings.

Next, like I show in the vids, just work on barring with your index finger until you've got all the strings barred. Then move on to adding the other fingers one at a time.

This thread has some info regarding barre chords:

http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28256

Hope this helps! Let us know how it goes for you.

(Can a mod move this to the Full Access Forum or Lesson Q&A, please? Thanks!)