Originally Posted by: learninganewI've been playing for years, and I still am unable to get all of the barre chords clean.
For example, and I could use some suggestions. C#m7 in the 4th fret: 1st finger, 1st fret, bar all; 2nd finger, 5th fret, 2nd string; 3rd finger, 4th string, 6th fret.
The 3rd string isn't clean, so I've got to find a way to use my bar finger more effectively. I've tried placing the bar, and turning my index finger so that the side of the finger is doing the bar (this was recommended somewhere), but that doesn't help, and I can't seem to get a clean sound by using the index finger flat.
Basically, any barre chord that has an open string sounds flatted.
Terry
Yeah, the open string method tends to give a different sound because you're leaving the first and second strings open.
However you can get some interesting results just moving up and down the fretboard.
For instance, I'll throw together a quick MP3 for you going through the different chords on a real cheap Yamaha Eterna Acoustic guitar to give you an example:
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/barres.mp3