Bar Cords

Hi Im Paul,

Learned the guitar a few years ago but could not master Bar cords and trying the beginers which avoids the bar cords as to difficult for me. But I don't want to go on for ages avoiding the bar cords and doing alternatives I WANT to LEARN BAR CORDS!

Is there a teacher on guitartrick that teaches bar cords and not the alternatives???

Hi Paul!

This blog post has excellent tips for tackling barre chords. At the bottom are a couple links to Guitar Tricks lessons on barre chords, as well: https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/index.php?p=10-Ways-to-Beef-Up-Your-Barre-Chords

Happy playing!

-Denise
GT Admin

Hey, Paul! Welcome to GT.

Originally Posted by: radioaircraft1
Is there a teacher on guitartrick that teaches bar cords and not the alternatives???

Absolutely. I cover learning barre chords in GF2 Chapter 8.

https://www.guitartricks.com/course.php?input=2

Hope this helps. Have fun!

They certainly can be tricky at first. But, once you know how to play them, you have such a wide range of new chords to play in differing positions. I used to think that I had to squeeze hard to make them work but learned to drop my wrist and make that first finger do the work.

Theoretically, you can almost make a barre chord without your thumb pressing on the neck. I say theoretically because I can't do that yet. Hang in there!