Originally Posted by: snojones

Wait until you get to the two finger major A form barr. You have to push your ring finger's last joint until it is hyperextended flat on the fretboard. Once you get that you have to start working the position, until it can hold down the D, G, and B strings with your ring finger. All without touching the high E, the A, and the low E strings, which are held by your pointer playing the Barr position . It has been a while but I still remember thinking I would never get that chord. It is a contortionist crundrum for sure. There are bazar Jazz Chords that are also difficult, some streaches seem like they might pop a ligiment... but that hyperextention in the A barr, took me a long time to get comfortable with.

Boy you aren't kiddin. I simply cannot make that version. My ring fingers dont bend up at the first joint that way. It's literally locked straight. I thought it was just me and the arthritis I deal with, but thanks for letting me know I'm not alone. For now I just do the barre with my index and then use the m,r,p fingers do the open A formation.