This Is Why You Suck at Guitar: Your Barres and Barre Chords Suck

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SUCKAMANIACS!!!! It's time for a brand new episode of This is Why You Suck at Guitar, with your good pal, Uncle Ben Eller!!!

So you've mastered sweep picking, tapping, power chords, reverse cowgirl, and even pinch harmonics, but when its time to play the FM chord in Freebird, you fall apart faster than a boxcar made by Buckwheat and the Little Rascals.... that's just not gonna cut it, Susanne.

I can't help but notice that your barres and barre chords are an abysmal pile of shit. They're driving a wedge between you and your stepdad, and making your mom so very ashamed of you. But there's good news: Uncle Ben has some tips and tricks to turn you from stud to dud in no time flat.

Whether you're playing the simple 2 string barres of classic stepdad rock tunes like Smoke on the Water or Bad to the Bone, or trying to pin down the lethal barre chords of songs like Night Moves, Under the Bridge, or Stray Cat Strut, i've got a solution for you. We're going to take a look at the proper hand positions you need to crush all those brutal barres into submission, which in return will earn you chicks, money, and experience points. You're going to be leveling up like fucking crazy, kid. It's like strapping a goddamn Game Genie onto your guitar. Kids still use Game Genie, right????

contents:
2 string barres (the flattened circle): 1:55
3 string barres (the pinch barre): 7:50
4, 5, and 6 string barres (The Roseanne Barre): 11:50
Life-saving tricks for ultimate barre brutality: 19:34
Cute puppy dog: 26:53

Thank you guys again so much for watching!!! Be sure to like this video and subscribe to my channel, and please drop me a comment letting me know what YOU suck at, so i can get to cooking up a lethal lesson on it in the near future.

Cheers!

[davidwittman]

I like how he assumes every family is broken and uses it for teaching devices. Very amusing

[vanweapon]

"F stands for Fuck that" - me for the first 5 years of playing

[Zimx]

I know all this shit, but I'm still watching because this guy is funny.

[dalenwinkleman]

The saltiness of the jokes in this video is why I'm subscribing.

[aubreyt]

This is my first time watching a Ben eller video. have to say i learned a lot and had a good laugh as well. Can't wait to see more

[mrjosh]

When I first started playing my dad forced me to practice bar chords until they were perfect. At the time I hated it and thought they were pointless but it made a huge difference in my playing and I came to realize how important they were. Thanks dad!

[hiroshi]

"...when I started playing guitar last year" Lol.

[bipolarexpedition]

I play BOTH kinds of music - country, AND western, and I have to say that this idea of
using barre chords is astounding. For the first time I can now venture past the third fret
into previousy uncharted territory, and go boldly where no country musician has gone
before. Thank you, Ben.
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[sudhindrak]

At last, a guitar pro with a wicked sense of humor! Serenade with step mom.. hahaha

[sammajcher]

I did not need that 69 camaro image oh man hahaha

[TheSummerDolls]

Just wanted to mention your title for this video is great. Like I wasn't gonna watch since I went to close the window as my computer autoplayed it from a different video, but I stayed just because of the name.

[leeholden]

I wish I had seen this when I started...50 years ago.  Of course, the internet, youtube and well, you were not around.  Great lesson!

[jakubturlinski]

Hi Uncle Ben, I've got a suggestion on your next lesson - Improvisation. It would be great to make it sound musical, flashy, melodic. I realise it is a broad topic but you can certainly help us improve. Rock on \m/

[Mufuka]

I learn better when someone is making fun of me...this is great.
Thank you, Ben.
I put the guitar down for about 10 years.
You are the only person who ever made sense out of music theory to me.

[unvisible]

actually i suck at the guitar because i don't have any hands

[markwaring]

I must say. I've never laughed so much at a tutorial. Best barre chord tutorial by far

[nazznomad]

I'm an old fuck at 45 and this really helped me out. Thanks Ben !

[Lerppasd]

"Young shredi knight" I totally lost it there. Great tutorial you are the man!

[kevinlambert]

Thanks from across the pond dude, I've been playing barres for years but got some valuable tips here :-)

[bonnieprouty]

Thanks for a great lesson...but I'm a 65 yr old grandmother trying to get better on the guitar. I'm not looking for chicks! :)