All my TOP TIPS for playing BARRE CHORDS!

This weeks video is packed with barre chord top tips!

Tip 1 - Elbow tucked into the side to angle 1st finger into a good barre chord position!
Tip 2 - Bend 1st finger slightly - hitting strings 6, 2 & 1 (same for root 5 barre chords, strings 5, 2 & 1)
Tip 3 - Form a ‘claw hand’ with fingers 2, 3 & 4 to form the rest of the chord (finger 1 is on root note) - Fingers curled over onto fretboard on the tips

00:00 Get ready for some top tips!
00:07 F major/ F minor
01:40 C major/C minor
01:59 Common chord progressions
03:11 Common barre chord only progression
04:13 Where to go from here

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[deepsterblue]

I think it's really important to ensure that the guitar is properly set up before starting on the bar chord journey. Too many guitars are sold with an action that's way too high, leading to heavy finger strain and tons of initial frustration for beginners who are simply trying to get the strings to ring out correctly.

[thomasneeley]

You are clearly a great instructor and understand much of the difficulties us beg/intermediate level players struggle with. Often you point out the silly mistakes we make with things nobody ever say; posture, neck position and finger curling.
So simple, yet we need to be shown it and you do that.
Thank you.

[markstacey]

A really interesting lesson...Thank you...

[skintslots]

The beauty about learning barre chords is that you then learn the cheats that go with the full chords and you often don't even need the full chords when playing. The triads that often come from the barre chord shapes are endless and much easier to play long term and in a band setting you dont need the full chord all the time.

[callmecg]

One of the better vids I've seen re using barr chords. Thanks!

[meghan]

Thanks so much for this video. 🙏🙏🙏 I’m coming up on the end of my first year of guitar after a 20 year hiatus. I quit sometime around 2003 when I was 17. I found my skills were stagnating a lot and I struggle with open to barre chord transition speed.

[jamesbaa]

This video honestly couldnt have come at a better time. Had a lesson yesterday and we are working through the forbidden stairway to heaven. Struggling so much with the Bminor bar chord. Constantly muting the G string, any help hugely appreciated. The guitar has been properly set up with a low action

[shreepadgandhi]

Loved the clarity of chords sounded by your fingers in the video...
Liked it.
Shreepad from Pune, India

[lydaff]

Comes handy for me trying to learn a song thats full of them. Thanks!!

[BikingVikingMTB]

Barre cords are awesome. So struggled with these but I’m almost there, love playing songs with these cords especially ’Creep’ by Radiohead. 😊 Keep up the fantastic work Andy been a follower for 4years now 🙏

[johnaheywood]

blew my mind in the first 39 seconds :)

[s.o.gadicaptain]

This lesson I have been waiting for Teacher😂

[eddwardherron]

Which guitar model are you using in this video? The 5 easy Christmas songs?

[quentinvalor]

Hello! Please reveal the guitar make and model. Sounds great!

[rumpledskin]

I play the A shape barre chord with four fingers like you've shown in this video. Is it necessary to use a double barre (index with pinky supporting the ring finger), as done by many electric players?

[c.h.fieldsports]

Barre chords are quite painful with arthritic hands, I know from experience, ( limited experience though ) but I keep trying 😂👍👍🤠

[DennisMoore]

Not always but all too often I get buzz with my barre chords. Very frustrating but I know I just have to keep working at it.

[SweetLullaby]

thanks to you i made my own guitar learning chanel

[johnnyhologram]

The most important is to sit the guitar on your left leg, not your right. It gives the guitar a better raised angle and more freedom to give the finger a parallel angle to the fret. Also the right arm can strum with freedom as the arm pit will not be held up in a hard angle. I hope it helps.

[Music-elif]

The single most important thing for people new to Barre chords is make the structure of the chord with the other fingers FIRST and add the Barre after that's correctly in place.