How To Easily Play Barre Chords Without Pain & Buzzing - [Complete Guide]

Do your hands HURT after playing barre (bar) chords on your guitar? They do not have to!

In this lesson, I share with you 20 complete tips on how to easily play Barre (bar) chords while doing so pain and buzzing free.
I will divide the tips into 5 parts, excluding the pro tips at the end, making it 6.
► Part 1: How to set ourselves up for success when it comes to barre chords, by adopting a healthy posture for the body.
► Part 2: how to place the thumb in order to prevent pain
► Part 3: How to position the wrist to prevent injury
► Part 4: How to nail the perfect Barre Chord sound by learning how to place the fretting hand fingers on the guitar fretboard.
► Part 5: How to master the art of barring chords
► Part 6: Going beyond that!

Enjoy!

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[justinward]

Thank you for not spending 10 minutes talking about how useful barre chords are and only 2 minutes talking about technique like most other videos.

[awesomeTai]

oh. i thought the pain you were referring to was existential. this is good too

[dmaikibujin]

Notes:
Angle the neck up at least 30 degrees

Posture = straight back
Elbow close to the body
Drop the wrist below fretboard
Loose shoulder - Tension free

Thumb between first and second finger
Thumb in the middle/back of neck
Side of thumb against guitar - knuckle locked

Straight wrist - dropped down - tension free
Don't squeeze too hard - tension = just right

Fingers close to the frets
Roll index to the bony side
Keep second finger knuckle curl strong - don't flatten it

Pull from fretting arm and back shoulder = leverage
Thumb = support - not squeezing
Push/stabilize guitar with picking arm

Minor chords - 2nd finger can reinforce the first

If all else fails - go classical

Great lesson! 😁

[christiana.solfire]

Thank you! I’m a violinist learning guitar, and it’s cool to see that many of the left hand ergonomics with the thumb and wrist for violin translate to guitar as well.

[The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

That "thumb between the first and second fingers" thing is something I've learned from playing bass guitar (I play a five string bass), but the idea apparently flew out of my head when I picked up my electric guitar.
It's amazing how much of a game changer it is.
(Now I don't have to stick with power chords, dyads, and arpeggios when playing metal /rock).
I thank you for reminding me

[pablozaid]

This is extremely informative. I've been searching for videos like these but they usually just explain how to make a barre chord sound, nothing about pain
Thanks!

[pervysage]

These tips were extremely helpful and I'm not even done with the video yet. Those posture tips are gonna be helpful forever.

[mikkelas]

this actually helped me so much. i used to have no idea and got cramps in my hand, now i can finally play a clear barre chord

[markburgess]

Wow!! I have searched and searched. I appreciate all those that take the time to post help videos but I must say this is by far the best and most detailed Barre chord video that finally helped me start playing them. Thanks for taking the time to give all those details. After about a month of learning to play guitar I can now advance my playing. A happy new subscriber here.

[Messihaz]

Really helpful lesson and taught me better than the bigger channels. I hope your channel grows, thanks.

[davidisaac]

Brother i appreciate this video so much! I have been dreading bar chords for months. I was already naturally doing the posture tips but implementing your finger tips let me instantly do a clear bar chord. Im so excited for this! I liked and subscribed

[kevinmccormick]

Well Done! Concise and to the point....a good collection of very good advice all in one place. One of the most important things about barre chord is practice! Remember how when learning your first rudimentary chords that you felt your fingers could never bend there?....then one day you are playing clear this is the same thing! Do not give up or worry if it does not sound right at first....keep playing and adjusting! Work on getting it right them work on speed.

[urbanoramos]

I loved how you mentioned every little details and not just the basic

[chrisj]

I can't believe it You're a genus, I couldn't do bar code 3 mns ago, now I'm a pro. BIG SHOUTOUT to you, God bless you

[michaelkrailo]

Some really good advice here. I will have to keep coming back to remind myself of the proper techniques involved. It's so easy to get sloppy and takes more effort to shore up all the inefficiencies in bar chord technique. I like the part about using the side of your thumb and getting it lined up with the second finger and 4th string position behind the neck. It's going to take practice to relearn the proper technique, but I'll get it.

[joseplabla]

Thank you.
This is the most complete video I have ever seen about this particular issue.

[SmileyMikey]

Good stuff. Thank you! I'll probably be reviewing this video 30-40 times! (I'm a beginner.)

[prayojanlamsal]

Thanks for saving my life bro! If only i had known pull the strings with the body man. Great stuff!

[ana.iamthat]

Super helpful!! Loved the macro and pro tips at the end... Thanks Jack!

[tedvstudios]

I really enjoyed your Barre Chords video tutorial on how to properly and physically place your fretting hand as well as having the proper guitar angle. I'm an old timer newbie in my 60's just trying to challenge myself and no doubt learning to play the guitar is doing just that. I will give your tips and tricks a try and see if my desire to throw my guitar out the window subsides! LOL Thanks for the lessons and I look forward to more of your guitar lessons videos now that I have subscribed to your channel.