How To Practice Bar Chords The Right Way

In this video, you learn how to play bar chords on guitar.
Bar chords are notorious for being hard to play.
They are a major hurdle for many people when first trying to learn them, however, they don’t have to be if you practice bar chords the correct way.
If you’ve tried playing bar chords on guitar before, you know they can be difficult to sound cleanly without notes buzzing out all over the place.
I can still remember how difficult and frustrating I found bar chords when first trying to play them some 30 years ago!
In this video, you learn what I wish I had known about learning bar chords when I first started playing guitar.
I’ll show you exactly what to focus on when practicing bar chords so they become easy to play in just a short time.
You learn the correct hand position and all the subtle but extremely important finger placements needed to sound bar chords cleanly.
You also learn how to dial up the optimum amount of tension to play bar chords. I’ll show you how you can easily check for this to see that you have it right.
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The most important point comes at 12:30 in the video, so be sure to watch until the end :)

[@nanofyobidness1450]

Thank you very much for this video. I was pinching the neck with my thumb and fingers, and it was really just killing my hands while the chords where buzzing all around. Now I can play them much better and with less pain. Practice practice practice!

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@@nanofyobidness1450 great to hear and you are welcome! :) Yes, definitely do not squeeze the neck when playing bar chords

[@marcfoss7687]

Thanks Simon, this is by far the most detailed and forensic breakdown to mastering barre chords that I have seen. Very helpful to beginners like me! Sub'd😊

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@marcfoss7687, you are very welcome! Glad the video is helpful and thank you for the sub, much appreciated :)

[@priusdriver596]

this was so incredibly helpful!

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@Coda6766, I'm glad to hear that :)