BAR CHORDS for Beginners (and Why EVERY GUITARIST Should Play Them)

[@dougfess1]

Thanks Jason, as a 59 year old that is finally learning the guitar, your lesson was easy to understand and motivates me to keep learning. Great lesson.

[@jasonstallworth]

Man, it's so great to hear that!

[@daniel2467]

Very helpful. I was having a hard time with bar chords. While watching, I realized my fretting elbow wasn’t tucked I close enough to my body to get the best leverage. It was an immediate improvement when I did.

[@jasonstallworth]

Dude, I'm glad to hear this helped!!

[@Bob46374]

This a best one of this lesson.

[@jasonstallworth]

Really glad to hear this helped!

[@ivancat1891]

Thanks for the video. Really looking forward to your next video in regards to bar chords and solos. That will be helpful.

[@jasonstallworth]

That will be published on 11/29/2022 at 11 AM (EST)!

[@michaeltobin3547]

Another fantastic video. You make is simple and easy to understand.👍

[@jasonstallworth]

Thank you, I know this is a simple technique but often overlooked

[@Theweeze100]

Thank you, Jason! This is another straight on the nose, no nonsense tutorial for those of us who are “Bar chord” challenged😢

[@jasonstallworth]

I'm glad this helped!

[@Moonchilddbk]

Awesome Greetinzzz from Dubrovnik

[@jasonstallworth]

🙏 🤘

[@Moonchilddbk]

​@@jasonstallworth Just started few months ago to play guitar. your clips are very helpful. Hail to Meeeetaaaal

[@martyblack13]

I really need a Martin guitar...the action is tops for small hands!

[@jasonstallworth]

I still need to have the action lowered on this thing...I've got a video coming soon on why I chose this model

[@reddzee3590]

I always struggled with bar chords and your video helped so much! Thanks!

[@jasonstallworth]

Glad this helped!

[@rgat5150]

THank you for this. I have never ever used/played barre chords.

[@jasonstallworth]

Glad this helps! I also have a video coming out in a few days on how to use barre chords for enhancing your solos.

[@iduncanw]

Awesome video Jason. Love the tips around exploring beyond just the traditional bar chord. I'm learning some theory and think you had some Sus chords in there. I've watched your other video on expanding them for solos, also very helpful. I don't play them often enough, but one thing that helped me was understanding that you're basically just playing an E, Em, A or Am chord and your index finger becomes the nut. I used to practice E and A using the bar chord fingering and once comfortable with that, started to move up the neck. Bar chords also helped me with trying to learn Nothing Else Matters. Keep it music 🤘🤘🤘

[@jasonstallworth]

Yeah, these bar chords can really help you expand and glad you saw the other video on playing leads based on bar chords!

[@bijanrisdanaa]

Thanks brother. Happy Thanksgiving 🍂🦃

[@jasonstallworth]

🙏

[@andrewmorse4324]

Great vid as ever! Like the idea of using it as a songwriter's tool. Maybe "Keep It Mellow" when you get the acoustic guitar out. I'm learning some Ozzy stuff at the moment but it's inspired me to get the epiphone acoustic out this weekend.

[@jasonstallworth]

Yeah, it's great to break out the acoustic now and then!

[@eriktheredd6036]

Bar chords are more advanced. Try it with a “boxer’s fracture” once. I work on this continuously. Thanks for the lesson, dude. Love your work.

[@jasonstallworth]

Thanks for watching and glad this helps!

[@BEAVISKORNHOLIO69]

Bar chords are the hardest for me to do Jason when it involves a whole finger to use but I'll work on that. It is important to know how to play bar chords 👍🆒

[@jasonstallworth]

They can be tough especially on acoustic. I’m actually going to be switching to lighter strings on my Martin (12s to 10s)

[@edgeofsanity9111]

Only real problem I have is keeping that G-string down in E shape chords For example I got this intro that includes an F#mb6 and 2 F#m chords and keeping that G string down is the big struggle with all this Sus2 chords in the A shape are also quite hard, but easier for some reason What do I do about that?

[@jasonstallworth]

I have another video specifically on that chord (and key) here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2XMiaB8pbyGndE

[@edgeofsanity9111]

@@jasonstallworth noice

[@charlene2400]

Mom always called those "cheater chords", when she was showing me stuff long ago.

[@jasonstallworth]

😂🤘

[@lukeduke798]

Do barres look like this in tab?: 3 3 3 5

[@jasonstallworth]

Pretty much the same as you mentioned

[@artursruseckis4242]

Two of those chords are basically the same as power chords, just a one string longer stroke, or am I wrong? I wonder why this similarity was never addressed?

[@jasonstallworth]

Pretty much, and I'm sure it's been addressed by someone

[@artursruseckis4242]

@@jasonstallworth I meant - in this video. I was expecting "Let's compare it with power chords we already know..." or smth, but it never came. As I am a beginner, for me it felt natural that new thing could be explained by similar things we already know. So at the end I was left wondering if the difference is such substantial that the similarity was avoided on purpose. btw, this is by no means a criticism of content, I simply explained my curiosity.

[@jasonstallworth]

@@artursruseckis4242 that’s great feedback. Typically starting out, you’d learn bar chords before power chords

[@artursruseckis4242]

@@jasonstallworth If one is learning guitar properly, according to all standard programs, then yes. But not if they pick up guitar as a hobby and spend first months just trying all those cool riffs we all know and love. Few days of doing 0-3-5 and seven nation army and after a week or so one is already rocking all the power chords doing nirvanas, offsprings etc. Only after few months comes the thought "ok, now it is time to start learning properly. chords? how you do those?" I mean, I can't be the only one who fist learned to play (simplified, but still with all the slides and bends) For The Love of God before even trying my first chord? And stressing out about inability to get the proper speed for Master of Puppets before even being able to put the fingers correctly for the D chord :D

[@jasonstallworth]

@@artursruseckis4242 I think my first single riff was Iron Man! I just wanted to play metal but forced myself to learn the regular chords early on.

[@derkernspalter]

My bar chords sound out of tune, because the note i play with the ring finger sounds out of tune as soon as i lift the finger to move to another chord. No matter if i play majors on the E string or minors on the A string. This is due to the finger sitting more in the middle of two frets while the pinky can sit more or less directly on a fret. Funny thing is that i hear this "out of tune" more coming from the string itself but not so much anymore from what comes out of the amplifier. But it annoys me. :/

[@jasonstallworth]

You may want to try lighter gauge strings if you’re playing a lot of bar chords. And also make sure you’re action is low. This makes it a little easier. I should have mentioned this in the video.

[@derkernspalter]

@@jasonstallworth Thanks, will try it out when i re-string one of the guitars. :)

[@derkernspalter]

@@jasonstallworth I just wanted to let you know that this actually worked. I bought me some super light gauge strings and now the barre chords sound so much better without that annoying out of tune tone. It also helps with regular playing when you don't hit the note right on the spot. Thank you very much for this advice.

[@dericanslum1696]

*barre

[@jasonstallworth]

I’m actually accepted as both ‘bar’ and ‘barre.’

[@dgguitar2372]

nice guitar looks very expensive

[@jasonstallworth]

It’s not one of the most expensive but definitely wasn’t cheap! Got a video coming out soon on this guitar and why I got it

[@rgat5150]

@@jasonstallworth It reminds me of my recently acquired mitchell md100s vs.