This Barre Chord Trick will save you HOURS

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[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

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[@ronaldshepherd5992]

Thank you. It works.

[@trevorcrosby2807]

I will look. This ONE THING has made me make more progress in the last three weeks than in the three months previous

[@griffiss7aider]

Instantly gained Barre chord skill after this

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Sweet, that is awesome, keep it going!

[@miri2968]

saaame 😮

[@z1y1x]

Im struggling to switch from basic chords to barre chords pls help​@@TheSchoolOfGuitar

[@shyper17]

Same hahahah

[@shyper17]

I was wondering why my tone is so creaky

[@sadcad8118]

Instructions unclear, I beheaded my guitar

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

noooooooo

[@arnav5680]

This is how I learned to play barre chords

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Class, did it take you long to get them sounding clear?

[@Brotato_chip21]

@@TheSchoolOfGuitarit really only took a minute for me

[@mr.unusual8509]

@@TheSchoolOfGuitar took about 2 weeks

[@thatsok6849]

You’re a g it’s half 4 in the morning iv been here for hours ahah think iv got it thank you bro

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Glad I could help! Reach out if you have any other guitar Q's :)

[@imreallybad7862]

fr man im out here 1:40 AM trying to do barre

[@TheoKlattenhoff]

Holy f***! I’ve been playing for 22 years now and you’ve shattered my barre game. Thank you so much!!!! 🙏🏼✨

[@SGpotatokat]

WOW, amazing what a difference this instantly makes! Reminds me of one of the core principals of yoga which teaches an awareness that our body is not a bunch of isolated parts, but rather one big, interconnected system. I've been asking my thumb to do it all when it should be a full body experience. Its so simple but so powerful! My mind is blown! Thank you!!!

[@captainu.s.a.7980]

Man,I was'nt stuggling.I was getting a cramping feeling.I am older .This is a great tip for anybody.Thanks for sharing the tip...

[@dankersaur]

Don’t worry man i’m 17 and get the cramping feeling

[@LateBloomerMedia]

32 and cramp up as well! ​@@dankersaur

[@ec1204]

I have been trying for months and this video was a massive help

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

This makes me happy :)

[@timoothy606]

My gwaaadd!!! This is what i was lacking.. thanks alot i think i have come one step closer to master the barre chords perfectly ❤

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

yeaaaaaah! keep it goin :) so glad this helped

[@RetirededKat]

Holy. Shit. I can play Littleroot Town now without muting the hopo sections. You sir are a saint!

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Nice job :) You're Welcome!

[@sbeasley1120]

I've been playing for 30 years and I never knew this and I've always hated Barre Chords, now this is so easy. Thank you.

[@johnkerplunk39]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS THE BEST GUITAR VID ADVICE I GOT SO FAR, it’s hard because you can never tell people are doing this by just watching vids

[@technogrills9209]

bro randomly came into my feed and i can already play barre chords without pain...Man i love internet

[@biggiebigs4442]

This was actually insane thank you

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Sweet! Glad you find it useful :)

[@lilvince9647]

Great tip to make everything you play sound sharp 😂

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Haha yes, why tune to a different frequency when you can get there organically 🤣

[@christianelias8116]

Dude this saved me so much time thank you SO much! W

[@nadia02]

This is amazing. Thank you so much for the most helpful video I have ever seen during my whole KZbin watching career

[@Jenoah]

It actually felt easy and not life threatening after using this tip haha , thank you !

[@kpdelaney6460]

Saved me from getting carpal tunnel thank you!!!

[@frybread002_3]

So that's why every great gutairist is shredded. Whoa!

[@frankeinstein5564]

You forgot to tell people this technique requires a bit of finesse. If you pull your guitar like that you make the neck bend backwars which will make your chord go sharp depending how much u pull. Sometimes you see some guitarists do it as a vibrato effect by pulling on the neck. So the advice I could give is to practice to do this technique with the least amount of effort to make the barre chord ring out nicely. That will be the point where you dont pull too hard but still can make the chord sound clean.

[@TheNightstalker80]

People who can't play a barre chord probably don't even notice that lol.

[@nobodiez]

That’s sick , I immediately felt it and was🤯

[@biswasronit]

Very useful, we only learnt it the hard way

[@NA44221]

BEST tip I've heared! instantly helped a lot. Thank you.

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Great to hear!

[@oldollie]

For years I though it was "bar chord" because the index finger made a "bar" behind the fret. Only much later did I learn it was "Barre chord."

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

haha I was the same!

[@thomasericksonhufana2425]

Thank for teaching me. Im been struggling for years

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

ah you're welcome, glad this has helped :)

[@roddiemacinnis7050]

I've been trying to learn for the longest time and no one ever taught me this INSTANTLY after this I got clear sound out of my barre chord THANK YOU

[@hansmann5776]

You are awesome , saved my hours😊

[@lofifeelingsofficial]

This is game changer man... Thank you so so much... This was magical !!!!!!!!!

[@dimitriostheodorides1580]

Pressin the tom 😂😂

[@ZeMovinPixxle]

if theres someone to teach me barchords, its gonna be an irishman

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

cheers!☘️

[@lemoanfr]

I've been playing for 6 years and i didn't know that i was playing barre chords wrong until now, Thank you so much!!

[@zayschosen]

This helped me INSTANTLY

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Great to hear!!

[@sautante]

omg this is magic

[@Absentave]

This literally changed everything for me! So simple and so effective, thank you so much!

[@Suman]

That's it. That solved it. Thank you.

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Glad it helped

[@Ranak_141]

Omg! I can instantly see improvement thanks.

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Brill! Glad you got it working!

[@goldenglowladore3842]

Thanks!!!

[@sonyankonda]

Omg! I have never played it till this video! You’re a saint😭😩

[@nim.a1218]

Wow man thank you so much

[@mazharkhadri5408]

Thank you, will definitely try this. Much appreciated 😊👍

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

sweeeet!

[@CavyWheek]

I have been playing guitar off and on for 37 years and never learned this. In a one-minute video you changed my playing forever. Thanks!!😊

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

You're so welcome William, Thanks for commenting!!

[@dazknight9326]

Cool. Thanks. 😊

[@Alyssa_The_Weird0]

Dude, thank you so so so much, I’ve been trying to play a barre chord for like, 3 weeks. I finally got it.

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Wow 3 weeks, awesome job on sticking it out :)

[@user-wv5vt5kz1q]

Brilliant!!! THANK YOU!!

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

so welcome!

[@robertomigueld.perfinian7599]

BRO TYSM THIS VIDEO MADE MY FIRST EVER BARRE CORD SOUND SO NICE TY

[@tonykelpie]

Making sure that the clearance of the strings from the fretboard is not too high is a great help. (Some people call this the ‘action’). Don’t buy a guitar if it is too high; if you do have one then carefully filing the piece that holds the strings away from the fretboard can help

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

love it, thanks for sharing!

[@veevoo7340]

I am really Thankful for this information.🙏🙏🙏

[@mandarth9951]

Thank you very much my guy

[@niveditasenapati860]

Thank u soo much it's been a month i am struggling to learn barr chords but there was no progress but after this watching this video i isantly able to play ❤

[@rusty-ole-boomstick1268]

Opposing pressure! I like it!!

[@JacobWrestledGod]

Been very casually playing gcde for years after giving up on barre chords, this simple tip sure is going to help

[@zazzyzzz]

thanks

[@FreshMntAir]

Appreciate these details, thank you.👍

[@williamf3988]

Good suggestion. Another would be to play fewer strings. If you're playing the E shape barre just play the top 5 strings. Trick question: how many G notes do you need to make a G chord? 2 are probably plenty. Better yet, triads are a better option. It all depends on the sound you're trying to get

[@Froggobuttercup2923]

Me n my short fingers could never-💀👌

[@Ariyan_1100]

Thanks for your knowledge

[@smith899]

I can hardly wait to try this!

[@anneschmidt3722]

Thank you so much. I have struggled a lot becaue of small hand etc. But because of your tip the sound improved a lot

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

thats great to know, thanks!

[@daviddemastus]

Misunderstood the assignment and tore the neck off my guitar.

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Omg

[@PR-BEACHBOY]

It’s the small quick tip that I find most useful and helpful! Thanks! Have a pint of Guinness on me!

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Cheers!!

[@little_me12]

Thank you so much i needed thisss😀😀😀

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

No problem 😊

[@quangtruongnguyen4267]

Thank you so much, I have been struggling with barre chord for weeks but now i can play it😊

[@zeltyzooms]

THANK YOY SO MUCH

[@sagecollins6131]

Thanks so much! This fixed my muted 2nd and 3rd strings (not doing a normal major or minor bar chord).

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

great great, thanks for sharing that!

[@juliodefreitas157]

Absolutely awesome ❤️ ❤

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@JoFoShowz]

Thank you brother I was about to give up on the barre Chord and this was my Issue

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Glad I could help! Keep us posted how its goin

[@eoinodunlaing4391]

Brilliant!

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

cheers eoin!

[@funruh3481]

Great tip! Thank you!

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

welcome!!

[@e.creates1200]

this is actually helpful af

[@GoofballDyl]

JAW DROPPED LMAO THANK YOU INTERNET MAN

[@StoicScape219]

For me it’s harder to play barre cords because the middle strings don’t vibrate unless I have other fingers on the frets up further from my Barr finger. Like barre A cord is harder than a B barre

[@kabirtamboli9765]

Wow. THIS JUST WORKED. I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR SO PONG THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@Kxustyyyy.]

YOOOOO BRRROOOOO THAAANKK YOUUU SOOOO MUCCHHH

[@antoniooliveira4100]

Nice tip. Thanks!

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

No problem!

[@nicoleugenti950]

I cannot believe how instantly this worked for me. Thank you!

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

sweeeeet!

[@marksgameoflife8446]

Nice very effective tip!👏

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@harrydiaz3223]

I spent all day working on my barre exercises from a 17-minute video on KZbin. Still could not make them sound right. Not once was this technique mentioned! Thanks for the lesson! Instant fix.

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

It makes my day seeing comments like this! So glad you got it working :) And yeah short lessons don't solve everything but there's definitely a lot of guitar problems that can be fixed in less than a minute, without 17 minutes of "like, subscribe, follow" etc etc.

[@Souhridartsstudio]

Wow, this actually works!!

[@triffen7174]

Dude massive help thank you

[@KennyBerwager]

Thanks for the practical help, I seem to always press so hard that my thumb cramps up. I can’t seem to fix the issue.

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

I'm gonna be diving deep on barre chords soon Kenny, hop into my free community (link in profile) if you wanna keep updated!

[@LazarsFish]

Bro thank youuuu

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

You're Welcome!

[@RastaMonn]

As i'm listening to this my numb thumb cries in joy 😊 thanks 👍

[@raymoraV2]

Thanks lad this helped a lot

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Glad it helped you Ray!

[@toastsenpai3919]

As a beginner who struggles with barre chords this helped a TON, thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

You are so welcome!

[@338mag]

Great tip!

[@Recordorama]

For years ive either figured out a different way to play songs, or avoided them completely because of how much my hand cramps up from playing barre chords, im hoping this can change that, thanks for the help

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Yeah I hear ya, here are 3 more things that could help your hand cramps: 1. Use lighter strings to begin (10 gauge) 2. Learn the G major barre chord first 3. Put a capo on the 1st fret to add some extra pushing onto the strings.. ..then do this video exercise, and piece by piece work on it, remove the capo when you feel ok to do so. These will help build small wins but build up bigger belief. You got this. Get on it and drop me an email at [e-mail] in 30 days to let me know your progress. You got this!

[@jorgejorge8878]

I've played guitar form 25+ years. I didn't know this!!!

[@trevorcrosby2807]

Wow! You just made a HUGE difference

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

sweeeeeet! glad it helped

[@wisperiahysteria]

i gasped

[@2killnspray9]

Simple tip but very useful

[@user-xk8wk7ik1x]

bros a GENIUS

[@siddharthgollapudi07]

It worked instantly. How can i thank you brother. A humble sub is all i could do. Many thanks once again 😊

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Ah great great, I'm so happy it worked for you :)

[@fajriahmad9220]

this is very useful thank you bro

[@armyant9163]

Thanks big guy.

[@Tom-mo2dr]

Nice ! Thanks !

[@user-nk5sg7ob5q]

i don't know about others but i cant believe i just played a baar chord

[@mjphilipp66]

Brooo boy am I glad I searched this! Two years of playing and skipping barre chords because of a screwed up ring finger… the elbow move just totally got my hand in a position where I can now be mediocre at barre chords too!!!

[@Maggie-theworkisplay]

Thank you!!!

[@TheSchoolOfGuitar]

You're Welcome Maggie!