Barre Chord Finger Strength Exercises

[@TomasMichaud]

I have more help with barre chords in my free Ultimate Guide: www.tomasmichaud.com/bar-chords-suck/

[@CliveBorgComposer]

Hi Tomas, your barre exercises are great when I'm only playing the barre, but don't explain how to play the barre and additional notes, such as those on the third and fifth strings for the infamous F7 chord. Have you any advice how to play the barre on the first fret and the additional notes on the second and third frets without losing the finger pressure on the barre?

[@sheenacollum7212]

I’m not seeing a response to this question. I’m curious about this too. I understand the concept of building strength, but when beginning to stretch the hand to hit other notes on different frets along with barring, is there an efficient transition method to building the strength to maneuvering that?

[@jamesnye9372]

I've gone through many barre chord tutorials. Even just had a lesson where my guitar teacher discussed them. And NO ONE explicitly pointed out the muscle you need to flex to make them happen. As soon as you pointed that out, my learning went through the roof just in the last hour. I now know what I need to develop and it's happening. So thank you for being a great instructor that builds fundamentals.

[@JenniferShipleyArt]

Thomas. Thank u. I am attempting to pick the guitar back up after three years of not playing due to a bad car accident. I have stenosis in my spine and my hands go numb. I’ve lost a lot of strength and coordination and I’m getting so frustrated literally to the point of tears, not just from the guitar, but it also caused a hiatal hernia which is interfering with my diaphragm so i get winded when i sing. I have been feeling very discouraged. This was the pep talk i needed, besides just being really helpful. I will break it down and take it slow doing your exercises a few times a day and work my way back up. Your voice and attitude are so cheerful and encouraging. Thank you. It really was exactly what i needed.

[@TomasMichaud]

I'm glad I could help Jennifer. We all need a pep talk once in a while.

[@JenniferShipleyArt]

@@TomasMichaud Thank you so much, Tomas. I will stick with it. :D

[@colleenlamantia1183]

🙏🙏🙏

[@YenTien]

This is like the maginifier of your barre chord fundamentals. In my case, I was like "well? what could this easy execise do to me?" and then it almost felt brutally honest when every exercise revealed parts that I did terribly bad which I had never noticed. Thanks, Tomas :)

[@misscecilyband]

This is great thankyou, I just realised this morning that what holds me back in my playing better is my hands hurt quite quickly after playing bars and partial bars so I looked for some exercises and these make total sense. I'm going to try them for a month and let you know how I go!

[@EdindroWhitehall]

I started trying to do this with the full f major chord then realised i didn't have the strength i thought i did when moving to F minor. The G string wouldn't ring out. Doing these exercises with just the barre is essential. You're great!

[@anitazuck]

Thanks. I've been avoiding improving my barre chords for fifty years. Thanks for helping me face the music and finally improve!

[@TomasMichaud]

Happy to help!

[@adinomadi]

over 20 years of ignoring A shaped bar chords and I now have a pinky and 3rd finger technique, Thanks!

[@TomasMichaud]

You're welcome Adam.

[@masefudogg]

The energy and editing of your teaching makes for learning all the better. Thank you, I can’t wait to be barring chords like a olympic weight lifter

[@TomasMichaud]

Go for it :)

[@darkspace655]

This is one of the best youtube channel that i have been recommended

[@mayonnaisegayaf]

Just what I was looking for ❤️

[@TomasMichaud]

Cool! Glad I could help Gojou!

[@abelgonzalez4462]

Thanks Thomas will Do.

[@MrGmooney]

Good man your self Tomas, excellent teacher, I know a good teacher when I see one, I have been teaching now for almost 50 years.

[@petarmirkovic6514]

I so believe in this practice method, even though its my first day. Thanks a lot!

[@TomasMichaud]

You got this!

[@nomadicexplorers]

This is perfectly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@TomasMichaud]

Glad it was helpful Waylon!

[@upsidedownchris]

Awesome!!! This is the biggest help!!! ❤Thanks

[@MistakenAcorn]

A tiny tip I just noticed for boney fingers. When your index finger cant quite squeeze a string or two for the full bar, you can kinda push or pull or finger back and forth. Itll feel like your trying to roll/ a pencil or straw up and down your fingers (like 🤌 -🫰) really fast but with the guitar neck/strings. Hope this helps 🤷‍♂️

[@deanvaughan6900]

Wow cool man, thanks I'll be working on it

[@justice9813]

Thank you Thomas, this exercise was well explained.

[@TomasMichaud]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rahuldeshpande3516]

This is amazing! Thank you for creating this video!

[@moodywoood]

Thanks for the video it's really helpful 👍

[@TomasMichaud]

No problem 👍

[@nicolen.9642]

Persistent is the key. And smoothly too. One step at a time. Thanks Tomas 🎶🎶🎶

[@TomasMichaud]

I agree Nicole.

[@cashew785]

I'm new at guitar and and bar chords are hell I just hope I can keep on practicing them

[@ketanparikh4794]

Ur alwys my mentor as i learned from u basic chords playing and helped me lot

[@TomasMichaud]

Thanks, Ketan. I'm glad I can help you play guitar.

[@estherteichert]

This is exactly the video that I needed! Clear, concise, and applicable. Thank you so much!

[@TomasMichaud]

You're very welcome, Esther. I'm glad I could help.

[@trqhbib]

At 70+ learning guitar is frustrating at best. Barre chords are from another universe. However, Tomas you were full of good advise and your delivery energy even better. Loved it. I will work on it. Any advise on how to build strength in my left pinky. It’s soft, wont curl and bends/flops so its really hard to hold down a note.

[@jimsayles7394]

Hey, I have the same problem with the lame pinky and this video really helped: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3moZ6msftKlqdU

[@rogelioordonez777]

Great video, great exercises

[@happiness9502]

Thanks sir, for sharing your hard earned guitar experience ... I learn a lot from your videos...

[@connerburns3551]

Thanks so much Tomas. VERY helpful!!

[@danbromberg]

Any thoughts on barring an A chord-shape using just the index (barre) and the ring finger (on the 2nd,3rd, and 4th strings)?

[@royals1833]

Quick question. What should I do if, say on exercise 2, I can't get notes on the G and B strings to ring clear when plucking one by one? Do I adjust my finger to get the note correct (and lose the barre across all strings) or do I just keep practicing until eventually I get it? I have short fat fingers and I just can't get individual notes to sound clear when barring all of them. Any help would be much appreciated.

[@tylergamebattles]

Thanks! Just doing the exercising along with you, and my finger is already toast.

[@TomasMichaud]

You got this!

[@thomasneeley4273]

Good job

[@TomasMichaud]

Thanks Thomas!

[@RajeshRajesh-ij3rl]

Sir Good lesson to frostrators 🙏

[@TomasMichaud]

So nice of you

[@davidchaplin2570]

Thanks !!

[@TomasMichaud]

You're very welcome David.

[@iowalks]

I have an arch in my finger I need to stiffen up fast

[@pravatsubba2350]

Thanks... ❤

[@TomasMichaud]

You're welcome Pravat.

[@sheenacollum7212]

Are you using your middle finger to assist your index finger in these exercises?

[@sunbeansnflowersluv]

When I bar across all strings I can't get the B and G down to get good sound

[@ahmki52298]

This makes me feel better about not being able too Barre all 6 strings 😂

[@Guitarprincess284]

5th string barre chords I found easier than 6 th string barre chords.