How To Easily Play Barre Chords Without Pain & Buzzing - [Complete Guide]
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- 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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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.
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🙌🏻 Thanks Justin!
oh. i thought the pain you were referring to was existential. this is good too
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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
Wow, just managed to get the B string to ring out when barring the first fret... Progress! Tilt guitar, straighten neck and drop the wrist was all it took. Still got a way to go but feels like progress, thank you so much 🙏
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.
Yes! Lots of transferable skills!
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Super helpful!! Loved the macro and pro tips at the end... Thanks Jack!
Thank you for the tips!
Excellent tipps. Thanks a lot.
Thank you! This helps so much!
Thank you for all the detail!! Very informative! I subscribed to your channel!
I loved how you mentioned every little details and not just the basic
Fabulous really helped me out tips are brilliant 👍
This is great! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing
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.
thank you! it helped me so much
Thank you for the great video, it helped!
This is actually working. I started playing guitar 2 years ago and i was struggling with some barre chords but this video is really useful. Thanks!
Very good lesson! Thank you!!
Thanks it was practical and helpful
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.
Thank you for this! Open tuning chords are about to get more comfortable. Cheers from Canada!
Good lesson for me as beginner! Thanks! Now shall try it with barre chords!
Thank you I’ll definitely be trying the tips you’ve demonstrated here✌️🇬🇧🇯🇲
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 chords.....well, 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.
Great tips!!
loved it ☺️
The thumb advice was exactly my problem! Tysm, had to go through like 5 videos before yours 🙏
Really helpful lesson and taught me better than the bigger channels. I hope your channel grows, thanks.
Thank you! The channel is still fairly new, but yes, I try to be as beneficial as possible to the learner and pack as much as I can in the shortest time possible!
Enjoy and let me know if you need help in anything!
good detailed video thanks..
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
Awesome!
Great video on Barre Chords. I've been struggling with these and these tips will surely help. Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful ..thank you soo much sir
You're welcome Mayur!
you have no idea how much this helped me. Thankyou so much!
I'm so glad!
Thank you.
This is the most complete video I have ever seen about this particular issue.
I'm glad it helped Jose!
AMAZING
Jack:
Thank you so much for making and posting this video. I have been struggling with Barre chords and am now making progress. BTW, coffee is my beverage of choice!
Very nice look at the Macro postions of posture and arm movement!
really really helpful ... thank you !!!
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This is very informative and I will refer back to help correct this.
For me, its about just consistently trying to correct this. I'm not sure if it's affecting my playing bar chords, but I'm double jointed on both thumbs. So they both can easily bend back more than most. But my music teacher also use to suggested raising left foot and resting on left leg, over 15 years btw.
Also I come from drums as my main instrument and only a few years ago during the start of pandemic learning bass properly. But this has all helped transition over effectively.
the #17 was the missing one for me, game changer ! thanks for the tips man !
Invaluable plethora of simple techniques to elevate your sessions. Well put together and easy to follow. Saved to my music chords playlist and a daily practice. Thank you for sharing. My favourite drink is coffee ☕️ too, which I’m enjoying right now watching and practicing barre chords. 🎸 🎼 ✅
Rock on!
You're an excellent Teacher sirr, thank youu
Thank you! 😃
this is great thank you so much
Enjoy!
Excellent Jack! I've been struggling with a B7 sus 4 barre chord in Carcassi's Etude #3 and thanks to you I I finally got it. Sometimes the smallest things can bring so much joy- thank you.
Oh yes, black coffee...
That makes me really happy to know! Good job my friend.
Thank you for this video. After watching I’m finding this easier.
I'm so glad it helped Ellen!
These tips were extremely helpful and I'm not even done with the video yet. Those posture tips are gonna be helpful forever.
Awesome to hear ✌🏻
Excellent Tips. Thanks a lot 🙏
Most welcome!
Thank you
This helped a lot. ty
Glad it did!
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!
Glad it was helpful Pablo!
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.
Hey Ted! nice seeing you here. Barre chords need time, if you're very new to this give it a month or 2 and it'll work. In the meantime play Fmaj7 instead of F 😉
Thank you Jack. I just watched and followed along and yes, it made a difference. Thanks. And 1985, I remember that like it was yesterday.
Right on!
Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed!
I have been having a hard time with the barre chord and having to squeeze too hard with the thumb to get it to sound right but I think you solved my problem with the foot stool, the capo, and the weight of the arm pulling down. Thank you!!
Rolling the index finget works. Thank you!
it sure does! glad it worked!
I still find trouble on curling my knuckles (3 months of guitar practice) but everything was great. I did get lucky with a few really nice sounding barre chords
yoooooo😀😀 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
Thank you Chris Jules, I'm glad it helped!! God bless you too.
Great video,will try some of your tips with a cigar box guitar,classical stance looks good for me
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Thanks - this helped snap me out of some bad habits I’ve been developing.
awesome :D
Watched 3 tutorials. Still muted. Still pain.
Watched your tutorial: immediately vibrant sounds. Thanks for the thorough help.
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I never leave a comment.. but this video really helped me ..ive watched so many videos but this one was actually very helpful ..thank you bro
I'm really happy it managed to help you! Thanks for taking the time to let me know ✌🏻
Which tip(s) helped you the most?
@@GuitarElevation The push pull tip was amazing..i had actually fractured my left arm because of which i have two metal plates in my wrist..and for barring i kept on squeezing my left hand which became very painful for me...ur tip really helped..thanks again😊
@@harshitshangvi444 Awesome! I had to learn this trick on my own, early on! Sorry about the fracture though.
Helped me man
Really helpful
Glad it did Suma!!
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! 😁
I appreciate your concise summary. Copying it.😊
Thanks👍👍👍👍👍
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putting my finger right on the fret (Tip #13) was the most important one for me! Still have some slight buzz but MUCH better. Should be closer to first lol.
Great video! So practical and usefull! The tension and pain in the left wrist is a problem for me also... so called 'gorilla grip'... great explanation and tips to understand what is wrong and make it better!
Right on! Glad it helped
I've had a problem lately that's hard to explain. I use classical position normally and I've been experiencing an issue related to the physiology of my fingers. When I play a c major chord shape and bar with my first finger, my ring finger turns towards my middle finger quite sharply. What ends up happening is as I hold the shape is that my ring finger forces its way back no matter how I position myself. I've been struggling with it for hours and I don't understand what I could be doing to fix it because I'm literally incapable of moving my finger forward. This results in major buzzing and/or muting. Is there something I should be doing be doing I am not?
Elevated neck, drop wrist.. pure magic! Chords now ring clean. Still slow on getting to the shape, but that's just practice.
Glad it helped Sebastian!!
This is fantastic. The only thing is, I still can't apply enough pressure to get a decent sound out of the B string. EDIT: Actually, I think I'm getting. Pulling with the arm. That makes such a huge difference and makes such sense. Thank you.
Thank you, I began to struggle again, after thinking I had got it, so this was very helpful, I’m off to have a tea with honey! :)
Haha awesome Frank!! Enjoy your tea 🍵
My fingers have huge joints but are very skinny between the joints. I feel like I just can’t get rid of the thud that comes from the middle strings because of that.
Watched this 3 times already
Glad you found it helpful!
I see the benefits. But struggling.. am guessing bad habits making it hard to hold posture and find fret positions🙈. Wish I had seen this earlier. Thank you.
Mmm...coffee. Thanx for the vid.
Any time!
Thank you, great video. Another question. How can I increase the power in my left hand when I do the bar because I lose power and the sound becomes cacophony.
If you're new to guitar or bar chords in general it's normal for the hand to be weak for that particular hand posture. It should get better with time. If it's not getting better then you must be doing something wrong. So monitor this for a while!
@@GuitarElevation thank you so much and have a nice day
Thank you brother. Very well put. All tips worked for me and I'll keep practicing. My favorite beverage is black coffee. :) You'll soon reach 1k subs, hopefully. I liked and subscribed to support you. All the best, keep it going. (BTW there is a song "Makedonsko Devojce" by Vlatko Stefanovski , that I would love to learn to play but could never break it down and learn it because I am an amateur player...but if you could help me with that and make a brief lesson on how to play that song, I would be very thankful because my girlfriend is Macedonian and I would love to play it for her. Thank you :)
You have the tabs/chords but you're not able to play it?
It could be that you need someone to guide you through the practice/training process or it could be that it IS actually hard for you to play at this stage.
I'll suppose it's the first! Email me a recording of you trying to play it + the tabs/chords you're using + the original audio/song you're trying to play. And if there are quick fixes we can do I'll definitely help you. If it's too advanced for your current level it might not make sense to work on it at this point, but later on, on your guitar journey!
Here's my email: jack@guitarelevation.com
nice
Hères one for you . Broken my left thumb many years ago , so playing barre chords can be painful to me.
how do you keep your thumb straight while pressing the bar chord with your index? My thumb will inevitably curl outward and try to press with the bony part of the thumb joint
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I can play barre chords very well, but it seems no matter what I do my thumb hurts even when i don't use it. I followed all these tips and they don't seem to be helping very much. I'm not sure if you know any other resources I can use? thanks very informative video
You might have a tension problem that is not related to barre chords only. It's better if you can have someone take a look at it. A professional teacher preferably. You might even have a thumb problem that is not related to the guitar if it hurts you all the time even if you're not playing. I don't want to assume things, but it's better if you follow up with that. I wish you the best!
Thanks man! 4 out of 6 strings are still muted 😄
note guys: if its still buzzing, don’t worry, it’ll get better over time, yes it’s annoying but soon your hands will get used to the guitar and the pain and it will make a clear sound, you can’t get better instantly
I'm still having problems with the muffling once I add the first finger. I have short fat fingers with big palms, my span from thumb to pink is 8". short pinky. still working on it not giving up.
life saver! im trying to learn lemon boy by cavetown, which includes this chord!
AWESOME! Yes you have around 4 barre chords in there. Gotta build those finger muscles up ;)!
The biggest issue I have is getting the B string not to buzz, it usually is where my knuckle bends and therefore there isn't enough pressure on the string. If I move my pointer finger more upwards the space under the bend is raised even more and if I move my finger a little lower it won't reach the low E string. Maybe its just an issue of my finger size.
Classical position was only way for me to get there
Thank you for creating this lesson, you are a good teacher. I am unfortunately still struggling after all of your tips, after practicing for months.
I can never get enough pressure on the barre without my thumb, even when I'm pulling back with my fretting arm and counteracting with my strumming arm.
I find myself squeezing my strumming arm down so hard on the body of the guitar that I'm slipping out of (classical) position.
I've rolled my index finger back, brought it right up to the fret strip, with my elbow tucked, etc.
I'm doing everything that you talked about in the video, but I'm still struggling.
Any advice?
I'm really sorry to hear...
But it means that you have to seek help from someone and you need to get personal feedback instead of trying to do it on your own.
If you'd like, you can check out my full complete Barre chord course, in which my team and I offer 1-on-1 support and will look into what's going on and help you fix the issues.
Check it out here: www.jhguitarschool.com/barre-chords
@@GuitarElevation I appreciate your honesty, and you're probably right. I will seek some in-person guidance from another guitarist, but I'll consider your course for the future!
@@discover2995 Yes definitely seek guidance! The solution might be very simple when someone else can assess what's going wrong! All the best!
All major scale formula easy step plz
Hey Prabin! Can you rephrase please?
from bangladesh
Welcome!
It’s the A shape barre I really struggle with
Beware of dropping the wrist too much. It can cause a serious injury. Especially while playing F-G chords.
i’m still getting buzzing and pain, am i not doing it correctly :(
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