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How hard are bar chords? A common enough question but I do think that playing bar chords is made harder by how we start to learn to play from day one. We know that when playing bar chords based on the E or Am shapes (for example) we have to change the fingers that we use to play the chords. So not only do have to start using our 1st finger as the bar we have to learn how to play the chords all over again.
I am asked to give advice to people on learning to play and one thing I laways tell people is to learn the 2 seperate fingerings for those chords (and others) that will make up bar chordshapes. I tell them that it will make progression to bar chords easier when they want to do it. I wish someone had told me that 20 years ago!
Any comments?
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Does anyone know the tuning that Eric used on this song which he did slide method?
Thanks
I suppose that I play something like 20 hours per week. I can tell when my strings need changing because the sound because dull and volume is lost. I change mine every month and i buy 5 sets at once online at £20. Not exactly a major expence if you want to sound good (as good as you can anyway!).
Kahuna wrote:Playing barre on an acoustic is also more difficult than on an electric one. Make sure that your acoustic is set up correctly (ie. stings' distance to fretboard, string size, etc.) If you can master the barre on an acoustic, it will be a breeze on an electric.
Again, strengthen your hand with a tennis ball or hand exerciser and practice every day!
After years with no real success with barre chords (I just gave up trying) I had the action on my guitar reduced (by an expert - don't do it yourself!). A wonderful result!
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