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Jul 12 2012 01:36pm
wheres the best place to start?

i know quite afew basic chords however i stuggle at barring a chord ( where you put your finger over )

advice appreciated !
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Jul 12 2012 02:08pm
you'll get it eventually. it just takes a while for your fingers to get used to it and strengthen up

practice first by barring higher frets. the frets are closer together and easier to press down. work your way down to the barred F chord of the low E string. if you can get that, you're basically set
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Jul 12 2012 06:02pm
what he said, it comes with time....

but if you are really concerned you should find songs that use alot of bar chords.

this one helped me alot:

Intro
-------|-------------|---------------|-1-----------|
-------|-------3-3---|-5-5-5---------|-3-----3-3---|
-----2-|-------3-3---|-5-5-5-2-----2-|-2-----3-3---|
-----0-|-0---3-3-3---|-5-5-5-0-----0-|-----3-3-3---|
-0-3---|---3-1-1-1-3-|-3-3-3---0-3---|---3-1-1-1-x-|
-------|-------------|---------------|-------------|


---------------|-1-1---------|--------|
-5-------------|-3-3---------|--------|
-5-----2-------|-2-2---------|--------|
-5---5-0-----0-|-0-0-x-3-3-3^|5-5-5-7-|
-3-0-3---0-3---|-------1-1-1^|3-3-3-5-|
---------------|-------------|--------|


it will help soften up your hands to using your ring finger to barre as well for those 5th string ones.


could also try something like D - > Em -> Bm - > g and repeat. will get you into the habit of switching to it from other chords etc,

/e with those songs where you barre with your ring finger like that your finger will probably also hurt for awhile like practicing pulloffs or bends or anything else :P

dont get hung on up on it though, it takes a long time, longer than most people have patience for so do something else when your hands get tired or whatever, there are lots of important fingerings that dont take months of stengthening to get too..

x3321x -F
320033 -G
332010 -C/G
20023x -D/F#
x2313x -dim fingering
x2122x -9chords

etc etc, should make an effort to learn each of them.


This post was edited by blunderwonder2 on Jul 12 2012 06:08pm
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Jul 13 2012 02:19am
This will help if you learn this song



www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwAw9ThDQmk

This will really help with chord changes, finger dexterity, and a straight up awesome song ^_^
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