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1. Welcome: Hello, guys. My
name is Gabri Felix and welcome to my new course. Scorsw is developed
for beginners, and the main goal is to teach
you how to play bow chords. I'm not going to teach
you boring internships. You will learn bar
chords with exercise, with examples, and, of course, professional shortcuts
especially for you. You'll find lessons about how to build your finger
strength for ball chords. The most common
bar chord shapes, how to transition smoothly
to open and bar chords. Bar chart has movable shapes, chips to avoid buzzing
and muffling notes. Actor exercise to develop chorus and precise on instrument,
and much more. I hope you enjoy my
tricks and shortcuts. See you in lesson
number one. Bye bye.
2. Make sure your guitar is properly set up to make playing barre chords easier: Bar chords can be
challenging for beginners. But sometimes the difficult is not just about a technique. It can also come from
your guitar itself. A ply set top, electric or acoustic guitar
can make it pressing down all the strings much harder
than it needs to be, especially when forming full
bar chords like this one. Just check the action
of your strings, the height of the strings
from the fret board. If the strings are too high, you need to apply more pressure. It can cause fingers fatigue and leads to buzzing
or muting notes. Like, for example,
You sound really. Really strange, isn't it? Also, make sure your
neck is straight. The net slots are properly cut and your threats are level. Even the string gooche matters. Larger strings are
easy to press down, especially when you are
still being finger strength. If you aren't sure how to check
or adjust these elements, consider taking your guitar to a local technique for
professional setup. How else attack guitar
makes all the difference. It'll be much more easier
to play the bar chord.
3. How to build finger strength for Barre Chords: Chords correctly. You need
to play multiple strings simultaneously using
just one finger like this chord right here, this C chord. Check this out. As you can see this chord, I'm pressing strings
number four, three, two, all together
with just one finger. This is a great example
of what chord is C major. But my shortcut for you guys is start practicing partial bars. Try bar just two or
three strings before working up for all the strings that is necessary to
play the entire chord. It helps the muscle
adapt gradually. Simple grip strength exercise like squeezing a tennis ball or using a finger exerciser
can also help off the guitar. On the guitar, focus on
low uncontrolled pressure. Place your finger
just behind the fret and press only as hard as
needed to get a clean sound. Also, spend a few minutes
per day holding bore shapes. This is a great exercise. Like the F major guitar
shape. That is this one. This is a great
exercise if you are not suiting chords
at the moment. So be patient. It takes time for our fingers gain
strength and coordination. If you daily practice
proper technique, bore chords will feel much
more natural and easier.
4. Tips to avoid buzzing and muffled notes in barre chords: Buzzing and uffing notes are common issues when we
talk about bore cords. Here are some tips to help
you out. Finger placement. Make sure your index finger is placed just behind the fret, not on top of it
or chew far back. This helps you get a strong
connection with less effort. Next short cut is use
the side of your finger. Stead of lay your finger completely flat,
roll it slightly. So you pressure
with the bone edge. Like this example. So instead of this, you play like this. As you can see, will be easy to play bar chords
instead of like this. This is the wrong way, and this is the correct way. It's gonna be easier.
Next shortcut is apply even pressure. Press down with enough force to get all the strings ringing, but not so much to get
your hands tensed. Folks, use your thumb behind the neck to
do this pressure. Your thumb will help you
to support the cord to support the cord shape and
play the correct position. Check the thumb position. Your thumb should be behind the neck, roughly in the middle. Don't let it creep over
the top or drop too low. This weakens your grip. Adjust your wristly angle. Lowering your wristle light
can help you apply pressure more faculty and keep your fingers arched in
the right position. Start higher on the neck. Yes. Bar chords are going to be easier if you play on
a string on the frets, number seven, nine, and five. Okay, so start with
these three frets, and then you can move forward to fret number one, that
is the hardest one. Or fret number three,
that's hard to ask. Well, you can invite your study, for example, in the first week, play bar chords in
the frat number ten, nine, eight, and seven. Then the second week, just
seven, six, and five. And then you go to 43, two, and one fret. Okay? This is going to be a very
nice step by step for you to improve gradually
how to play bar chords.
5. Exercises to play barre chords with greater accuracy and precision: Very nice exercise to pret bar chords is to choose strings
number two and three, and play and open like this. This is the sound
of open string. Then, you take your
finger number one, your index finger and play a bar a kind of
bar chord, right? In the frap number ten, pressing only strings
number two and three. So this is the sound
that you want. And, of course,
you're going to play these strings number
two and three. You need to listen the notes correctly without
buzzing like this. Do this. Okay? So this exercise is going to work your
curse on the instrument. So let's try again. After
you play like this, okay angle your finger,
this is very important. You index finger. You're gonna play the two notes together. It's important to sound,
perfectly clean, okay? After this step in
the fret number ten, you're gonna play
the same thing. In the frat number nine, so
play the notes separately, and then everything together. You need to repeat this
in every single fret. This exercise takes
time and effort, but it's a great
exercise to develop this skill,tchnique of
playing ball chords. You're going to play this
with your finger number one until the fret number one. Okay? So ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. If it sounds easy for you, you should try
something harder on a string number three and four, but it sounds difficult. It looks difficult for you. Try strings number one, okay? You can repeat this in every single group of
strings you want, right? Let's try this exercise
once and again, but this time with your
finger number three. Most of the case,
you're going to play the ball chords with
finger number one, entry. Okay? That's why it's
so important to train. You can train all the fingers, but these two fingers are
the most important ones. Let's try together. You know the drill. Just play
the notes, the frat number. Uh ten on the string
number two and three, so then play together. Let's try frat number nine. Let's try frat number eight. Fret number seven. Fra number six, frat
number five, four. Three, two, and
finally one. Oops. As you can see, frac number one is the most difficult one. That's why I encourage
all my students start to play this exercise in
the frac number ten. Now, let's come back
with our index finger and try strings number
three and four. Okay, so let's try strings
number three and four. Index finger, play the notes in Cord frac number
nine, frat number eight, frat number seven, six, five, four, three, two, and finally one. As you can see, I'm not
playing too strong. Okay? Of course, my
finger has some marks, but it's not too strong. The idea here is to play with precision
with a curss, right? That's why it's so important
to angle your finger and put your finger in the middle
of the fret board, okay? Avoid put too much
to the frets, okay? So try to just keep
in the middle angle. This shortcut is
gonna help a lot. Now, of course, time to breaks.
6. How to use a capo to simulate barre chords for easier practice: If you're struggling
with bar chords, consider use a capo. Keep is a great way to make
the learning process easier. A capo acts like
a temporary bar, clemping down all
the strings across the fret just like your index
finger does in a barchord. This allows you to focus
on learning the shape and form of bar chords without
needing to press hard. It's hard to do it. Let's say you have
a major chord. Frat number five. Okay, the regular one. So instead of play, this barcord you can put your
cable right here. The frat number five,
substituting your barchord. So instead of play this
barcod right here, you're going to play us
the other part, right. So it's going to look
like E mejorchord, but it actually will
sound like a major chord. The bar chord that you
can play like this without a capo or with the capo. As you can see, sounds the same. And the fun part
that you can do this with every single
chord you want. So you can take, for example, E minor right here in the fret number seven
on string number five, take off the bar part
and put your cap. As you can see, it will sound
exactly the same chord. Okay, so this is
a great shortcut. Let's take another example. Let's say we are playing E major right here
on top of your neck. You are playing with
open strings, right? So I can play the same E
major chord, but right here. But in this case, I will
sound like G major if I put my finger number one or
use the capo right here. Okay? So it's to you. Sometimes artists use the capo to make the playability
sound easier, especially when
playing live, right? And it's great if
you want to change the key of the song fast, you do, change the tuning
of your instrument. So to our beginner,
have a capo is a great shortcut to
play board chords, and interchange the tuning
of the songs quickly.
7. How to transition smoothly between open and barre chords: Have a great shortcut
to move between chords, open chords and bar chords. Check this out. If you want, let's say we have a
chord progression, a simple one D
minor and G major. Both of them, we have
bar chords, isn't it? So we need to put
our tumble finger behind the neck. Check this out. Mmm. Okay, so it's going
to be easier because you're even using the same
guitar shape, isn't it? So we just need to keep
your thumb behind the neck. But sometimes you need
to show more your thumb. He's going to move
a little bit more, especially when you use open
chords, regular chords. Let's try this other
chord progression. So A, C and G. Okay. In this case, when I play A, I gonna hide my thumb
finger behind the neck. And when I play C and G, I gonna show more
my thumb finger. Two, three, four. Mm shortcut is going to help you a lot, just because when you put your thumb finger behind the
fretboard behind the neck, you're gonna have more powerful, more strength to
play the bar chord. Okay, so you are a curse, who works much better. So remember about this detail. If you have a bar cord, a void
put your finger like this. A v show your fingers high, your finger behind the neck. And if you have a regular cord, you can show more your fingers
is not a problem at all. This is a very simple shortcut, but it's very useful when you start to play songs
and play fast. Okay? Try this at home. You're gonna think it later.
8. Barre chords are movable shapes: One of the great advantage of bar chords is that they
are movable shapes. This means once you
learn 1 bar chord shape, you can slide up or down the guitar neck and
play a different chord. That'll change the
fingering position. For example, a common
chord is major. You can play I
measure right here. Or if you want, you can play
right here in a higher art. In this example, I'm
going to use this one. I think it's going to be easier. So if you learn disc or shape, you can move down or up. So, for example, if I
follow the 12 nodes, if you play I
measure right here, and I go one half step higher, I will have the F core. If I play right here, F sharp, so one has step higher. But it can play in the
opposite way as well. So if I play E right
here once again, right? And I play right here,
frat number six, I'm gonna have D sharp,
frat number five. D and so on, following the 12 notes. And as you can see, I'm nothing
changed the guitar shape. The guitar shape still the same. This mobility allows
guitar players to play a wide variety of chords
with just a few hand shapes, making bar chords par for
too for playing songs. Study this step by step. I'll help you out in
several types of songs. Take a look in this exercise. The first bar chord
I want to teach you is on the string number five. So you can play this on the
electric or acoustic guitar, and this is going
to be the shape. Okay? You can play without
the bar chords like this, finger number two, three, and four or use the bar chords. Like this. Okay. In this case, you need to memorize
the guitar shape. The bar chords just
in my ring finger. My index finger is not
playing the bar chord. Okay? And you can play this
going up or going down. Okay, falling the 12 notes. So this is a D. If I go up, so I'm going to have C
sharp, C, and so on. If it goes down, you're
going to have the sharp, E, F, and so one. Another great shortcuts
on a string number six, so you can play like this
with this finger pattern. In this case, I'm going to use the bar chord in
my index finger. So I'm going to play all
the strings like this. Okay, you can pick everything. You need to angle your finger. Okay? So never play like this. You need to angle
just a little bit, to have more strength. And then you can go up
or you can go down. Okay? You always repeat the same guitar shape and
play all the strings. Remember about this detail. These are the two most
common guitar shapes, and you can play any kind of
chord using this approach. If you want a minor chord, you can do the
same step by step. For example, on
string number five, minor chord will
sound like this. It's the same guitar shape as the previous major chord
on string number six. Fun, isn't it? But you start
on string number five. Now let's take a
looking minor chords on string number
six. Play like this. Okay? So as you can see, I have my index
finger as bar chord, and I put my finger number two together with
my index finger. Gonna have more strength
if I play like this. So remember to angle
your finger, okay? This is going to
be very important. And it's very, very important to memorize all
these guitar shapes. This is going to help
you to understand all the step by step
and apply in music. Now, remember that's
not just strength. It's more about the
technique and the position. So my advice for you guys, this step by step, these
techniques take time, so you need to prax. So play all the chords that
I was talking about in all the strings
and all the shapes at least 10 minutes per day. Great exercise is choose
your guitar shape. Start in the fret number ten. For example, the major one on
string number five, right? And you can play string
number frat number ten, fret number nine, eight, seven, six, five, and so one. Okay? All right. This is going to be
a great exercise. And do not work too
much if you are playing 100% correctly in the
first week, okay? The important thing is to
repeat this step by step, this movement with your hand
and fingers, of course. A great shortcut is
count the nodes. Use the counting exercise. For example, you can
count one, two, three, four, all the time, or just put a metronom in the metronome
can do this job for you. And then after
temple number one, you're gonna change the chord. For example, one, two, three, four, and change. One, two, three, four, change. Okay, you can do
this step by step. It's going to be
a great exercise. One, two, three, four, change. One, two, three, four, change. One, two, three, four, change. One, two, three,
four, change, one, two, three, four, change, one, two, three, four, change. It's going to be an
amazing exercise to be strength and technique, and of course, a curse
on the instrument. The next step is
to count to two, for example, one,
two, three, four, 12, three, four, one, two, three, four, one,
two, three, four. You can play with me.
Okay. Three, four, two, three, four, and so on. And to frag number one, that is the most
difficult. Okay? One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. You can do this
with number three, so one, two, three, four. Go. One, two, three, four, Go. Yeah, even with number four. One, two, three, four, go, one, two, three, four, go, one, two, three, four, go. But of course, this last
level will be much more hard. But it is perhaps every
day 15-25 minutes. In more two weeks
will be much better. And I bet that in one month, you'll be playing
all the ball courts.
9. Easy barre chords for beginners to learn: Time to teach a few bar chords. Check this out. In this first example,
you're going to choose the regular D measure. So bar chord with
your finger number three. You could play like this. It's the same sound as this one. Okay. But the idea is to learn a few new bar
chords. So check this out. Your index finger is normal. Just play frat number five, on the string number five, and then you play your
ring finger as bar chord, playing strings number two, three, and four together. This chord's really
cool, isn't it? This D major, you
can play like this. As well, it's the same Dmjort we play here as beginners, okay? So, if you want to change
this chord and transform this chord as a CS four,
you can play like this. Looks like I'm
playing a bar chord right here with my
pink finger, isn't it? But no, I'm just playing
my regular Dmajorchord, but I add this pink finger in the fret number eight on a
string number two, okay? So sounds really cool. SS four D. SS four. D. Very cool, isn't it? You can play this chord shape
in other parts as well. So let's try in E.
E. Iss four. E. Is is four. You just
need to repeat shape. Another great chord is
with minor seventh, so you can play like this. You just need to remember the minor shape and
remove your pink finger. Your playable chord, isn't it? So this note right here is going to be your sorry,
this note right here. It's gonna be you
are minor seventh, so you have a D minus
minus seven with pchord. And in this case, the most
important thing is pressure the notes and play the fret number five and five on the string number
five and three, okay? They are the most important one. Don't worry about the
string number one, okay, so these tunes are
the most important. This is a D minor
with a minor seventh, and of course, you can repeat
in other positions as well. So here, you have an E
minor minor seventh, F minor minor
seventh, and so one. The best thing about
bar chords is that you can repeat the chord
shape in other positions. So you learn in
one guitar shape, you can go up or down
on the fretboard, and you're going to
have the same chord, the same type of chord,
but in a different kit. This is the best
thing in bar chords. Of course, we have on a
string, number six, as well, the most common strings, so you can play like this. This is a dominant chord, a major chord with
a minor seventh. It's the same thing as you
play a major chord, okay? It's a huge bar chord with all
the six strings, isn't it? But in this case, you remove your finger number
for your pink finger, and you're going to have a major chord with
a minor seventh. Really cool, isn't it? So, this is a bar chord. It's a very strong bar chord. As you can see, my finger
is crackling, right. Sometimes you need to put more strength to
play this chord. This next chord is a minor chord with minor seventh, as well. You will need to
play down the pi. This case is a minor
chord with a minor seven, so you can play like this,
or you can use one chord. In this case, I'm going to
give you an extra short cut. Put your finger
instead of like this. Goes up like this. Imagine you have extra
string right here, okay? I think it's going to be easier
because sometimes you use the bone of your fingers
on the weak points. So and of course, don't forget to
angle your finger. Very cube, isn't it?
The same approach you can use in minor chords as well. But in this case, I
put my middle finger that's like play
any kind of note. Together with my index finger,
you have more strength. So Sots better. This is a minor chord, and this is a minor chord
with Myer seventh. And if you memorize
this shortcut, just this shortcut
sounds lesson. You will play thousands
of songs, really. These chords are very, very common in music. You can find in rock, pop, funk music, any kind of style.
10. Conclusion: Thank you so much for watching. Oh, my step by step. I hope you enjoy. Remember,
Br chords takes breaks. So come back to the top of the lesson and watch
everything over again and play all the exercise together with me one
more time, okay? Initial prax is exercise
10-25 minutes per day, you warrant your moves. You're going to master
this bar chords. Don't forget to my profile. I have very nice courses waiting for you
about guitar bass, who's got Autar and
music styles. Okay. See you in my next plus Bye bye.
Gabriel Felix, Music Teacher
