bar chords

St. Nick

I'm trying to learn bar chords to become a somewhat more advanced guitar player. Whatever I do, however, I can't seem to make the B snare sound right. Just not enough pressure. Any tips??

exhausted

are you trying to use all 4 fingers or just the index and ring? if you're talking about the B at the the 2nd fret, i've always just used my index and ring (or pinky). i find it a lot easier than trying to jam three fingers close together on one fret.

mulac

yeah, play them with the index barring the fret and whatever else you need with other fingers etc.

but when you first start playing bar chords it uses muscles you don't exactly use in everyday life so its natural to be awkward at first and get a bit of buzzing.

just keep going and practice and it'll get better

St. Nick

mulac wrote:

yeah, play them with the index barring the fret and whatever else you need with other fingers etc.

but when you first start playing bar chords it uses muscles you don't exactly use in everyday life so its natural to be awkward at first and get a bit of buzzing.

just keep going and practice and it'll get better

yeah a lot of buzz :( I will keep practising and hope it get's better and it's not some kind of weird bone structure in my finger making me unable to play bar chords

samick

St. Nick wrote:

yeah a lot of buzz :( I will keep practising and hope it get's better and it's not some kind of weird bone structure in my finger making me unable to play bar chords

jerry garcia was missing half a finger and i think he was a fine guitar player

polygon

samick wrote:

jerry garcia was missing half a finger and i think he was a fine guitar player

No doubt, Jerry is a legend. But his missing finger is on his strumming hand.

mccreadyisgod

polygon wrote:

No doubt, Jerry is a legend. But his missing finger is on his strumming hand.

MIG too.

Like someone else said, if you are playing a 5-string B barre chord, barre the 2nd fret with the index finger, and the 4th fret with the ring finger. If you're playing a 6-string B barre chord, barre the 7th fret with the index finger, then ring finger, 9th fret, 5th string; pinkie, 9th fret, 4th string; and middle finger, 8th fret, 3rd string. It's basically an open-E chord moved up, and the index finger barring the strings in place of the nut (just like a 5-string barre chord is like an open-A moved up).