Despite the fact that “barre” is one of the basic techniques of playing the guitar, it can cause serious difficulties for beginner musicians, and even discourage some from learning the instrument. This is due to the difficult setting of the fingers and serious physical efforts in the first stages.
Instructions
Step 1
Perfect all open chords. In everything, you need to maintain consistency, and even more so in learning to play the guitar. If you tackle the barre without thoroughly learning the simpler techniques of the game, you will run into a whole host of unnecessary problems. Therefore, make sure that when playing on open strings, you do not experience pain in your fingers, the sound is high-quality, and the transition to a new chord is intuitive.
Step 2
Deconstruct the fingering of the main closed chords. These are very easy to remember: barre is nothing more than la, mi (A, E) and their derivatives. For example, play an E major chord (E) and then slide it to the right one fret. Now clamp the strings at the same frets, but without the index finger (with the little, ring and middle fingers), and the released index finger "put" on all the strings at the first fret. In fact, you "shorten" the bar by placing your own finger instead of the extreme nut (the capo works on the same principle). Most closed chords are played in the same way. Shifted E is F; A turns into B. Em is, respectively, Fm, and Am - Bm.
Step 3
Distribute the load correctly when playing a chord. First of all, do not try to press all strings equally. For example, Bm has two, three and four already squeezed to the right of the barre, so your index should only be squeezing one, five, and six. Moreover, the 6th string does not affect the sound too much, so it can simply be easily touched with your finger. Then the setting becomes as convenient as possible. Likewise for F: concentrate on fixing the “one”, “two” and “three”, and the top can be relaxed. At the same time, put your finger not perpendicular to the bar, but with an edge - this way you will reduce the load. For convenience, create a thumb support for yourself on the other side of the neck.
Step 4
Learn how to play closed chords on different frets. Any open chord can be played with the barre, but it will sound slightly different (usually higher). For example, if you play F at the 5th fret, you get a more sonorous variation of A. Or if you want a C minor (Cm) chord, you need to play Bm from the third fret. You can find a complete list of provisions in any textbook or on the Internet.
